Director of Inclusion (SENCO)
St Mary Magdalene C of E School
Greenwich, London
- £59,380 - £64,700 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Inner London Leadership Scale Points 9-13
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 10 June 2022
Job overview
Are you a committed and inspirational SENCO looking for a new challenge? St Mary Magdalene is a thriving all through school in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, looking to appoint a SENCO to join our secondary phase team.
We are looking for someone who is capable of initiating and developing effective strategies which will enable our SEND pupils to achieve their full potential. This is a critical role within St Mary Magdalene as we continue to grow and develop.
We are looking for:
• a secondary SENCO with a proven track record in leading and managing all aspects of inclusion
• someone who is committed to raising standards for all students
• someone with strong leadership and good organisational skills
• someone who can take responsibility for specialist teaching staff and designated learning support assistants, and who can effectively liaise with relevant staff, external agencies and parents.
We can offer:
• a supportive leadership team and vibrant professional community
• a commitment to continuing professional development
• a positive school culture which believes in distributed/ collaborative leadership
• energetic and enthusiastic students
• a supportive, Christian ethos across our school communities
• an Apple MacBook for use in school and at home
St. Mary Magdalene is a popular and successful school with two school campuses; a primary site in Woolwich and an all through site on the Greenwich Peninsula. It leads the Koinonia Federation with another primary school in Greenwich (SE10), Christ Church.
Our new £65m building is situated on the Greenwich Peninsula, beside the O2, offering excellent public transport links via the Jubilee Line to North Greenwich and various bus routes. Please note there are very limited staff parking facilities at the school.
St Mary Magdalene’s secondary phase opened in September 2016 and provides a total of 900 places for students aged 11-16. It also offers a sixth form provision for up to 300 students; we welcomed our first Year 12 cohort in September 2021, who will become our Year 13s in September 2022.
As this role will involve contact with children we will take up at least two references before interview asking about your suitability to work with children. Any job offer will be conditional on you having a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Criminal Records Check and Barred List Check, having the legal right to work in the UK and having satisfactory overseas criminal records checks if deemed necessary.
Only shortlisted candidates will be telephoned & invited to attend interview.
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About St Mary Magdalene C of E School
St Mary Magdalene C of E School is a co-educational, all-through school based in Greenwich, south-east London. The school has both primary and secondary phases. The secondary phase has approximately 560 students aged 11-18 and 80 staff.
St Mary Magdalene C of E School is part of the wider Koinonia Federation – a federation of two schools located over four sites that work together as one team. Facilities include a sports hall, library, science labs, drama and dance studio. Religious Studies, the school's specialism, is a central element of the curriculum. Extra-curricular activities include sports, food technology, STEM club and Bible Club, which all students can attend.
Federation Executive Co-Headteachers
Claire Harrison, Victoria Wainwright
Principal
Razwan Hussain
Values and vision
St Mary Magdalene C of E School aims to teach pupils to treat others as they would expect to be treated. The pastoral structure of the school ensures that every student is known individually. Children are provided with opportunities to develop their mentoring and leadership skills. The school specialises in Religious Studies and collective worship is a key part of each school day. Teachers intend collective worship, which is led by senior leaders or the School Chaplain, to be a creative and responsive time that follows the Anglican calendar and also acknowledges the key dates of other faiths.
Inspections
St Mary Magdalene All Through School was inspected by SIAMS in 2018 and was graded Outstanding in all areas. It was also inspected by Ofsted in 2018 and was graded GOOD in all areas.
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