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 Qualifications & Experience We would like to hear from you if you have: QTS (or equivalent) and a good undergraduate degree Evidence of Continuing Professional Development relevant to the SENCO role or willingness to undertake this training. Knowledge and understanding of national priorities, current curriculum development and an ability to design and implement an innovate curriculum based on students’ needs A thorough understanding of quality assurance techniques An appreciation of student motivation An understanding of how professional development contributes to the raising of quality SEN experience in a secondary school Evidence of successful teaching experience Evidence of pastoral experience Experience of working with key stakeholders such as parents, governors, employers etc For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack. Professional Development & Benefits Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level. In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website. About Us At Harris Academy Merton we promote the ethos ‘’Achievement is Success’’ and believe every student has the right to the highest standard of education so that they can accomplish their aspirations. Our aim is to give every student an educational experience that is enjoyable and holistic so that they develop into responsible, articulate and successful young people. We combine the traditional values of strong discipline, good manners, respect and pride in appearance with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. With these core values embedded, we develop our students into confident and capable individuals that have a desire to excel academically and personally now and in the future.