Job Description
Prospero Teaching's Permanent Recruitment Division are looking for a SENCO to work in a Secondary school near Thornton Heath, Starting in April 2025. This position will be offered on a permanent basis.
CONTRACT/POSITION DETAILS
Main Areas of Responsibility
The purpose of your role will be:
* To ensure that Academy practice is compliant with the SEND Code of Practice (2014) and other relevant statutory requirements
* To work with the Academy Leadership team ensuring an ethos of Inclusion within the Academy and a culture of high aspirations for students with SEND
* To work with the Academy Leadership team ensuring the implementation of the Academy SEND Policy
* To ensure that the provision of SEND support is in accordance with the aims of the Academy and curricular policies
* To be responsible for maintaining an accurate and up-to-date Academy SEND Profile
* To be responsible for the accurate identification of SEND need across the Academy, ensuring a rigorous and thorough assessment process
* To be a role model with regard to Quality First Teaching and differentiation within your own teaching practice
* To be responsible for the embedding of Quality First Teaching across the Academy
* To be responsible for the Academy SEND Offer, ensuring high quality targeted interventions enabling students with SEND to make better progress
* In consultation with the Academy Leadership Team, to provide a programme of professional development with regard to SEND, that ensures all staff have the knowledge, skills and understanding to plan teaching and learning effectively and enable students with SEND to make expected progress
* To be responsible for tracking the progress of students with SEND, using a wide range of Academy data relating to progress, attainment, referrals, exclusions, detentions and attendance to identify barriers to learning
* To deploy staff and resources according to the needs of SEND students
* To write a termly report to the Governing body on progress and developments
Location: Thornton Heath
Position: SENCO
Contract/ Start Date: April 2025
Duration: Permanent contract
Full Time/ Part Time: Full Time
Pay Rate: M1 to UPS3 + TLR (for the right candidate) - Negotiable
Hours: Full time - Normal school hours (PPA time included)
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Degree (2:1 or above) in any subject
GCSE English and Maths grade C or above
Qualified Teacher Status
PGCE and QTS in Secondary Education
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
Hold right to work in the UK.
Hold an Enhanced Child Barred list DBS certificate, registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application.
Provide two professional child related references
Have Qualified Teacher Status
OTHER
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up-to-date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.
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