Head of Learning Support - SENDCo
Leighton Park School
Reading, Berkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary is competitive, but will depend on your skills and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible, ideally January 2019
- Apply by:
- 2 November 2018
Job overview
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
Head of Learning Support - Individual Learning Centre (ILC) and SENDCo
Full time, ideally from January 2019
If you are an effective and ambitious SENDCo who is committed to raising standards of student performance through positively impacting on teaching and learning, then Leighton Park is your next school.
As well as being an excellent classroom practitioner who can teach across all age ranges, you should be passionate about supporting all students by developing and supporting classroom practice so that all students make rapid rates of progress. Working with wider stakeholders, you will also strategically review and plan support for individual students to ensure their needs are met to enable them to make progress and to achieve their best outcome.
This is a demanding but incredibly rewarding role. You will be unwavering in your belief that with the right support and quality teaching, all students can succeed. We are looking for an excellent practitioner, who is committed to making a real difference to the lives of young people. You will ideally already be in post as a SENDCo and have the extensive knowledge and training associated with this role.
A willingness to participate in extra-curricular life of our busy boarding school is essential.
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Founded on Quaker values, Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by reaching their potential academically and personally. We aim to appoint a candidate who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
Closing date for this position is: Midday, Friday 2nd November
Interviews will be held during week commencing: 12th November
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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