SENCo
Knole Academy
Kent
- £58,785 - £64,737 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership Scale (including Fringe Allowance)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 20 May 2024
Job overview
There is an excellent career opportunity available to become the Knole Academy SENCo. All applicants must have QTS.
The successful candidate will lead the AEN department and line manage the SENCo Assistant. They would be responsible for ensuring the AEN department enabled students with SEND to progress in line with national standards. The post-holder will also have a teaching commitment.
The successful candidate will need to be well organised with good time and people management skills. They will also need to be an effective communicator and be able to engage hard-to-reach parents. All candidates must hold the National Award for Special Educational Needs Co-ordination or be prepared to undertake the NPQSENCO qualification when it becomes available from providers.
Staff well-being is a focus of the academy and our staff benefit from free gym membership, a cycle to work scheme, a well maintained and resourced working environment as well as consideration of an effective work life balance.
Our academy is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. An Enhanced DBS will be required. If you wish to join our team please download our application form from our website.
Closing date: Monday 20 May 2024 12:00 pm
Interviews: Thursday 23 May 2024
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted further.
Creativity in Learning
Confidence to Achieve
Attached documents
About Knole Academy
Knole Academy is a co-educational, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school for children aged 11-19.
Location
This all ability mixed academy is situated in Sevenoaks, Kent, and has about 1,500 students on its roll. It is within about 15 minutes walking distance of Sevenoaks as well as Bat and Ball train stations and easily commutable from Tonbridge, Tunbridge Wells or Maidstone.
The academy is an 11-19 all ability school with grammar streams in year groups as well as catering for those with special needs and all levels of ability in between! I strongly believe that happy people (both adults and children) enable success and that through supporting one another we become strong as a team. We have a very effective pastoral system which enables students to develop whilst tackling their personal issues.
CPD
Our ECT programme is both highly regarded and extremely helpful to newly qualified teachers and all new members of staff are invited to attend after school sessions in order to get to know the school. The academy offers the School Direct teacher training initiative which is only awarded to schools which offer high quality teaching and learning.
Facilities
Our new buildings, which were completed in the summer of 2014, provide us with even more state of the art facilities.
Staff benefits
We offer plenty of on site parking, complimentary tea and coffee, discounted meals in our Dining Room, free membership for our on site gym, free tickets to student productions and opportunities to accompany school trips.
I hope you will also ‘log-on’ to view our website, including our virtual school tour, www.knoleacademy.org and feel that you’ll want to apply. If you share our values, culture and ethos, we would be delighted to consider you to become part of our team.
David Collins
Headteacher
Values and vision
Knole Academy is dedicated to enabling students to achieve the highest standards of attainment. It focuses on independent learning and staff cooperation in its quest for excellence. The secondary school has high aspirations for students and promotes a positive “go for it” attitude.
Ofsted report - Good
“Pupils and students enjoy coming to this inclusive school. Staff set, and share, high expectations of pupils' behaviour and achievement. Leaders are determined to help pupils achieve their best. Pupils are pleased to have a wide range of academic and vocational subjects to study at GCSE and different pathways to choose from in the Sixth Form....Staff are happy working at this school. They typically feel well supported by leaders, including with their workload. Teachers appreciate the range of professional development opportunities available to them."
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