Special Educational Need Coordinator (SENCO)
The Clere School
Hampshire
- £30,000 - £49,084 per year
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- MPR/UPR plus TLR1(a) £9,782 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Summer Term 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2025
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a well-qualified, enthusiastic practitioner to take on the role of Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO). The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the team of Learning Support Assistants, monitoring the progress of SEN students, leading intervention and ensuring effective use is made of the delegated budget. The school will look to support high quality candidates in achieving the SENCO qualification if they do not already have it.
The Clere School is an 11-16 comprehensive school with an able, articulate and friendly cohort of students and a dedicated body of staff. We are a uniquely small but growing secondary school, with record numbers in Year 7 and the growth looks to continue next year with the highest number of students choosing our school for over twelve years. Our school provides a nurturing but achievement focused community for our students.
Our school ethos and philosophy are embodied by our commitment to “The Clere Way”, which focusses on the core elements of Integrity, Community and Respect.
The school is in an idyllic rural location, a short journey from the A34, convenient for local candidates and commuters. We are focused on continually improving our school to ensure that it is the school of first choice for our catchment parents and their children.
The successful candidate will:
· understand the statutory requirements and provision needed to support students with special educational needs
· have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively lead a large team of professional support staff and LSAs
· be positive and enthusiastic
· be forensic with whole school and individual student data to inform best practice
· be a reflective practitioner who is dedicated to continuous improvement
· be passionate about supporting young people with special educational needs and able to inspire and motivate young people to achieve ambitious goals
· have fantastic subject knowledge and up to date pedological and curriculum strategies
· be forward-thinking, adaptable, open and responsive to feedback and up to date with the latest thinking about learning and teaching
· be calm and assertive in managing behaviour
· support all students to access the wider curriculum
· have the highest expectations of themselves and the behaviour and achievement of students
In return we offer:
· an idyllic rural setting, and a generous and well-maintained campus
· outstanding professional development and expertise to enable staff to achieve excellence in their practice
· first-rate career development to assist you in fulfilling your ambitions
· a unique small and friendly community school environment
If you would like to see our fantastic school in action and meet with the headteacher please contact Val Brockbank v.brockbank@clere.school to arrange a visit.
Closing date: Noon, Friday 24th January 2025. Applications will be considered as they are received with interviews taking place as soon as possible. Application forms available on our website www.clere.school and should be returned electronically to recruitment@clere.school
The Clere School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks, along with other relevant employment checks.
The Clere School is an equal opportunities employer and no candidate will be disadvantaged because of race, gender, sexuality, disability or any other protected characteristic. All shortlisting exercises are completed by evaluating a candidate’s suitability in terms of the person specification and job description for the role in question.
About The Clere School
- The Clere School
- Earlstone Common, Burghclere, Newbury
- Berkshire
- RG20 9HP
- United Kingdom
We are a rural school with high expectations leading to academic excellence for all our pupils. We believe strongly that building students’ learning capacity has the power to transform lives. The nurture and development of every pupil as a well-rounded individual lies at the heart of all that we do at The Clere. We pride ourselves on knowing our students as individual learners, developing their many skills and talents to ensure they are successful. Our curriculum is highly academic, decidedly challenging and uniquely personalised. It is designed to ensure pupils make exceptional progress and become respectful, responsible and resilient citizens.
At The Clere we help shape the lives of our students, to realise their academic potential and provide them with the skills and values they need for life’s journey. We believe in the power and value of education to change lives and the need to focus on academic achievement.
We are committed to developing every student’s knowledge, skills, qualities and values to ensure they lead successful and fulfilling adult lives. We are proud of our students' academic success, contribution to the community, self-belief and determination to make a difference. We have an excellent, dedicated staff who support the students in all their learning and extra-curricular activities.
As an inclusive school committed to equality and continual improvement, we believe in our core purpose: to inspire enjoyment of learning in a high quality environment where every person matters and no child is left behind.
Thank you for your interest in our school and I encourage you to look round our website and gain an insight into The Clere School.
Headteacher
Robin Milner
Our Vision
The Clere School insists on high expectations. Pupils must work hard, be set challenging learning activities, which are appropriately supported, and demonstrate exemplary standards of conduct, respect and appearance.
Our Aims
We believe in high standards. We provide a learning environment in which the aptitudes and interests of each individual child are recognised, respected and fully developed.
We offer a variety of strategies to develop each pupil as an independent co-operative learner.
We match the curriculum to the needs of the individual so that each pupil develops confidence and a sense of achievement through learning.
We encourage and celebrate all achievements within and beyond the curriculum. We provide continuous professional development for all staff.
We believe in partnership with parents. We seek consistently to develop this further and to enrich the curriculum through involvement in our community.
The Clere is a caring school in which we encourage all members of the school to respect themselves, each other, our local community and the environment.
Ofsted
“Students’ behaviour in lessons and around the school is good and sometimes exemplary; they are polite, courteous and welcoming. Students are proud of the school. They have played their full part in this improvement. Students trust staff to help them to sort out any problems when they arise. Most parents and carers agree and told inspectors that when they had had particular issues, the school had been quick to respond.”
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