Vice Principal: SENDCO and Inclusion
Aylesbury UTC, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8PBThis job expired on 24 April 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2023
Closing date
24 April 2023 at 9am
Date listed
30 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time / Permanent
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- L12 - L16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications
and training
- Qualified teacher status
- National Award for SEN Co-ordination, or a willingness to start the qualification at the time of appointment
- Degree qualification or equivalent
- Teaching experience with students in KS3-5 at all ability levels
- Experience of working at a whole-school level
- Involvement in self-evaluation and development planning
- Experience of conducting training/leading INSET
- Experience in line-management
- Experience in leading change
- Strategic work: planning, decision-making and successful implementation
- Held Middle or Senior Leadership roles previously
- Sound knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice
- Understanding of what makes ‘quality first’ teaching, and of effective intervention strategies
- Ability to plan and evaluate interventions
- Data analysis skills, and the ability to use data to inform provision planning
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build effective working relationships
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- Good record-keeping skills
- Commitment to getting the best outcomes for pupils
- Consistent modelling and promotion of the ethos and values of the school
- Commitment to equal opportunities and securing good outcomes for pupils with SEND
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
- Commitment to safeguarding and equality
What the school offers its staff
Staff – teaching, support and associate – are happy at Aylesbury UTC. Professional development is important to us and our programme is varied but also bespoke to support individual needs and priorities. Our annual two-day Teaching and Learning Conference is probably the highlight of this programme. We embrace the inevitable challenges of working with young people and staff are supportive of each other. It is an excellent place to work and we are committed to staff wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance for all our colleagues.
Inclusion at Aylesbury UTC:
As a non-selective school taking students from a wide variety of feeder secondary schools we are very focused on inclusivity for all. Our SEN department is a key part in our school ethos of sending all pupils into the world both able and qualified.
Currently as a department there are 3 TAs who work in a range of ways from small group interventions to in-class support. We offer support for students with a range of needs and are proud that we adapt our curriculum on a regular basis to meet the needs of any new pupils joining us. The data surrounding SEN students shows there is a clear gap in the progress they make against other students which is also the National picture. Closing this gap is a priority for us as a school and will remain a so for a new SENDco in the role.
Senior Leadership Team:
Our aim is to have an SLT of three people. The successful applicant would work alongside the Assistant Principal (Teaching & Learning) and be line-managed by the Principal.
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.
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About Aylesbury UTC
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 128 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Aylesbury UTC website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- enquiries@MTOAT.co.uk
Arranging a visit to Aylesbury UTC
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@MTOAT.co.uk.
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