Director of SEND
Ormiston Park Academy
Thurrock
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary dependant on experience and expertise
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 23 April 2020
Job overview
Do you…
• Want to extend your leadership and management role to Director Level?
• Believe all students should have equal access to learning?
• Champion the importance of education in shaping the future of young people?
• Want to embark on an exciting professional journey in a rapidly improving academy?
If so, we eagerly await your application. Ormiston Park is a small but growing 11-16 Academy. Our vision of ‘Believe and Achieve’ underpins all aspects of academy life in our impressive, well-resourced buildings and grounds. You will join a caring and committed body of staff and enjoy working with friendly and enthusiastic students of whom we are extremely proud. You will play a vital role in providing the highest quality provision, impacting positively on outcomes for our students, ensuring aspirations become reality. Ormiston Park Academy having received our Good judgement in 2017, is now on the journey to Outstanding.
Ormiston Park Academy is seeking to appoint an excellent practitioner and experienced SEND Coordinator from September 2020. The Director of SEND will lead the strategic direction and development of the provision for students with SEND at the academy. You will have experience of supporting students with SEND and of the implementation of the SEND Code of Practice. You will bring with you energy and enthusiasm, as well as a strong moral purpose and the determination that all students with SEND can progress and achieve in-line with their peers.
To be considered for this opportunity, you will:
• Be able to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
• Have a proven track record of impact in your teaching career to date.
• Possess outstanding subject knowledge and passion for your subject.
• Commit to furthering your own professional development through the bespoke opportunities on offer at the Academy.
If you feel that you have the right level of experience and skills, and the ambition and commitment to make a real impact to the provision for SEND at our academy, then we would like to hear from you. For further details please contact Sally Spraggon, PA to the Principal and Vice Principal on 01708 865180 or sspraggon@ormistonpark.org.uk
All applications are to be returned electronically. Early applications are encouraged. Applications via recruitment agencies, cv’s on their own and incomplete applications will not be considered.
Closing date for receipt of applications: Thursday 23rd April 12 noon. Candidates will be notified Friday 24th April with interviews taking place w/c Monday 27th April remotely. The specific date will be confirmed following shortlisting.
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About Ormiston Park Academy
Ormiston Park Academy is a co-educational secondary school based in Aveley, Essex, for students aged 11-19.
Ormiston Park Academy holds both Healthy School and International School status. It has been granted Investors in People status and more recently has been accredited as a Microsoft Office Specialist provider.
The school officially reopened as an academy in 2009, replacing its predecessor school, Belhus Chase Specialist Humanities College. It is sponsored by the Ormiston Academies Trust. Students and staff moved into a new £16 million building in 2013.
Principal
Humayun Rashid (Acting)
Values and vision
Ormiston Park Academy’s work is guided by four fundamental principles: personalisation, globalism, innovation and inclusion.
These principles drive the secondary school to provide an education that is: designed to meet its students’ individual needs (personalisation); aimed at opening its students’ eyes to the world (globalism); always at the forefront of developments in learning (innovation); and designed to serve local families (inclusion).
Ofsted report
“The progress of the small number of students with special educational needs who attend the ASCEND unit is good, as is the care and support that they receive. Most teachers now have high ambitions for those they teach and challenge students to meet them. As a result, achievement is rising, particularly in English and mathematics, and especially for disadvantaged students. Students’ conduct around the academy site is generally positive. Behaviour within lessons is much improved. Levels of temporary exclusion are declining. Students feel safe and secure at the academy.”
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