Assistant Senco

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Job title:            Assistant Senco

Location:         New Barn School, Newbury

Salary:             Up to £28,000 per annum

Hours:             40 hours per week, Monday to Friday 8.30am - 4.30pm including 1x 5pm finish

Contract:        Permanent, Term time only

UK applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

As part of our continued growth, we now have a fantastic opportunity for a Assistant Senco to join our close-knit team at New Barn School located in Newbury.

About the role

To assist in managing the provision for pupils identified as having Special Educational Needs (SEN); including supporting with all relevant administration duties, running interventions, effective use of resources, and high standards of teaching, learning and achievement for all pupils. Specific responsibility areas are determined and allocated as local operational requirements and team structure dictate. Please note that some areas are site specific. 

Duties and Responsibilities

 * Schedule dates and times for annual review meetings (ARM) for pupils within each academic year, in accordance with legal requirements and considering school calendar, including management diaries 

 * Invite pupils’ parents/carers, Local Authority (LA) and all other stakeholders to ARM, and reschedule where necessary 

 * Communicate the intention of holding the ARM to staff with the explicit mention of what the requirements from them are 

 * Retrieve and analyse information using relevant system and information in learner file to complete information necessary for ARM 

 * Collate and produce all pre-annual review documentation, ensuring deadlines are met by chasing and supporting staff where necessary 

 * Complete annual review report following meeting, with action points and amendments

 * Distribute annual review paperwork to parents/carers, LA stakeholders, staff and any other persons that have action points prior to and following review. 

 * Maintain students SENCO folder with relevant SEN information from parents/LA and other stakeholders, including filing a copy of annual reviews as a PDF in pupil’s folders and hardcopy in pupil folder. 

 * Prioritise workload to ensure completion to specific deadlines

 * Support SENCO with responding to emails, letters and telephone enquiries in relation to SEN. 

 * Maintain the school annual review and intervention calendar and communicate to staff deadlines and ARM dates. 

 * Support the SENCO in the implementation, execution and review of a variety of identified and individualised interventions based on special educational need and additional identified academic need from KS1 to KS5. 

 * Support the SENCO in managing the implementation of provision and appropriate resources for Special Needs and Learning Support and ensure that they are used efficiently, effectively and safely

Essential 

• QTS

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About the School

New Barn School offers a broad, balanced and relevant curriculum to boys and girls, aged 6–19 years who have Social, Emotional and Mental Health complexities.

New Barn School takes full advantage of its beautiful settings and fosters a love for using the outdoor curriculum including forest school, farm experiences and horse riding. The school is within a commutable distance of Swindon, Oxford, Andover, Basingstoke and Reading and other surrounding towns and villages.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Our services offer a stable, secure and supportive environment, in which the pupils and young people we care for can develop the skills and confidence necessary to help them fulfil their potential.

We are part of Acorn Education and can promise you plenty of challenges, and a rich variety of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education for vulnerable pupils and young people. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

Why join Acorn Education? 

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to the safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS,