SENDCO (Out of Class) - Bedgrove Junior School

Overview

At Bedgrove Junior School, we are looking for a qualified SENDCO to join our ambitious and forward-thinking team from September 2024. We are looking for someone who has experience in the role and is ready to share research-based practice across the school and the Great Learners Trust.

Bedgrove is a forward-thinking school where all staff look to develop their practice through the latest pedagogy research. Someone joining the team will be innovative, open to improve, have a growth mind-set and a real team player.

The school has a strong and dedicated staff team who work together to provide the very best all-round education for our pupils. We are a school who put the wellbeing of children and staff at the forefront of everything we do. We pride ourselves on our innovative teaching to improve every aspect of school life..

Salary Type: MPS

Salary details: Teachers Main Pay Scale 1-6 (£30,000 - £41,333)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 3 Days Per Week - 19.5 hours (Negotiable for the right candidate)

Closing date: 24/05/2024 00:00

Interviews to be held: TBC. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

About us

Bedgrove Junior School is a large four-form entry Junior School. We converted to an academy on 1st April 2019 and are very proud to be part of the Great Leaners Trust which consists of eleven local schools. We received a Good judgement from OFSTED in June 2023 with Outstanding areas in Behaviours and Attitudes and Personal Development. We work closely with our feeder Infant School and liaise with other schools in the county.

We are a forward-looking school, seeking to constantly improve. We offer excellent in-school CPD support and ECT mentor programs and have close links with the Ashmead teacher training programme. We work closely within our year group teams, including joint planning time and have lots of opportunities to learn and develop from other staff in the school and across our trust.

Bedgrove Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS disclosure.

Please visit the school website for further details of the school.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. If you have any questions please contact the school office.

www.bedgrovejunior.bucks.sch.uk

About the role

Purpose of Job:

To lead teaching and learning of SEND within the school. To advise and liaise with teachers, SLT, parents, other professionals and governors to best meet the needs of the children with SEND.

Key Tasks

- To be the named SENDCO
- Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with SEN
- Monitor teaching and learning activities to ensure that we meet the needs of pupils with SEND
- Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND
- Liaise with outside agencies to provide additional support for SEND pupils across the school
- Consult and work with teachers, LSAs and other professionals to create targets and help in achieving these
- Demonstrate to and train teachers of various strategies to support children with SEND
- Ensure all paperwork is completed and sent to the relevant professionals
- Analyse data and liaise with SLT
- Set up systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing SEND
- Update the head teacher and governing body on the effectiveness of provision for pupils with SEND
- Answer emails promptly and effectively
- Form good working relationships with parents
- Attend consultation evenings and keep parents informed about their child's progress
- Encourage all members of staff to recognise and fulfil their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND
- Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and other teachers to learn about SEND
- Disseminate good practice in SEND across the school
- Identify resources needed to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and advise the head teacher of priorities for expenditure
- Organise SEND coffee mornings with parents of SEND pupils
- Liaise effectively with feeder schools to ensure smooth transition for SEND pupils
- To lead the strategic development and improvement of the attainment and progress of SEND
- To take a role in the promotion of equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity

About you

Please see attached job description.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01296 487973
Email: [email protected]

Bedgrove Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to a disclosure of criminal records at an enhanced level. Any offer of employment, or agreement to volunteer, is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and DBS checks.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. The search is not part of the shortlisting process itself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview.

Any offer of employment, or agreement to volunteer, is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and DBS checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
• All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.