SENCo
Woldgate School
East Riding of Yorkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS plus SEN allowance of £4,000 p.a and a TLR2 of up to £4,260 p.a
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 22 May 2024
Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a SENCO to work lead our Learning Support Team. We welcome applications from qualified SENCOs and Teachers who are committed to gain the NASENCo qualification within 2 years of appointment to the post.
To manage Learning Support resources to ensure the accurate identification of pupils and students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities, the provision of appropriate teaching and learning materials, interventions and strategies to address this needs and disabilities and the regular monitoring and evaluation of their progress.
Key responsibilities
· As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, to lead the strategic development of Learning Support provision within the school
· To lead the training of Staff in a wide range of Special Educations Needs and Disability issues in order to enhance expertise, improve classroom practice and accelerate pupil progress.
· To liaise with relevant staff on Special Educational Need and Disability transition issues across all phases and the Exams Officer (where applicable) on Special Educational Needs and Disability pupils’ special arrangements for examinations.
· To support Curriculum Leaders in undertaking Department Reviews
· To co-ordinate the effective provision of the Learning Support Curriculum
· To advise, update and lead the school on all Special Educational Needs and Disability legislation, developments and policies, both locally and nationally.
· To lead and co-ordinate all Special Educational Needs and Disability issues within the school.
· To contribute positively to the wider strategic aims and vision of the school and play a full part in the life of the school community and support and promote the school’s ethos and mission.
· To implement Child Protection and Safeguarding procedures and practices.
· To lead the training of staff in a wide range of Special Educational Needs and Disability issues in order to enhance the expertise, improve classroom practice and accelerate pupil progress.
· To attend Senior Leadership briefings and strategic meetings
Attached documents
About Woldgate School
- Woldgate School
- 92 Kilnwick Road, Pocklington
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- YO42 2LL
- United Kingdom
Woldgate School and Sixth Form College is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with sixth form situated in Pocklington, a small market town in York. It is an academy converter supported by a multi-academy trust called Wolds Learning Partnership. A larger than average school for a school of its type, it will provide 1,100 places for secondary and sixth form students between the ages of 11-18 when fully subscribed.
The school has been educating children from Pocklington and surrounding areas since 1958, and re-opened under the same name as an academy converter in January 2017.
Headteacher
Jonathan Britton
Values and Vision
Woldgate's motto is “Of great merit, character and value”. It is a school with a focus on providing an education where each learner is treated as an individual to help fulfil their potential to the maximum. It is a safe, happy and enjoyable environment where each child studies in a manner where they are challenged but also supported by the school’s high quality of pastoral care.
The school holds specialist status in performing arts and holds the Artsmark Gold award.
Ofsted
“Leaders, including governors, have successfully brought about improvements in the quality of teaching and students’ achievements since the previous inspection. Consequently, the overall effectiveness of the college has improved since the last inspection and is good. Students make good progress across the college in a wide range of subjects including English and mathematics. This is because well-planned, interesting tasks motivate students to work hard and complete a good amount of high-quality work.”
View (pre-academy) Woldgate School and Sixth Form College’s latest Ofsted report
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.