Teaching SENDCO
Clifton Community School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S65 2SN21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- SENDCo (special educational needs and disabilities coordinator)
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + TLR1A
Additional allowances
TLR 1A
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead on the evaluation of SEND provision within school, ensuring that leaders are equipped to make accurate judgements about the experiences of SEND students to ensure their best possible outcomes
- Work with the Director of SEND and other SENDCOs in the Trust to determine and follow SEND policy and provision in school, ensuring SEND objectives are reflected in the school development plan
- Be responsible for the day-to-day operation of SEND provision in the school, coordinating specific provision for individual students with SEND
- Identify, monitor and track the progress of students with SEND, including assessment data, and use this data to continuously push the department forward
- Undertake statutory assessment and review processes for students with SEND, including organising and chairing meetings, plan reviews and transfer of statements
- Drive the raising of achievement by planning and delivering effective interventions, monitoring, reviewing and evaluating regularly the impact of these
- Organise the staffing and provision of access arrangements for examinations
- Oversee transition activities and processes for students joining the school in Year 7 and in- year transfers
- Be aware of the provision in the Local Offer • Ensure that school meets all obligations and is compliant with all relevant legislation for SEND provision including the Equalities Act 2010 and the SEND Code of Practice 2015.
- Be proactive in keeping up to date with relevant legislation and guidance to ensure that school provision for SEND is compliant.
- Develop SEND Support Plans, liaise with parents/carers and lead SEN Support Plan reviews
- Manage the day-to-day management of the Learning Support work areas, creating a safe, effective and stimulating environment for the teaching and learning of Learning Support
- Ensure that the SEN Register is kept accurate and up to date and that staff are kept informed of student’s special educational needs
What the school offers its staff
We’re Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT) - a multi-academy trust with eight primary schools, five secondary schools, one sixth form and one Central Team under our umbrella.We’re dotted across Rotherham, South Yorkshire with one school based in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. At WPT, students are at the heart of everything we do, and we aim to send all children into an ever-changing world, able and qualified to play their full part in it. To give them the best educational experience possible, we recognise the importance of investing in and supporting our colleagues.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
About Clifton Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1084 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@wickersleypt.org
- Phone number
- 01709807600
Secondary School, Clifton is a thriving, multi-cultural, 11 - 16 school of 800 students, which was rebuilt in 2005. It is a school with high expectations and a student centred focus. Ofsted 2019 acknowledged that Leaders and teachers have a real passion for doing their best for pupils. Clifton is a 'Good' school (Ofsted December 2019), with the drive and determination to be outstanding.
Wickersley Partnership Trust was founded in 2014 with charitable status and currently comprises of 7 primary schools and 4 secondary schools (including 1 sixth form) across Rotherham and neighbouring counties with a further primary and secondary school due to join the Trust in the near future. WPT is committed to ensuring that all students have the best educational experience possible, and to do this, we recognise the importance of supporting our staff thoroughly in their professional development through the dissemination of best practice and collaboration, and through reflecting and debating on their practice. More about our WPT’s vision can be found on the website which we highly recommend taking a look at if applying for this role.
The Wickersley Partnership Trust offers:
• The opportunity to work and progress across the family of schools
• The support and expertise of our outstanding faculties working across the family of schools
• Opportunities for significant career development
• A full and detailed programme of support and development for NQTs and Recently Qualified
Teachers
• Access to an outstanding programme of continuing professional development across the multi
academy trust
School location
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