SEND Teacher – full time - Maternity Cover

We are seeking to appoint an experienced SEND Teacher (Site Lead), for a January 2025 start to cover Maternity leave until September 2025.

This role will be based at our Grosvenor Road site, and you will have responsibility for line managing 16 members of staff within the Academy’s Special Educational Needs Department. You will also facilitate the provision and progress of students identified as having Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and deliver a range of lessons and SEND interventions. You will be line managed by the SENCo, who works between both sites.

At Stratford School Academy, we have a specialist ASD Resource Provision, a nurture provision for 28 students with Complex Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and have 78 students with EHCPs or who are in receipt of High Needs Funding. We are the provision of choice for ASD students within Newham and, accordingly, we are a growing department, both in terms of students and staff.

We are a well-resourced, specialist team and prioritise staff training to ensure that we are well-equipped to respond to the changing and varying needs of our students.

We are a highly aspirational school but we also really prioritise student and staff wellbeing and have just had our work in this area has been recognised by the Wellbeing Award for Schools (2023) and the Leading Parent Partnership Award (2023).

You will share our ambition to provide a great educational experience for all of our students. It is crucial that you will be aligned with the culture and values of the school, so please read our information on Cultural Fit carefully to ensure you are clear that we are the kind of organisation you wish to be a part of.

Stratford School Academy is an inclusive, mixed, community school characterised by high expectations, a rigorous academic curriculum and caring pastoral systems. We firmly believe that every student can excel and we seek to provide an inspirational learning journey that maximises student progress. The key pillars of this are excellent behaviour based on mutual respect, great teaching, a wide range of engaging activities beyond the classroom and really knowing and valuing every child. This is all underpinned by our core values of respect, excellence and responsibility.

Stratford School Academy has been rebuilt and redeveloped through the Priority Schools Building Programme recently. We now have two new buildings, each for 750 students situated on separate sites but close to one another. The two sites operate as parallel ‘mini schools’ educating students from Year 7 to 11.

You have the chance to join us at an exciting time as we implement improvements which will enhance the educational experience of our students.

Stratford School Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to successful completion of Safer Recruitment checks, including an Enhanced DBS and social media check.

If you have any queries, please email HR@stratfordschoolacademy.org with your details.

Application process: A TES Application Form can be submitted via the TES portal.

Closing Date: Wednesday 4th December 2024 by 10 am (please note that we reserve the right to shortlist and/or interview and appoint before that deadline and so potential applicants are encouraged to submit their applications at the earliest opportunity).