Sendco

Are you ready to inspire our Sen pupils to achieve the best that they can?

Join our committed team of professionals at Lynn Grove Academy

Job Title: SENDCO or aspiring SENDCO

Location: Norfolk

Salary: MPS/UPS £30,000 - £46,525 + TLR 1a

Start date: January 2025 or sooner

Contract type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full time

About our School:

At Lynn Grove, we put learning at the heart. Our teachers constantly develop their practice to ensure our pupils have the best possible learning journey. We value academic rigour and teach our pupils to challenge themselves and persevere.  We want our young people to fully embrace school life. Our incredible pastoral system ensures they are cared for and known as individuals. We offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities to enrich their school experience and allow them to flourish.  

About the SEN Department:

Our care for children who require additional support to make good progress is personalised and flexible. We work closely with the young people and their families who experience particular challenges at school. Our SEN department is led by our SENCO, who is supported by a team of experienced, well-qualified and specialist learning support assistants.

We believe in nurturing pupils and guiding them towards ever increasing independence at the pace that is right for them. We work with primary schools and parents from year 5 to establish an individualised approach that ensures a smooth transition to secondary school. We customise our induction process for every child with additional needs so that everyone gets off to a confident start. As our pupils prepare to for the next stage of their education we plan equally carefully so that they continue to be successful.

For children who feel they would benefit, we offer nurture support during the school day, after school with home work and during the holidays.

Excellent teaching meets the needs of all the learners in the class and our teachers understand their responsibility to ensure that every child makes good progress. We have access to good quality training and expert guidance from a range of specialist practitioners.

As a school community we celebrate each others’ differences and support each other to progress. We are justifiably proud of our pupil mentors who work to assist our children through the transition to high school and on a day to day basis in school.

About You:

We have a well-deserved reputation for the quality of our CPD and would be happy to support the right candidate to achieve National SENDCO accreditation. The post is suitable for an experienced SENDCO, but we also have strong capacity to support an aspiring SENDCO. We know that working together not only improves results but reduces workload and our structures support this. As SENDCO at Lynn Grove you will have outstanding expert support from your line manager, and from SEND experts in our trust. You will also benefit from working collaboratively with SENDCOs in the CET family of schools.

 Requirements:

To apply for the SENDCO role, you must:

·        Hold Qualified Teacher Status

·        Be qualified to a degree level

·        Hold or be willing to achieve National SENDCO qualification.

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust was established in 2010 to work in England’s post-industrial and coastal towns and cities. We are now a network of 17 schools educating 13,500 children and young people.

We have chosen to work with schools in challenging circumstances. We have successfully transformed schools previously deemed to be inadequate into good ones in order that all our students can have the best start in life. We are committed to providing educational opportunity for children of all abilities and to building cultural capital through a wide range of co-curricular activities. Curricular innovation through our Knowledge Connected programmes promotes creative, integrated and pro-active thinking so that our students are equipped for the challenges of the 21st century.

 CET Benefits & Continual Professional Development:

CET are committed to your learning and development, which is a continuous process that starts with your induction. The opportunities include a wide range of subjects from middle leadership and DSL training to autism awareness. We run annual conferences including Safeguarding and Learning and Teaching and have regular network meetings across the Trust.

We have a wide range of benefits that you are more than welcome to explore further in our Staff Benefits brochure attached.

Next Steps

Application Closing Date: 3 November 2024

Interview Date: w/c 11 November 2024

 Please submit your application through our website using the direct online application method.

We warmly welcome visits to our school or if you would like to arrange a confidential conversation with the Line Manager of this position, please contact our HR team on norfolkhr@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk who would be happy to assist in arranging this.

 Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.