SEN Administrator and Receptionist
Harris Academy Wimbledon
Merton
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 3 (Inner London): £19,606-£19,960 actual salary (based on £23,427-£23,850 FTE)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 13 August 2021
Job overview
Support the next generation of leaders at Harris Academy Wimbledon.
We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious and dynamic SEN Administrator and Receptionist to join our growing team at Harris Academy Wimbledon.
Your opportunity
You will provide an administrative service to the SENCO and SEN team, which will include:
- Supporting the SENCO in maintaining a high standard of record keeping for all pupils with SEND, including developing and managing the SEN filing system
- Producing accurate agendas and minutes from all meetings relating to pupils with SEND
- Liaising with primary/feeder schools and external services ensuring that all SEN information is received, and forwarding SEN information to transfer schools
- Communicating on behalf of the SENCO with key members of staff, outside agencies and parents of pupils with SEND
- Supporting the SENCO in managing the process of assessment and testing, record keeping and maintaining timetables and rotas for TAs
- General administrative and reception duties
As part of Harris, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education in London. With regular progression opportunities and outstanding CPD for support staff, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether at Harris Academy Wimbledon, in one of our other 49 academies, or in our central team. Join us in our mission to cultivate an exceptional learning environment for all our students.
What we are looking for
We look for talented individuals who want to be a part of transforming education in London, and helping create exceptional places of learning. We are looking for a strong communicator with proven skills in engaging with, inspiring and motivating, not just the school community but the wider community. The successful candidate will have:
- Experience of working in administration, preferably in a school environment and ideally within SEN
- Experience of Reception duties, including dealing with visitors to the Academy
- Experience of utilising ICT and skills to access and retrieve information.
- Experience of working with young people and meeting their particular needs and requirements.
- Good numeracy/literacy skills, ideally with qualifications to GCSE Grade C or higher (or equivalent) in English and Maths
Please download the job pack for a full job description and person specification.
Why work at Harris Academy Wimbledon?
- The opportunity to be part of the founding team of an academy with the highest of expectations and ambitions for its staff and students;
- Unrivalled potential for personal and professional development as the academy grows;
- All the advantages of a highly successful academy group, including strong central support and outstanding CPD opportunities.
About Harris Academy Wimbledon
Harris Academy Wimbledon will be an outstanding place to learn. It will provide an excellent education in an innovative, inclusive and happy environment. As well as promoting academic achievement across the curriculum and encouraging participation in extra-curricular opportunities, we want to support our students to make decisions wisely, ready for the challenges they will face as adults. As part of the Harris Federation, we will have the opportunity to partner with other successful Harris schools across London and will have access to a shared pool of resources and expertise.
In September 2020, we opened our brand new building in High Path, which is being purpose built for our students. Until then, we will be situated in the redeveloped adult education centre on Whatley Avenue, with full access to all the facilities and resources we need as a successful, thriving school.
With the support of our local community, we know that Harris Academy Wimbledon will match the high standards Harris academies are known for, and that we will take excellent care of students.
Being part of a school at its inception is a great experience. Our first students will be the role models for the future and set a trail for others to emulate. Come and be part of this with us!
Next Steps
Please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. You will need this when completing your online application.
If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact us via e-mail, or call to arrange a conversation.
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and this job may be withdrawn without notice. Applications will only be considered if submitted online and before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Our Benefits Package
In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package.
Find out more about Our Benefits
Being a part of the Harris Federation
We are recognised as the top performing large multi-academy trust in England for primary and secondary education. Closing the gap between young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission of Harris. Holding a reputation for bringing transformative approaches to education, we hold a unrivalled track record in achieving success through rapid school improvement.
Our people are at the heart of this success. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of training programmes available at every stage of your career.
We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.
Learn more About Harris and our Vision and Values
Safeguarding Notice
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
Read our Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders
Diversity and Equality
We are committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.
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About Harris Academy Wimbledon
Harris Academy Wimbledon is a co-educational secondary school opening in September 2018. It will be run by the same experienced leaders as Harris Academy Morden. We will offer education with drive and ambition within a culture that creates independence and resilience.
There will be events and activities with other Harris academies, but our first 120 children will be uniquely advantaged as the only year group in the school. They will benefit from the highly-focused attention of our teachers and it will be the best and easiest possible transition between primary and secondary school.
Our curriculum will be well-rounded, with teaching that inspires the best in students whether they are struggling, need to be stretched or are somewhere in the middle. We want our students to be well-educated and well-rounded individuals, ready to take on the world once they leave the academy. We will cater to a wide range of interests with our extra-curricular clubs and will encourage every student to find at least one activity they can excel in.
Ready for us to move into by September 2020, our brand new building will be at the heart of the regeneration of the High Path area in London SW19. As a purpose-built space, it will be modern and welcoming with specialist facilities for all curriculum areas. We will have spaces that we’ll share with the community during holiday periods, evenings and weekends.
For the first two years, we will be located in a redeveloped adult education centre on Whatley Avenue, London SW20. This will provide us with our own building, classrooms and access to sports fields at the nearby Joseph Hood Recreation Ground.
There will be 120 places in 2018 and 180 in 2019. Like all secondary schools, children with education, health and care plans will be offered the first places. Looked-after and previously looked-after children will have next priority.
Working for Harris Federation
The Harris Federation is a not-for-profit charity. Led and run by teachers, we established our first school over 25 years ago.
There are now more than 40 happy and highly successful primary and secondary academies in our federation. All of these are in and around London. With each school that has joined us, the expectations we set ourselves have increased.
Every Harris academy so far inspected by Ofsted is rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’, with three quarters of our inspected secondary academies judged ‘outstanding’. Our primary schools are newer, but almost half are ‘outstanding’, with the rest ‘good’.
To find out more about working for Harris Federation, please see our Careers Prospectus via the link below.
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