Director of SEND
Guildford County School
Guildford
- Expired
- Salary:
- TMPS plus TLR 1.5, £9,472 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st April 2018 or 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 25 January 2018
Job overview
“Pupils who have special educational needs and/or disabilities achieve well. In 2016, pupils who received additional support made very good progress compared with similar pupils with the same starting points nationally. Pupils perform well because of the high standard of the intervention and guidance they receive from additional adults in class and specialist teachers.”
“OUTSTANDING in all areas” – Ofsted 2017
The SEND department performs a vital role at Guildford County School. With a low number of students for whom an EHCP has been issued we have been able to provide genuinely bespoke provision and support for students with the greatest level of need. Our central belief at the school is that all staff are teachers of SEND. As such, regardless of where a child appears on the SEND register, in terms of their level of need, each one is provided with support from all the staff with whom they work.
Leadership of the SEND team is therefore incredibly important and we are currently seeking to recruit an outstanding leader with a proven track record of care for and success with those children who have the greatest level of (academic) need.
We welcome applications from existing or aspirant SENCos.
Strong academic results, great teamwork and a drive for excellence set this academy school apart. Our students and staff benefit from exceptional community links and are widely praised for their passion and dedication.
For further information or to download an application form, please visit the school website: www.guildfordcounty.co.uk or contact Nicky Evans, PA to the Headteacher on 01483 504089 or email nevans@guildfordcounty.co.uk
Closing date: Midday, Thursday, 25th January 2018.
Provisional Interview date: Monday, 29th January 2018.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this obligation. The successful candidate will be required to undertake and enhanced disclosure by the DBS.
About Guildford County School
At Guildford County School, we have a purpose. We are entrusted to provide our students with the best education in the country, focused on outcomes of every description.
We do this through focussing on our three core values. We expect all members of our community to demonstrate a generosity of spirit, to be creative in all of their endeavours and to celebrate success in all of its forms.
We are a high achieving, oversubscribed and non-selective mixed state secondary school in Surrey. Music and sport, as well as a number of other co-curricular activities, sit alongside our established, yet progressive, academic curriculum. Students, staff and other stakeholders love our school. An academy converter, we are proud members of the Learning Partners Academy Trust and work tirelessly to serve our local community.
As a School founded in 1905 we have deep-rooted values and traditions which have resulted in consistent academic success and we have held a strong place within the Guildford Educational establishment for over 100 years. These successes have been built on a clear vision and a strong set of core values.
Guildford County School values and promotes excellence and recognises different kinds of success. We appreciate individual difference, foster respect, promote tolerance and the acceptance of others, encourage warm relationships and provide a place for all. Through providing opportunities for everyone to give and achieve we demonstrate our integrity, fairness and an ethical way of working. We are creative, open to innovation and initiative, whilst remaining respectful of our traditions. We aim to affirm in everyone a sense of identity, confidence and community.
Our school has a strong reputation for academic success, developed within a caring and family atmosphere. We are proud of our consistently high examination results and the culture of ‘Better Never Stops’ that permeates throughout County. Our dedicated staff work in partnership with students, creating an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust, which helps students to achieve their full potential. We provide outstanding and varied learning experiences and the school is renowned for its friendliness and student support. We operate a mantra of ‘kindness, but with a bottom line’.
As a Specialist Music college, we have a national reputation for excellence in this curriculum area. Music inspires our students, encourages self-esteem, and helps them to work in teams and respect their peers. We take Music beyond the classroom to entertain and support the community and this highlights our drive for excellence in all aspects of school life.
Guildford County School educates the whole child and we have a wide-ranging programme of co-curricular activities that sit very much alongside our traditional class-based provision. We are delighted that our students grow into thriving, confident and resilient young people, well equipped for the challenges and opportunities that they will face when they leave us and enter honourable adulthood.
At Guildford County School, we aspire to be leaders in secondary education. A school where children thrive as truly resilient learners, are healthy, happy and successful and where we all believe that being ‘Better Never Stops’.
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