Special Educational Needs Coordinator
Ashby School, Ashby-De-La-Zouch, Leicestershire, LE65 1DT24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter term
Closing date
20 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
17 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L8 - L12
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications & training:
Essential
Qualified teacher status [note this is a requirement under the SEND Code of Practice]
National Award for SEN Co-ordination, or a willingness to complete it within 3 years of appointment [note: this is a requirement under the SEND Code of Practice]
Relevant Degree
Experience:
Essential
Teaching experience
Experience:
Desirable
Experience of working at a whole-school level
Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
Experience of line managing staff
Skills & Knowledge:
Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
Understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies
Effective communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to build effective working relationships
Good record-keeping skills
Desirable
Skills & Knowledge:
Ability to plan and evaluate interventions
Data analysis skills, and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
Essential
Personal qualities:
Commitment to getting the best outcomes for students and promoting the ethos and values of the school
Commitment to inclusive education, equal opportunities and securing good outcomes for students with SEN or a disability
Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
Commitment to safeguarding and equality
Developing and delivering long-term maintenance programmes.
Additional Requirements
Enthusiasm for working as part of the wider-trust SENCO network.
What the school offers its staff
This post offers an opportunity to lead a high-priority area for Ashby School as part of the Extended Leadership Team. In addition, you will have opportunities to be part of our LiFE Multi-Academy Trust SENDCo network, receive an abundance of CPD opportunity through a national SEND network as part of the Whole Education SEND programme, and have the opportunity to take part in peer reviews across our trust.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
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About Ashby School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1527 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Ashby School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@ashbyschool.org.uk
Ashby School is a thriving, successful and over-subscribed 11-19 Academy with over 1,600 students on roll including 500 in Ashby Sixth form. Conveniently located close to the M42 and M1, within easy reach of several areas of outstanding natural beauty and with the national forest on the doorstep, the school is set in its own attractive grounds in the expanding market town of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire.
At Ashby School prides itself on putting students at its heart. We want all our students to have a happy and successful learning experience and are committed to ensuring that all students fulfil their academic potential.
Everyone in the Ashby School community is committed to achieving this, because, at Ashby, ‘Anything is Possible’.
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