Special Educational Needs & Disabilities Coordinator
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS plus TLR dependent on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 27 May 2020
Job overview
Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA) are seeking to appoint a SENDCO who is committed to inclusion and dedicated to improving outcomes for students with SEND.
We are looking for an enthusiastic professional who has the passion, drive and ambition to inspire staff and students alike; an expert practitioner and someone who can ensure that PACA continues to have highly effective relationships with parents/carers and partner professionals. The postholder will co-ordinate and collaboratively work with all school stakeholders to ensure that students with SEND achieve their full potential.
The successful candidate will report to the Principal monitoring the progress of students with SEND, evaluating the effectiveness of their learning and continue to develop excellent provision that is responsive to need. They will line manage a small SEND staff team and take responsibility for the commissioning of specialist services, ensuring high quality intervention and value for money.
The SENDCO will have a creative and proactive approach and ensure students are supported and advised at key transition points, ensuring that guidance is given regarding progression and pathways best suited to the specific needs of individual students.
An important aspect of the role will be to analyse and interpret data and then advise on best evidence based practice and promote innovative teaching and learning strategies. An ability to motivate, lead and inspire colleagues is essential.
Collaboration with the pastoral team and safeguarding professionals will ensure we maintain our positive reputation in this key area of school life.
Candidates will be considered who are qualified, or are either in the process of completing or wanting to achieve the NASENCO award.
If you are interested in this vacancy, please complete an application form, which you can download from our website, https://www.paca.uk.com/work-at-paca and send with a supporting letter outlining how your previous experience would enable you to fulfil this role and send to Sheila Cahill, Executive Assistant at s.cahill@paca.uk.com
Interviews: Via Zoom, to be confirmed
The Principal reserves the right to interview an outstanding candidate prior to the closing date without notice.
About Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
- Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
- Chalky Road, Portslade, Brighton
- East Sussex
- BN41 2WS
- United Kingdom
About Portslade Aldridge Community Academy
Welcome to Portslade Aldridge Community Academy (PACA), a thriving 11-16 school rated Good by Ofsted (2016). Our results have been consistently improving for over three years and our Progress 8 score (0.3) is now the second highest in the city. Recognised as Brighton’s Most Improved School in the local media in 2017, our KS3 student intake grew over 80% year on year in 2017, and is set for further significant growth in 2018.
PACA has developed a strong learning culture of “Expert Learner” with students actively engaged in their own progress. High standards are maintained throughout the school with strong outcomes, particularly in the fundamentals of English and maths. We also have excellent outcomes in art and a focus on STEM. The current post-16 offer, a mixture of academic and vocational, is a key development priority through partnership work with local employers, leading organisations and our sister school in the city. Our digital media academy, an exciting collaboration between the two schools and over 40 local companies, is a great example of how these partnerships can deliver for our students.
In common with all Aldridge schools we also have a strong focus on developing the enterprise skills, attributes and confidence that help our students navigate through higher education and the many employment opportunities that will be available to them in the future.
PACA is so much more than a school. We work closely with, and offer our facilities to, the wider community as well as partnering with local primary schools and employers. Those facilities, which have benefitted from an £13m investment since we became an academy, include a STEM centre, Mac suite, specialist dance and art studios, and a community library. Our positive contribution to the community in which we live and work was recognised in winning the Brighton Community School of 2016 Award and the Most Improved School in Brighton & Hove Award 2017.
Aldridge Education
PACA is a member of the Aldridge Education multi-academy trust. We work in different regions across England where the opportunities and prospects for young people are often most limited, and where the introduction of our entrepreneurial approach to education can have most benefit.
We are a values-driven organisation with a commitment to non-selective, inclusive schools, providing children and young people with an exceptional educational experience. Our goal is that, by the age of 25, all Aldridge graduates will have experienced an outstanding and enjoyable education and be able to sustain the life of their choice.
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