Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2025
Apply by:
30 January 2025
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist SEND Teacher & Assessor to join a highly successful department at this major London day school.
Person Specification:
1. Qualified teacher with a specialist qualification in Specific Learning Difficulties/SEND.
2. Post-graduate qualification in individual specialist assessment at or equivalent to Level 7.
3. Excellent working knowledge of JCQ exam board access arrangements regulations, including experience of completing Form 8, Form 8RF and Form 9 and use of Access Arrangements Online (AAO).
4. Experience of working as a Specialist Teacher & Assessor.
Job Description:
1. To support the SENDCO with the implementation of the SEND and EAL policy across the school.
2. To provide support through individual and small group study skills sessions to pupils with identified specific learning difficulties, EAL and other SEND (ADHD, Autistic Spectrum, Physical disabilities).
3. To implement and review Learning Support Profiles (LSPs) for pupils with identified SEND and to ensure the Learning Support register is kept up to date with details of SEND.
4. To provide guidance to teachers and pastoral staff in meeting the needs of pupils with SEND. This would include contributing to SEND awareness training and TeachMeets etc.
5. To keep parents updated with details of support and progress, this will include attendance at parental consultation evenings.
6. To administer standardised assessments to identify specific learning difficulties and eligibility for exam access arrangements (JCQ & CIE). To support the administration and interpretation of screening assessments for pupils in Year 7, 9 and 12. To support the administration and application process for exam access arrangements.
7. To liaise with external professionals (Educational and Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language therapists, Occupational therapists, Psychiatrists) to ensure appropriate support is offered and implemented to pupils in school.
For more information please visit this link and click apply now to download an application form and send your completed copy to recruitment@ucs.org.uk.
In addition to completing the UCS application form, applicants should provide a full Curriculum Vitae and a supporting letter as soon as possible.
The closing date for applications is 12pm, Thursday 30 January 2025
However, please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint at any stage during this process; early applications are therefore very welcome.
University College School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced check for Regulated Activity from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before a formal offer of employment is made. This is a requirement as the position is within a school working with children aged under 18. UCS will also undertake its own recruitment checks through contact with previous employers, referees, and others, to confirm applicants' identities and their professional records.
About University College School
* University College School
* Frognal, Hampstead, London
* NW3 6XH
* United Kingdom
+44 20 7435 2215
University College School was founded in 1830 to promote principles of liberal scholarship. That remains our first and overriding aim. Intellectual curiosity, breadth of study and independence of mind combine to achieve academic excellence; they are not subordinate to it.
Initially located in Gower Street, as part of University College London, the School was revolutionary in its approach to education, having as a fundamental principle that religion, in any form, should neither be an entry requirement nor a taught subject, believing rather that faith is a matter for the family and the individual. The UCS Foundation, now independent of the University, comprises three schools: the Senior School, the Junior Branch and the Pre-Prep.
All three schools are set in attractive locations. In 1891 the Junior Branch was established at Holly Hill, Hampstead, followed in 1907 by the School’s separation from UCL, and the acquisition of the Senior School’s current purpose-built accommodation in Frognal, opened by King Edward VII. The pre-preparatory branch is based nearby. Each school has full use of the extensive playing fields (including a large all-weather pitch and two pavilions) in West Hampstead.
UCS remains true to the liberal traditions of its founders and continues to work hard to foster independence of mind among its pupils, to value their individuality and to create a diverse and inclusive community. Academic results are excellent. Music and drama are very strong at UCS and the school offers an outstanding range of co-curricular activities and enrichment opportunities.
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