SENDCo/ Inclusion Leader

Job Purpose

This post is an important post in Trafford Alternative Education Provision. The role involves working with developing all activities and to help students with Special Educational Needs to have equal access to educational opportunities at the Trafford Medical Service and Trafford High School.

To carry out all duties and responsibilities in accordance with School policies and procedures and statutory requirements.

Classroom teaching is at the heart of the school’s purpose to maximise the academic achievement of every member of the school community in addition to meeting the requirements of the National Standards for Teachers, the following will be expected in this role.

To support in the promotion of high standards of student learning, achievement, progress, attainment and behaviour.

Liaising with

Teaching Staff, SLT, SEND TAs external agencies and parents /carers.

 KEY FUNCTIONS

• To be the SENDCo for Trafford Alternative Education Provision
• To manage the home tuition service
• To be responsible for relevant SEND admin.
• To lead the provision for special educational needs within THS and TMES
• To manage appropriate resources for Special Needs and Literacy/Numeracy support and ensure that they are used efficiently, effectively and safely.
• The coordination, implementation and evaluation of interventions.
• To develop curriculum resources to ensure that pupils identified on the SEND Register have the required levels of support.
• To support the Executive Headteacher /Deputy Curriculum Standards and Quality Assurance in managing the implementation of an inclusive curriculum including access to alternative/additional provision.
• To support in the management of a team of TAs on a day-to-day basis.
• Within the context of the schools aims and policies, to work with the Executive Headteacher to develop and implement SEND policies, plans, targets and practices.
• To support and sustain effective SEND whole school teaching, evaluating the quality of teaching and standards of pupils’ achievement, and setting targets for improvement.
• To provide all those with involvement in Special Needs the support, challenge, information and development necessary to sustain motivation and secure improvement in teaching
• To teach intervention and oversee intervention groups

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES

The main responsibilities of the post are to:

• Support the Executive Headteacher to ensure a robust process of identifying children for the SEND register.
• Support the provision of special educational needs learning support, including the allocation of support time and the writing, monitoring and evaluation of individual education plans.
• Liaise with relevant outside agencies to ensure that individual pupil special educational needs are met effectively and that the requirements of statements of special educational need and Education Health and Care Plans are met fully.
• Ensure that accurate and detailed records are kept of meetings and discussions with parents and external agencies / providers.
• Ensure that the SEN Register is kept accurate and up to date and that staff are kept informed of pupil special educational needs.
• Work with the Executive Headteacher /SLT and other staff to ensure that individual education plans are used to set subject-specific targets and match work well to pupils’ needs.
• Support the monitoring of the effectiveness of individual education plans and arrange and chair annual reviews.
• Analyse and interpret relevant national, local and school pupil data, plus research and inspection evidence, practices, expectations, targets and teaching methods.
• Use data effectively to identify pupils who are seriously underachieving and where necessary create and implement effective plans of action to support those pupils.
• Provide guidance to staff on the choice of appropriate teaching and learning methods to meet the needs of different pupils.
• Work with the Senior Leaders and staff on the implementation of the school Strategy, helping to ensure effective development of pupils’ literacy and numeracy.
• Work with the Executive Headteacher Deputy Curriculum Standards to promote an inclusive curriculum.
• Support meetings of SEND staff; communicate information to staff and co-ordinate resulting action.
• Negotiate, provide and monitor personalised timetables for pupils with specific additional needs.
• Ensure the effective and efficient management and organisation of learning resources, including ICT allocating available resources with maximum efficiency to meet the objectives of the School and to achieve value for money.

Teaching:

To plan and prepare schemes of work and complete planning documentation. Plan and monitor coverage, continuity and progression in Literacy throughout the school. To teach, according to their educational needs, the pupils in your class, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the pupils in school and elsewhere.

To promote the intellectual, physical and personal abilities and aptitudes of the pupils in your class and provide guidance and advice to pupils on educational and relevant social matters.

To make records of and reports on the personal and social needs of pupils.

Evaluate the teaching and learning of literacy in the school through monitoring activities including:

·      Lesson observations

·      Work and planning scrutiny

·      Pupil discussions

·      Analysis of results and assessment data

·      Attending planning meetings

·      Leading staff training

·      Informal discussions

To teach offsite home library/tuition