SENCO
Portway Primary School
Newham
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS (Inner London) + TLR 2b (possibility of SEN point
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 26 June 2018
Job overview
We are looking for an inspiring, highly motivated and experienced SENCO to join our dedicated staff team. As a SENCO at Portway Primary School, we expect dedication, hard work and commitment to secure the very best outcomes for learners with SEND. Portway Primary School is a very diverse and vibrant four-form entry primary school located in Newham. We have recently become an academy as part of the Leading Learning Trust and are embarking on an exciting new phase in the school’s development which we would love you to be a part of!
We can offer you:
- Happy children who love learning and coming to school!
- A friendly, supportive, forward thinking, and dedicated team of colleagues
- Supportive parents and governors
- Excellent professional development and rapid leadership progression
- Dedicated leadership time
We are seeking a SENCO with the following qualities:
- Have a record of good or better teaching practice
- Be enthusiastic, show initiative and drive
- Be ambitious and interested in your own professional development
- Show commitment to the school and contribute to all aspects of school life
- Have excellent leadership and management skills
- Have the NASENCO qualification or be willing to undertake the relevant training.
- Good understanding of the SEND code of practice
- Experience in conducting assessment of learning needs and planning appropriate curriculum provision and interventions for pupils with SEND.
Further information about our school can be found on our website – www.portway.leadinglearningtrust.org . We are located in Stratford Road, Plaistow, E13 0JW.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.
To arrange a visit please contact our Assistant Headteacher, Lucy Jenkinson on 020 8472 7142.
The closing date for applications is midnight on Wednesday 27 June 2018.
Interviews will take place from week commencing Monday 2 July 2018 and will comprise of a lesson observation, tasks relating to new code of practice, as well as a formal interview.
Please apply online at: http://ats-npw.jobsgopublic.com/vacancies/view/64324-senco?source=597-tes-online&enhancement=
Portway Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all our staff to share this commitment. All staff are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check as well as qualifications and reference checks. A disqualification declaration questionnaire maybe required for this post.
About Portway Primary School
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Portway Primary School is an Outstanding primary school in Plaistow, Newham, which provides an exceptional and enriching education for children from 2 to 11 years. We believe that our core purpose as a school is not only to help our children succeed academically, but also to teach them about the wider world and their role in the future. We want children to learn today the knowledge and skills required to be able to transform tomorrow, and so at Portway, we have one simple statement that encapsulates our vision: Learning today, transforming tomorrow.
Our school is part of Newham Community Learning, which exists in order to provide an excellent education for all young people in our community. We are the only Trust to offer all-through provision from ages 2 - 16 within a single family of schools in Newham. Across our two primary and four secondary schools, all located in the west of the borough, we educate over 5,400 local children and young people, and employ a team of close to 700 members of staff, the vast majority of whom live locally.
To view opportunities at all our schools, please see our Trust page on TES.
Train with us - we are delighted to partner with Teach First to deliver our School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) programme. Teach First is a national charity that develops and supports teachers and leaders who are determined to make a difference where it is needed the most. As a training partner, we will be working with Teach First to deliver this one year teacher training programme, which enables participants to train and develop skills in the classroom. It is ideal for people who are eager to learn on the job and make a difference in their community from day one. Our Newham Community Learning SCITT Booklet has further information; please email traintoteach@ncltrust.net to find out more. Please note that this programme is currently aimed at secondary teaching staff.
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