Head of Additional Learning Support (ALS)
Long Road Sixth Form College
Cambridgeshire
- £51,731 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2023
Job overview
Situated close to the centre of Cambridge, Long Road is a popular and successful Sixth Form College with 2,600 16-19 year old full time students. All our staff share a passion for teaching and learning and are encouraged to support each other and to recognise each other’s strengths. We are committed to enhancing the individual skills and knowledge of all our staff, to enable them to work positively with our students and our community partners.
Long Road is is now seeking a proactive and experienced specialist teaching professional to lead our Additional Learning Support team in developing and leading additional learning support provision and inclusive practice across the College in line with the SEN Code of Practice.
As Head of Additional Learning Support, you will be responsible for advocating high standards of learning and achievement for students with SEND, monitoring and evaluating the impact of SEND provision at the College and establishing strategies to encourage continuous improvement. You will be responsible for overseeing the specialist assessment of students with learning difficulties and/or disabilities and for planning, reviewing and embedding appropriate support plans for our SEND learners. Leading a team of experienced Specialist Teachers and Learning Support Assistants, you will work with colleagues across college and liaise with external agencies, in order to support the aspirations of our students.
As our ideal candidate, you will be an approachable and enthusiastic team-player who is eager to develop innovative approaches to support inclusive and accessible learning. You will be a qualified and experienced specialist teacher, and ideally will hold an SpLD qualification or SENCo status. Most importantly, you will have previous working experience and a thorough understanding of the processes of assessing and overseeing the support of learners with EHCPs and a range of learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
If you have any queries regarding the vacancy, please contact HR at Jobs@longroad.ac.uk
To apply, please complete our online application form by clicking the Apply Button.
Closing date: 9.00am on 19 April 2023.
Interviews will take place on 24 April 2023.
About Long Road Sixth Form College
Long Road is a thriving, successful post 16 Sixth Form College with 2,400 students on roll, in post-16 studies. Conveniently located close to the M11 and A14, within easy reach of several areas of outstanding natural beauty and the Norfolk Suffolk coast, the college is set next to the Biomedical Campus in its own attractive grounds in the beautiful, thriving and expanding Bio/Technical city of Cambridge. Long Road provides a high quality education in a structured but friendly and open environment. The core objective of Long Road Sixth Form College is to maintain our position as a high-achieving and inclusive sixth form college which inspires, helps and motivates our students to be the best that they can be. We recognise the vital importance of our staff in achieving this aim.
We offer professional training for our Teachers and for our professional Support Staff, along with courses to enhance an individual's career, further education and training possibilities. The College employs over 220 staff, of whom around 150 are teachers. Many are examiners and moderators, others have research or business experience and some write text books and teaching materials. All our staff share a passion for teaching and learning and are encouraged to support each other and to recognise each other’s strengths. Long Road Sixth Form College is committed to enhancing the individual skills and knowledge of all our staff, to enable them to work positively with our students and our community partners.
Long Road Sixth Form College is attractively located and is easy to commute to, within walking distance of Cambridge Rail station and well-serviced by local bus routes. If you choose to come and work with us, we can offer you a wide range of benefits including access to:
• Our Learning Resource Centre (LRC)
• Onsite Food Centre
• Onsite Car parking
• FREE Wi-Fi
• College leisure facilities, including use of our fitness suite
• Newly refurbished Staff Room and Kitchen facilities
• Numerous Discounts and Benefits
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