SENCo

SHAVINGTON ACADEMY

Rope Lane, Shavington, Cheshire CW2 5DH

Tel: 01270 260717

Email: recruitment@shavington.academy

Website: www.shavington.academy

Headteacher: Mrs Emma Casewell

Applications are invited for the full-time permanent post of

SENCO

Required to start 22nd April 2025

Salary Range: £54,939 - £57,831

Due to significant growth of the Academy, Trustees and Governors are seeking to appoint a dynamic and skilled professional, with a proven track record in supporting SEND and excellent teaching outcomes, in a secondary context. Applicants must have exceptional leadership and management skills, be an outstanding classroom practitioner and have the interpersonal skills to drive an ethos of continual improvement.

We are very proud of our Academy and believe that our mission statement ‘Together we enjoy, aspire, create and achieve’ underpins our ethos and our collective drive for all pupils both academically and personally. Here at Shavington, we value the ethical and moral development of our pupils, promoting integrity, kindness, gratitude, respect and acceptance across all elements of Academy life, as well as promoting academic success.

Our Academy has high aspirations for all of our pupils to enable them to achieve their potential and beyond. Pupils achieve well, above the national average across a range of subjects within the curriculum. We have an exceptional track record of preparing pupils for post 16 study, as well as the workplace and beyond. We pride ourselves on the Academy values that will enable our pupils to become a responsible member of our community, as well as preparing them for the diversity and demands of the modern-day world.

Background Information

Shavington Academy has been a Multi Academy Trust since 1st September 2015 for pupils aged 11-16, serving the villages and conurbation to the South of Crewe. Our catchment includes Wistaston Church Lane, The Berkeley, Shavington, Weston and Wybunbury Delves Primary Schools, though we draw pupils from across Crewe and South Cheshire. Our current school population is 912 pupils; we have just completed a process of significant expansion, which will see our PAN increase to 1050 with a year group intake of 210 pupils. The academy’s growing reputation and a number of housing developments locally have attributed to the growth of the academy.

Applications

The post is advertised for an April 2025 start with a small teaching commitment. This is the opportunity to work with outstanding and good teachers across the Academy, who strive to be outstanding and to be part of teams that offer high quality teaching and leadership to shared schemes of work.

Securing the very best candidate for this position is extremely important to us, to ensure that our SEN provision for both pupils in the main stream school, as well as in our recently opened Resource Provision is continually of the highest standard. The successful candidate will realise this through secure SEN knowledge, strong strategic leadership and direction, coupled with high levels of emotional intelligence and self-awareness when dealing with all stakeholders.

For us, it is important that we appoint someone who is absolutely committed to our success and who is an exceptional professional, to contribute to our trajectory of improvement. In turn, we are committed to the professional development of our staff, and are able to offer high quality learning experiences, and other development opportunities.

Please note we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Shavington Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our pupils and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment

All posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks and completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training

Informal inquiries prior to application should be made to rchell@shavington.academy

Closing Date: Friday 17th January 2025 @ 12 noon

Interview Date week commencing: 20th January 2025

To apply for this post, please complete an application form and provide a supporting statement of no more than two sides of A4 on your suitability for the post to Mrs E J Casewell, Headteacher.

Applications should be returned to recruitment@shavington.academy.

Application packs are available from the Academy website: www.shavington.academy or by emailing: recruitment@shavington.academy

Please note that only fully completed Academy applications forms will be considered.