SENCo
Prestatyn High School
Prestatyn, North Wales
- Expired
- Salary:
- MPS & TLR 1B
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 8 March 2018
Job overview
Prestatyn High School is a rapidly improving school where expectations are unapologetically high, demanding the best in all areas of education. We are looking for a SENCo with tireless energy, vision and determination to drive forward the new ALN framework. This is a high profile important role within the school to ensure that all pupils, no matter their starting point or background, make rapid and sustained progress. As the largest school in the area we have a tremendous amount to offer our students while retaining the intimacy and support that is grounded in a pastoral system, which is designed to deliver the highest care possible for every single pupil. Working at whole school level is a key element to the role with a strong commitment to supporting pupils to raise their achievement. The successful candidate will demonstrate proven leadership skills, an in depth knowledge of all the relevant aspects of the post, excellent interpersonal skills and contribute to the inclusive ethos at the heart of the school community.
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About Prestatyn High School
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Pupils are from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds with around a quarter from relatively prosperous areas and a similar proportion from economically disadvantaged areas. Nearly 13% of pupils at Key Stage 3 and 4 are entitled to free school meals. Very few pupils come from homes where Welsh is the predominant language. Between 1% and 2% of pupils come from minority ethnic groups.
Pupils come from the whole ability ranges. Currently the school’s register of Special Educational Needs contains 256 pupils (13.9% of the school population). 46 pupils have statements of SEN (2.7%). The percentage of pupils on the SEN register has increased since the last inspection whilst the percentage with statements has decreased slightly.
Accommodation is at a premium with eight mobile classrooms having been added since the last inspection to meet the demand for places. Accommodation is generally good but heavily used.
The school has received a number of awards for the work it does. These include the Investors in People award in 2003, the Green Flag to signify us as one of the few secondary schools in Wales to be recognised as an Eco school, and five curriculum award from the Welsh Secondary Schools Assocation (WSSA) for various aspects of our work, and recently the Basic Skills Quality Mark.
Prestatyn High school’s mission statement continues to commit itself to being a community with high standards, promoting equality of opportunity and inclusion for all in the pursuit of excellence. It believes that every pupil should be entered for appropriate examinations and it strives to enable as many pupils as possible to return to the sixth form through the wide variety of courses offered. It prides itself on its caring environment and the structures it has created to promote this. It has set suitably challenging, specific and numeric targets to raise further the standards of achievement of all pupils and departments and expects further such progress in the future. The recent Estyn inspection report reflects the high esteem in which the school is held and sets the context for the further improvements planned.
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