Head of Learning Support
The Mount School York
York
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 25 February 2020
Job overview
We are currently seeking to recruit for September 2020 a highly motivated and inspiring Head of Learning Support to join The Mount School York .
The role is to lead and oversee the provision of SEND across the whole School to ensure high quality teaching and intervention, together with the effective use of resources, ensuring strong outcomes for our pupils with SEND.
The successful candidate must be an experienced teacher of pupils with SEND and hold a post-graduate qualification in individual specialist assessment or equivalent to Level 7. Currently the School uses the Dyslexic Action Literacy Programme (DALP), therefore a Dyslexia Action postgraduate certificate is required. Experience of working with pupils with a range of additional needs including; autism, attachment disorder, ADHD as well as a knowledge of the SEND agenda is essential.
The Mount School York is a high achieving day and boarding community set in 16 acres of beautiful grounds located ten minutes’ walk from York’s historic city centre. The Mount is a school for girls aged 2 to 18. In our most recent ISI Inspection the School was rated ‘excellent’ in both areas of educational quality. Find out more by visiting www.mountschoolyork.co.uk
The Mount School York is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Please download an Application Pack, Application Form, Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and Reference Consent Form via https://www.mountschoolyork.co.uk/contact-us/staff-vacancies/ .
The closing date for applications is Tuesday 25 February (9.00am).
Interviews will be held on Friday 6 March 2020.
About The Mount School York
The Mount School York is a high achieving day and boarding school for girls aged 3 to 18. We are leaders in educating girls and understanding their needs, inspiring confident young women, enabling them to believe nothing is beyond their reach.
Creating an environment where every girl is valued, enabled to flourish and given the confidence to know they can achieve is at the heart of The Mount School ethos. Mount School girls learn to think for themselves, developing both resilience and empathy. Girls grow at their own pace, free from pressures to conform, they become self-assured and happy young women with the ambition and confidence to succeed.
In our last ISI Inspection, The Mount School was judged to be excellent for both ‘pupils’ academic and other achievements’ and ‘pupils’ personal development’, excellent being the highest grade achievable. The inspectors commented on the ‘exuberantly confident’ girls and the ‘sense of empowerment’ they exhibited. They also noted on the ‘ethos of tolerance and care for others found throughout the School’, an ethos permeating form our Quaker Heritage.
Our bespoke and engaging curriculum is tailored to motivate and enthuse girls from Early Years to Sixth Form. Girls are given a strong foundation of knowledge and a variety of learning. Within our inspiring all-girls community each girl develops to her full potential. Pupils learn to think independently, and discover their passions, leaving them ready to make a positive contribution to our changing world.
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