SENCo
Westbourne House School
Chichester, West Sussex
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018 or January 2019
- Apply by:
- 9 May 2018
Job overview
Westbourne House strives to create a positive and happy atmosphere for all of our pupils. The emphasis of the school is on catering for the needs of the individual.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced SENCo who is committed to inclusion and has the desire to maintain the highest standards of provision for SEN pupils. You will be supporting pupils with their academic, personal and social development. The role is demanding and challenging but very rewarding.
The successful applicant will take responsibility for SEN learning throughout the school. You will be able to effectively lead and manage the SEN team and work closely with parents to ensure they are kept informed of their child’s progress.
We are looking for:
- A fully qualified teacher with experience of acting as SENCo or holds the National Award for SENCo
- Wide experience of working with pupils with specific learning difficulties and other additional learning needs
- Excellent understanding of the SEND Code of Practice
In addition, it would be desirable to hold a postgraduate qualification in working with pupils with additional needs, such as MA (SpLD), MA (SEN), diploma OCR level 7 Teaching and assessing learners with dyslexia/SpLD or OCR level 5 Specialist teacher qualification in Dyslexia/SpLD with experience of assessing for special arrangements in examinations.
We can offer:
- A strong, supportive staff team committed to raising standards
- A competitive salary
- Discretionary school fee discount
- Possibility of staff accommodation on site in return for some boarding duties
- Teachers’ Pension Scheme
- Use of some of the school’s facilities, outside of school use.
To apply, please send your completed application form to Robyn Aubrey: hr@westbournehouse.org
CVs may be attached, but not in place of the application form. The SENCo job description is to be read alongside the Head of Department job description.
Closing date: 10th May 2018.
We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their applications as soon as possible.
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About Westbourne House School
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- Westbourne House School
- Coach Road, Shopwyke, Chichester
- West Sussex
- PO20 2BH
- United Kingdom
Westbourne House is situated just to the east of Chichester in beautiful grounds of over 100 acres. There are approximately 380 boys and girls, aged 2½ -13. Most children go on to major Public Schools across the South.
The school enjoys outstanding facilities. Teaching is extremely well resourced with excellent teaching rooms, the majority equipped with interactive whiteboards; there are also sets of laptops which can be booked for class-based work. There are rooms for Art, Ceramics, ICT, Design Technology and Food Technology, a separate Science block and Music School, as well as a modern, 300 seat theatre/assembly hall. The School also has a large (30 acre) lake on the north boundary for kayaking.
Academic standards are high, with consistently outstanding Common Entrance results together with an excellent scholarship record; last year no fewer than 36 awards and scholarships to senior schools were won across a range of disciplines, totalling 140 over the last five years.
Westbourne House uses the High Performance Learning philosophy to guide all pupils in becoming good learners. The school believes that all pupils have the potential to perform at the highest level regardless of their current performance level. The Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) and Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) of HPL are the “thinking” and “behaviour” characteristic and these are delivered specifically and systematically throughout the curriculum.
The Music and Drama departments also excel consistently: all children are involved in school productions, a large number are members of school choirs and there are regular concerts.
Saturday school consists of sports matches, as well as optional enrichment activities, such as kayaking and coding.
There is a wide variety of sport on offer, and a large number of teams represent the school most Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. As well as extensive playing fields, there is a 25-metre swimming pool, dance studio, sports hall, squash courts and a full-sized astro-turf pitch.
There are around 100 boarders, many of whom board for two or three nights in one of seven houses on the school grounds. The school offers full time boarding allowing the children to further enjoy the beautiful facilities and grounds the school has to offer.
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