Head of Base and SENDCo
Tooting Primary School
Wandsworth
- Expired
- Salary:
- L6 - L10
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 16 May 2024
Job overview
Applications are invited for this key appointment to be part of a team which embraces innovation and creativity.
You will be an experienced and qualified SENDCo and passionate about inspiring children to learn and be supportive of others in sharing best practice and working collaborative with a dedicated and committed team. Leading a team is essential as is demonstrative experience of managing EHCPS, consultations and links with other agencies.
Tooting Primary School opened in September 2013 and is a successful two-form entry school and we wish to recruit across our school from September.
Our professional support and career opportunities are simply exceptional. As part of the Graveney Trust (3 local schools), we utilise the amazing resources and expertise of an outstanding secondary school (5 consecutive Outstanding reports).
You will have:
- Experience of working with children with ASD or who have additional learning and behavioural needs
- Be creative, flexible and able to adapt your teaching to respond to individual learners
- Have an understanding of children’s stages of development
- Be able to manage a team
- Be committed to continuing professional development
In return, we will offer:
- Our professional support and career opportunities are simply exceptional. As part of the Graveney Trust (3 local schools) we utilize the amazing resources and expertise of an outstanding secondary school (5 consecutive Outstanding reports)
- Our ASD Resource Base - 'The Discovery Zone' supports children from Reception to Year 6 who have a diagnosis of autism and an EHCP. We currently have 20 children taught in two extremely well-resourced classes, each with its own sensory room and high staff: child ratio
- An opportunity to develop and shape your career
- A culture of growth mindset where purposeful practise and effort are rewarded
- A creative, exciting curriculum which makes the most of being located in London
- A fantastic learning environment
- A team of committed and dedicated staff to work alongside
- A leadership team that is committed to staff development, teaching & learning and pupil outcomes
For further information, please visit: www.tootingprimary.org
To apply, please complete the attached application form.
In accordance with Graveney Trust’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, applicants must complete both Part 1 and Part 2 of the application forms attached to this advert in order to be considered for shortlisting. Applicants who submit only one single part of the application form will not be processed.
Closing date: Noon on Thursday 16th May 2024
Interviews: w/c 20th May 2024
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of our commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the Equal Opportunities: Recruitment Monitoring Google form, using the link below. This information will be treated as confidential and omitted from the shortlisting process.
https://forms.gle/6CfJLM6gGmrDtfZ76
Strictly no contact from agencies. Please respect this request.
Attached documents
About Tooting Primary School
Tooting Primary School, London, is a free, mixed, primary school for children aged 4-11, founded by the Graveney Trust.
The school, which was established to address what was a significant shortfall of primary places in the area, opened in September 2013 with two full cohorts of Reception pupils. By September 2014, it was heavily oversubscribed. As well as on-site provision, the school also have access to facilities at Graveney School.
Tooting Primary School is split over three floors and is designed to cater for 63 children in each year group. The school is two-form entry with the facility to admit three ASD children into each year group. These children have access to a resource base with specialist staff and equipment, including a sensory pod.
Values and vision
Tooting Primary School’s pastoral care focuses on building self-esteem in the belief that this, in combination with careful planning, building good relationships and ensuring that the highest expectations are in place, will result in all pupils achieving to the highest level. In addition to developing a robust, creative curriculum that will give pupils the opportunity to learn key skills in all academic areas, the school also aims to ensure that they develop a 'can-do' attitude towards life and learning.
Ofsted
“Leaders, managers and governors have lost no time in establishing a culture of exceptionally high expectations since the school opened. Working closely with staff, they have made sure that teaching is consistently of the very highest quality, and that pupils’ outstanding behaviour and attitudes to learning flourish.”
View Tooting Primary School’s latest Ofsted report
Application Process
Applicants are advised to read ALL instructions and guidance on the application form prior to completion. Failure to do so may result in the form being returned to you, therefore causing a delay and missing the closing date for applications.
Wherever possible, please complete the application form electronically and include as much detail as possible; in particular:
- Section 7E (Education Training and Qualifications) Do include/account for ALL gaps in the chronology of your education and employment from secondary to higher education, as appropriate.
- Section 9 – Additional Information Please take careful note of the instructions under this section and provide as much information as possible to support your application.
Please do not submit a CV as an alternative to any part of the application form as it will not be considered.
Graveney Trust is committed to safeguarding and ensuring the well-being and safety of staff and students. All our employees, volunteers and contractors share this commitment and we will carry out Enhanced DBS checks for all appointments as well ensuring that our rigorous pre-recruitment checks are strictly adhered to.
We foster an inclusive culture that promotes equality of opportunity and values diversity creating an environment where the rights and dignity of all members of our community are respected. We promote a culture that allows staff to grow and flourish, regardless of age, disability, gender identity or expression, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.
As part of our commitment to this inclusive culture, we kindly ask that you complete the separate Equal Opportunities Recruitment Monitoring form in addition to the Application form.
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