Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO)
The King John School, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 1RQThis job expired on 27 November 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Easter term
Closing date
27 November 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- M1 - UPS3
Additional allowances
TLR2a £3,017
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Ensure that the needs of individual students are met through a broad, balanced, relevant and differentiated curriculum
- Regularly update the SEND register
- Assist staff in the development and implementation of targets for individual students on Individual Education Plans (IEPs) or Pupil Passports, Learning Profiles
- Work with colleagues to produce detailed plans/programmes to meet the needs of individual students and targeted groups of students
- Set up systems for identifying, assessing, tracking and reviewing student needs
- Set up systems for immediate assessment of new arrivals and liaise with the data manager to get assessments uploaded onto SIMS
- To liaise with feeder schools and Sixth Form institutions to aid transition of students with SEND
- Monitor actively and respond immediately to curriculum developments related to Inclusion
- Arrange, attend and prepare materials, where appropriate, for annual and/or termly review meetings
- Ensure that parents are consulted and informed about their child’s progress at all times
- Develop supported and improved home learning
- Liaise with Social Inclusion staff in the care and support of children who may require additional pastoral care at some time in their school life (eg. bereavement, separation, mental health, sickness) identifying the right systems to support them
- Hold responsibility for the school’s access arrangements for students with SEND so that they receive appropriate support during mock and public exams
- Identify students who qualify for access arrangements and liaise with appropriate authorities to confirm and carry out these arrangements
What the school offers its staff
- A dedicated and experienced hardworking team of staff
- Enthusiastic, friendly and talented students
- The opportunity to develop within a highly effective multi academy trust
- Free Benenden Medical Healthcare cover
- A school that is committed to continued professional development
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to the following satisfactory pre-employment checks:
• Health
• Identity
• Relevant work qualifications
• Right to work in the UK
• Barred List Check (previously List 99)
• Disclosure & Barring Service Check (for all staff and volunteers)
• References
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The King John School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 2052 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- The King John School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- angier@thekjs.com
- Phone number
- 01702 426744
The King John School is a popular, oversubscribed school where students’ very high attendance and levels of achievement reflect their commitment and enjoyment of school life. The school is a large, mixed comprehensive with a well-established sixth form, and serves the ever-growing communities of Thundersley and Benfleet, as well as welcoming students from further afield.
To enable their students to be happy and successful learners, they strive to create a caring, supportive and aspirational learning community, with high expectations and opportunities for all. They believe in offering a broad and balanced curriculum to enable students to flourish as individuals, and to achieve future success in whatever they choose to become later in life. This includes a strong emphasis on sport and the Arts.
Arranging a visit to The King John School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email angier@thekjs.com.
School location
Similar jobs nearby
Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed
Find more school jobs in Essex, Southend and Thurrock