Assistant SENCO

Assistant SENCO

NJC18-22 Actual Salary £26,239-£28,038

Permanent and Full Time

To start as soon as possible

John Port Spencer Academy is a large and vibrant community school with the ambition to ensure the very best learning experience for each and every one of our students. We are a Good School (Ofsted 2022) and we recognise that every student has their own individual strengths, gifts and talents and aim to ensure these are all nurtured and developed to their full potential.

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic Assistant SENCO to join our dedicated SEN team in the Academy.  

The Assistant SENCO will be responsible for the day to day running of the department under the supervision of the SENCO. The primary purpose of the role is to co-ordinate and deliver interventions for pupils with a range of special educational needs. The postholder will form part of this important team ensuring that the right learning environment is provided for students to achieve their potential. We are seeking a highly organised individual with experience in using Microsoft and who has excellent communication skills to liaise with staff, parents, students and external agencies. If you feel that you have the skills for this role we would be keen to hear from you.

The successful candidate will provide the right professional support to help students maximise their achievements.

If you require more information or would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Mrs Topham (HR Officer) at recruitment@johnportspencer.org.uk

Spencer Academies Trust is an educational charity, Multi-Academy Trust and Sponsor of Academies. We have approaching 18000 children and young people in our academies and employ more than 2200 teachers, leaders and educational support professionals across the East Midlands. We aspire to be a leading regional high performing Trust, with a national reputation for excellence. 

We currently have 17 primary academies, 8 secondary academies and one primary aged special school in our family of schools. All of our schools benefit from the collaboration and added value that being a member of our Trust offers, and share our values and beliefs. Spencer Trust academies share an ambition to deliver results that compete with the very highest performing schools in the country, and deliver a curriculum for students that is underpinned by breadth, opportunity and quality: one that seeks to give young people the opportunity to develop into well rounded global citizens that believe they can influence positive change in the world.

Mission

Our Mission is to deliver the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Vision

Spencer Academies Trust is an exceptional Trust, providing an outstanding education for local children.

We Believe:   

• All children have a right to a quality education regardless of background or ability, and have an entitlement to the opportunity of a secure progression route in their learning and development.  
• Schools are stronger when they work in collaboration with each other, operate within a ‘family’ and are open to a true sense of partnership.  
• We grow the effectiveness and sustainability of our schools by developing the people within them, and that through shared and equitable responsibility for quality and outcomes; we achieve more.

Applicants would be expected to share the Trust’s high aspirations and expectations for students and staff.

If you require more information or would like an informal discussion about the role please contact Mrs Jeannette Topham (HR Officer) at recruitment@johnport.derbyshire.sch.uk.

We offer a comprehensive range of employee benefits, please visit: http://satrust.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SAT-Employee-Benefits-September-2022.pdf 

The Spencer Academies Trust Safer recruitment policy requires applications for this post must be submitted through our recruitment portal. CV’s cannot be accepted. We are also required to request references prior to interview. 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 20 October 2024

Interviews will take place on: Thursday 24 October 2024

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted through our Every Candidate Portal. If you are a new user to our portal, you can click on ‘Register’ to complete your candidate profile. If you already have a candidate profile with us, click on ‘Sign In’.  Both of these routes allow you to feed your candidate information into any of our vacancies and view the status of your application. 

We have added a video to help guide you through our portal, please visit https://vimeo.com/737845492/c1b8e43656   

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity). 

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer