SENCo

SENCo

Location: Smallfield, Surrey

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Salary £33,075 - £47,031 M1 – UPS2 Fringe Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher*

Hours: 40 hours per week 

Start Date: As soon as possible, aware this is likely to be September

Closing Date: 5pm 21/04/25

Aurora Redehall School 

Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Redehall School, in Smallfield, Surrey supports children aged 6-11 years with ASD as a primary need in KS1 and KS2. We’re currently looking for a SENCo for our school. You will be working with the Head of School in all aspects of leadership and management and will take responsibility for managing and developing the SEND provision across the school across both KS1 and KS2.

Aurora Redehall School is linked to Caterham Education Centre, they share the same Principal and Head of School, however each site has its own Assistant Head and team of Teachers and TAs.. There is also a full therapy team on site to support staff and students. Although the sites operate separately, students and staff do cross between sites.

What’s in it for you? / Why Should You Apply? 

• You want to make a difference in the lives of our students and their families.
• You want to contribute to our broad and creative curriculum offer.
• You want to work with an inspiring student population.
• You enjoy working as part of a collaborative and committed multi-disciplinary team.
• You have a strong commitment to student and staff well-being and want to work in an organisation with the same strong values.
• You want to work within an organisation that support, develops and invests in their staff.

Key Duties:

• To play a key role in the overall smooth running of the school.
• To lead by example of his/her practice, and by positively encouraging, coaching and mentoring support the training and development for all members of the team.
• Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through inset and CPD for new teachers.
• To work with the Head of School to ensure that the school offers a high quality, exciting, engaging, well resourced, differentiated and well matched curriculum for all children.
• Ensure that the school carries out its statutory responsibilities in accordance with each pupil EHCP and their defined SEND assessment.
• Oversee the day-to day operation of a school’s special education policy.
• In relation to each pupil’s EHCP and defined SEND assessment, coordinate and deploy the school’s provision with regard to its policies, staffing and resources.
• Communicate with parents/carers, school employees, other agencies, and local authorities on the progress of pupils and the effectiveness of intervention and support strategies.
• Ensure that there is an integrated approach to schools SEN provision generally and for specific pupils, incorporating the deployment of staff, including therapist, resources, strategies and the types of support and intervention.
• Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Head of School with the strategic development of SEN policy and provision, including reviewing, and formulating policies.
• Carry out safeguarding duties as required.
• Lead and manage the school’s therapy offer.
• Prepare information and carry out annual statutory reviews or specific case conferences.
• To keep abreast of developments in SEN (e.g., research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate.
• To be open to lead in a curriculum area across all Surrey Schools
• To develop positive relationships within the school, within the Surrey Schools and the wider Aurora Team and externally, which support the running and developing of the school towards and sustaining outstanding.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of the school when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job description – SENCO

Skills and Qualifications

• QTS or QTLS is essential.
• Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc. desirable.
• Management/leadership qualification desirable.
• NPQSL/H/SENDCo or willingness to achieve within 2 years desirable.

Essential Experience

• Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within relevant key stages and/or special needs environment.
• Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
• Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
• Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
• Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
• Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
• Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies.

Be part of our successful team and also benefit from a generous package that includes:

• Life assurance
• Competitive pension
• * Welcome bonus is payable in 2 payments - 50% following successful completion of probation and 50% after one year service 
• Perkbox - offering high street discounts
• Employee assistance programme
• Car lease scheme
• Fully funded training and qualifications
• Bike to work scheme
• Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.

How to apply:

You can apply online by completing our online application form. For more information on this position please contact Liz on liz.hudson@the-aurora-group.com

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.