Deputy SENDCO, Designated Safeguarding Lead
Middlewich High School
Cheshire East
- £28,085 - £32,064 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 8 —SCP 24 to 28 (£31,099 to £34,723 FTE)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- March 2023
- Apply by:
- 13 February 2023
Job overview
Vacancy: Deputy SENDCO, Designated Safeguarding Lead
Required for March 2023
Grade 8 —SCP 24 to 28 (£31,099 to £34,723 FTE)
37 hours per week (8am-4pm Monday to Thursday, 8am-3.30pm Friday) 41 weeks per year (Term –time plus 3 weeks)
Actual Salary £28,085 to £32,064
We are looking to appoint a proactive, organised and committed individual to join our well-established SEND team. The Deputy SENDCO will be expected to work closely with the SEN CO/Head of Resource Provisions and to take an active interest in the wider aspects of Learning Support and Inclusion within the school, helping to remove barriers to learning where they exist and to ensure students are supported in becoming emotionally healthy, resilient individuals, who are able to achieve their academic potential. The individual will also be responsible for the safeguarding of our SEND students. The successful candidate will Implement the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Procedures in line with national, statutory and school requirements, working with the Designated Safeguarding Person specifically for students with SEND.
The successful applicant will be a positive, flexible and motivated individual with personal drive. You will have a calm, organised nature, with the ability to work professionally to strict deadlines, responding effectively and efficiently to challenges. You will be able to communicate confidently and effectively, in varied situations. You will have the ability to work both as part of a team and independently, maintaining a positive and successful working relationship with colleagues.
Closing date for applications is Monday 13th February 2023, 9am
Interview date will be week commencing 13th February 2023.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant must have enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. The School is an equal opportunities employer.
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About Middlewich High School
- Middlewich High School
- King Edward Street, Middlewich
- Cheshire
- CW10 9BU
- United Kingdom
Middlewich High School is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school in Middlewich, Cheshire. At its most recent inspection, there were 701 pupils aged 11-16 on the school roll.
The town of Middlewich is known for its three canals and has good motorway links to nearby Manchester and Liverpool. Middlewich High School was opened in 1906 and has remained on the same site ever since.
Middlewich High School converted to an academy school in December 2021 and joined the Sir John Brunner Foundation.
Headteacher
Lydia Naylor
Values and vision
Middlewich High School is an excellent school where all children are valued as individuals. We have a strong reputation for being a caring school, and all our children are challenged to be aspirational and aim to reach their full potential.
At Middlewich High School students are placed at the heart of all we do. We strive to offer a fully personalised curriculum and maintain a relentless drive to offer outstanding learning opportunities, in order to raise standards. It is our intent to ensure that students leave us confident, happy, equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in life.
We strive as a community to be lifelong learners and we are working hard to develop a culture of resilience and respect characterised by highly focused, inquisitive, happy students and staff.
Mission Statement
Middlewich High School’s vision is ‘Excellence in Learning – Achievement for All’. We believe that all pupils irrespective of gender, ethnic origin, capability, physical impairment, or religious belief should acquire, through the curriculum, the knowledge, skills and practical abilities that ensure their success in life.
It is our determination to ensure that every aspect of our practice, our planning and our curriculum is the best it can possibly be. We have an ethos of evaluation and reflection that ensures we continually challenge our thinking; there is no room for complacency in our work. We are characterised by high expectations and ambition, demonstrating a ‘why not’ mind-set at every opportunity. Our determination to ensure that all our students achieve excellence ensures we offer a fully inclusive, broad and well -balanced curriculum.
We support students from entry to the point they leave school in year 11, to pursue Higher and Further Education and become happy, effective employees and responsible global citizens.
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