Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo)

We are currently seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, dynamic and well-qualified Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator (SENDCo), a colleague who can:

• Provide strategic direction and development of the SEND provision
• Assist with teaching and learning and pastoral needs
• Lead and manage staff, ensuring efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources
• Work as part of the school’s Middle Leadership Team

The successful candidate will have a teaching commitment appropriate to the role and responsibility level. All subjects would be considered.

You will have a proven track record of raising achievement for different groups of students through a wide range of support and intervention strategies. The successful candidate will work with the Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion) to strategically direct and coordinate the provision for students with a range of additional needs in SEND, leading a highly committed and experienced team. You will be supported in your role by a highly experienced, committed non-teaching Administrative Assistant to the SENDCo, in addition to a large team of dedicated Teaching Assistants.

This role is ideal for a colleague seeking to progress into middle leadership, offering an excellent opportunity to develop leadership skills within the SEND provision. While full qualification as a SENDCo is not required initially, a commitment to pursuing the National Award for SEND Coordination is essential, with support provided for professional development in this area.

Hall Green School is a very popular, heavily oversubscribed and academically successful 11–16 Converter Academy. We are a highly diverse institution, both ethnically and as a fully accessible mainstream school, attracting pupils from across the city with physical disabilities and other special educational needs. We have wonderful students who fully contribute to the school’s ‘caring, nurturing and inclusive culture’, described by Ofsted (2019) as ‘a welcoming and inclusive school’ where ‘pupils are happy, and they achieve well’, and the ‘positive relationships between pupils and staff are a hallmark of the school’.

Most importantly, we are looking for a candidate who shares the school’s approach and commitment to inclusion and the success and wellbeing of its young people. You are warmly invited to speak to the Assistant Headteacher and to make an appointment to visit the school in action.

For further details and an application pack, please see the school website www.hallgreen.bham.sch.uk or email recruitment@hallgreen.bham.sch.uk.

Please note that all applicants must complete the school’s application form only. Any other form of application or CVs alone will not be accepted.

Closing date: 9.00 am on Wednesday 27 November 2024.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016), and therefore, the ability to speak and write fluently in English is an essential requirement for this role.

Hall Green School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the school to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to the following checks: enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), a prohibition from teaching (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.