Director of Send (SENDCO)

Job Title: Director for SEND

Closing date: 31st January 2025

Location:  Hylands School

Interview date: February 2025

Salary / salary range: L9-L14 Commensurate with experience 

Start date: 22nd April 2025

Hylands School is seeking to appoint a dynamic Director for SEND to support, motivate and inspire students and staff alike. 

The position requires the candidate to have a real passion for securing excellent outcomes for the SEND students through highly effective management and leadership.  You will be an excellent qualified teacher with the ability to inspire and develop others and have a proven track record of raising educational standards, with the drive and commitment to maintain and improve the current success rate. Whilst this role would suit an experienced SENDCO, we would consider applicants who wish to be supported in their training to become qualified.  Salary would be commensurate with experience. 

We are looking for an inspiring practitioner who can articulate and implement vision, and create an environment where our teachers are empowered to be amazing. 

Essential

• An excellent communicator who is able to work effectively with all stakeholders
• An ambitious approach to supporting students at all levels with a problem solving can do attitude which builds on the strengths of the students and the school
• A qualified teacher with experience of class teaching in the primary or secondary sector
• Working knowledge of national/foundation stage curriculum and other relevant learning programmes/strategies.
• Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes.
• Understanding the importance of effective safeguarding within the role
• Experience of team leadership and an understanding of how various roles within a school work together to ensure best practice

Desirable

• National Qualification for SEN
• Experience of working within an SEN team preferably as SENDCo or other leader of provision
• Training in supporting young people with Autism and other high profile needs
• Experience of working within a leadership role in a school
• An understanding of the role of the DSL and behaviour lead in order to work alongside these professionals with an understanding of the holistic approach often required for support
• Full working knowledge of relevant polices/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.

Working for TKAT:

• In return, as an employee of The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT), you will benefit from:
• A wide variety of opportunities for professional development, including the potential to develop your career at more than one TKAT academy;
• Opportunities to work flexibly, where possible;
• Our support for your wellbeing at work; and
• The rewards of working to improve the life chances of our pupils.

Safeguarding

TKAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Offers of employment will be subject to the full safer recruitment process, including an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.

Flexible working

TKAT recognises the value of enabling our employees to develop their career and balance this with their commitments and interests outside of work. In TKAT we promote flexible working practices and opportunities to promote a positive work life balance.

Our Commitment - Equal, Inclusive, Diverse

TKAT is committed to inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity by encouraging and welcoming differences, listening to individual experiences, aspirations and accomplishments and learning how to grow better together. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of any protected characteristic.

Access to interview 

Be Who You Are at TKAT - should you be selected and invited to interview please let us know if you require us to adapt the recruitment process to enable you to participate as your authentic self.  We want applicants to be able to engage with us in ways that support who they are and we are committed to making adjustments within the recruitment process and within the workplace.

If you would like to arrange a visit to the school or an informal discussion with Mr Chris White, Head of School, please contact 01245 266766.  Closing date for applications: 31st January 2025 at 12:00 Interviews held: Early February.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should we receive a significant number of applications.

If you have not had any communication within 10 days of the closing date please take this as confirmation that on this occasion your application has not been successful.