SENDCo

Job Role: SENDCo (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Coordinator)

Working pattern: Full time

Contract type: Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary: MPS1 – UPS3 + SEN Allowance

Additional allowances: TLR 2c (£7,489+) per annum

Start date: September 2024

About the role

Do you have experience working with students with SEND? Are you looking for a role that enables you to lead in ensuring all students’ additional needs are met?

Requirements: All applicants must hold the NASENCO qualification and have experience as a school SENDCo.

The successful candidate will be a qualified SENCO committed to high standards and ambitious for the school, staff, and pupils. They will be capable of leading, managing, and inspiring pupils and staff, managing long-term objectives while handling daily priorities effectively. They should possess drive, vision, enthusiasm, and a strong commitment to supporting pupils with special needs and disadvantaged backgrounds, working closely with vulnerable students and those with the greatest needs.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a calm, safe environment where high standards of behaviour and academic achievement are maintained
• Model and promote best practices among staff
• Lead initiatives to foster positive behaviour and attitudes to learning
• Implement strategies to support vulnerable students in achieving, attending, and behaving appropriately
• Build collaborative relationships with parents to support student behaviour, attendance, and achievement
• Coordinate with external agencies to support students and ensure statutory protocols around SEND assessment and funding are followed
• Oversee and lead quality first education, outcomes, personal development, enrichment, and progress for students with SEN and/or disabilities

About the school

Our Greenwich Secondary School is a small 11-16 school with 640 pupils across five year groups (Years 7-11), located in Greenwich, Southeast London. We received an Ofsted rating of ‘Good’ in January 2019 and are proud of our community and the pupils we serve.

What we offer

We are dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All staff share this commitment. The successful candidate will undergo enhanced DBS clearance, and employment will be subject to references. This post is not exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.