SENDCo
Thomas More Catholic School
Croydon
- Expired
- Salary:
- UPS 3 + TLR 1b - £10,820
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2024
- Apply by:
- 18 October 2023
Job overview
The role
We are seeking to appoint a qualified SENDCo who is able to lead on the provision of SEN & pupil support. The candidate will need to have a great passion and interest for working with pupils who need the support to develop their learning abilities and to be able to build a good rapport with the parents, staff and pupils.
Main Responsibilities:
- To lead and provide input at SEN Department.
- To deal with the day-to-day running of the SEN Department.
- To represent the SEN Department at relevant working parties and meetings.
- Lead by example and act as a strong role model to pupils and staff.
- To organise the Teaching Assistant timetables and cover.
- To liaise with external agencies, including the Educational Psychologist and the Speech and Language consultant.
- To carry out SEN Support Plan review meetings and update the SEN Support Plans.
- To maintain an up to date record of pupil interventions in the SEN provision map.
- To complete relevant paperwork for pupils requiring access arrangements, liaising with the agencies involved and ensuring that relevant arrangements are applied for and evidenced.
- To be the lead practitioner for Mental Health.
- To lead on our Looked After Children and EAL pupils.
- It would be useful but not essential to be trained as a DSL.
About the school
This is an exciting time to join Thomas More Catholic School as we continue on our journey to outstanding. We are an above-national-average, popular 11–18 inclusive Catholic school situated in Purley. We pride ourselves on having excellent student leadership and high staff retention rates. We ensure that teaching and learning are of the highest quality; rigorous, challenging, differentiated and engaging. Our aim is for educational excellence in all areas.
What we can offer you
We have a strong focus on student and staff wellbeing, which is evident from the moment you step into our community. In return, we offer excellent professional development to help you further your career, as well as support and challenge from our highly strategic Senior Leadership Team to help you ‘Bring out the Best’ in our pupils and students. We also offer a range of excellent staff benefits, including:
- Lunch provided in return for duties
- A historic building in a beautiful setting, with multiple sports facilities and a swimming pool
- A forward-thinking and vibrant place to work
- High staff morale and a happy team culture amongst all staff
- Free parking on-site. Situated a 10-minute walk from Purley train station with fast train links to Central London and the South East
How to apply
For more information about the school, please visit www.tmore.org.uk
Please note: you do not need to be Catholic to apply.
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Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 18th October 2023.
Interview date: To be decided upon shortlisting.
We reserve the right to shortlist before the closing date.
The Governors of Thomas More Catholic School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The appointment is subject to the normal pre-employment clearances (e.g. satisfactory references, medical clearance and a satisfactory outcome to your Enhanced DBS Disclosure).
Attached documents
About Thomas More Catholic School
Welcome to Thomas More Catholic School
We are proud of our dynamic and vibrant school community. Our aim for our pupils is that they should learn about themselves , as they prepare for the challenges of the 21st Century, within a firm and secure Catholic faith foundation. We achieve this in a number of ways, both in and outside of the classroom.
This is a school that seeks to develop academic, spiritual, sporting and creative opportunities for all pupils housed in an atmospheric Victorian building but supported by large grounds and our own brand new sports hall, swimming pool, and state of the art Design and Technology facilities and Science Laboratories.
Mission Statement
TO CARE for, respect and value all people and our environment
TO LEARN that justice and love are the foundations of our Faith. To make these the guiding principles of our community in its commitment to academic excellence and personal integrity
TO ACHIEVE beyond our expectation, creating challenging opportunities which take us all confidently into the 21st Century. It is our aim that all members of the school community should:
- Actively encourage and expect the highest standard of teaching and learning for every child.
- Work in partnership with parents and the community including local parishes, effectively deploying resources;
- Care for others while taking full responsibility for achieving excellence.
About our School
Thomas More Catholic School exists to provide an academic, spiritual, sporting, creative and inclusive education for all of the children who attend our school. The school is underpinned by gospel values such as love, faith, charity and hope and the greatest of these is always love – of Jesus Christ our Lord, of one another and oneself. The school is attended by children between the ages of 11 and 19 years. A school and orphanage was opened on this site in 1868 with the Catholic Church opening the school as we now know it in 1962. We have about 850 children on roll.
Thomas More Catholic School is set on an extensive site with an atmospheric older building and extensive grounds which are used for our sporting activities. Our facilities are hired by the local community in the evenings and weekends (the swimming pool and sports hall are used by local swimming clubs and sports clubs) and our football pitches are hired for Sunday morning football. We also share the grounds with one of our feeder primary schools, Margaret Roper Primary School.
School Ethos and Values
At Thomas More Catholic School we feel that young children learn best when:
- The quality of relationships is good and children are happy and secure.
- They know they are respected and valued for who they are.
- The best quality teachers, material and resources are employed.
- Teaching is purposeful and focused, meeting individual needs.
- Teachers and parents work in partnership and mutual support.
- Learning is underpinned by strong gospel and Catholic values.
- Learning is set within a framework of good behaviour
- Expectations and standards are high in order to achieve excellence.
- They have many and varied opportunities to explore academic, sporting, spiritual and creative skills and abilities concepts, knowledge and skills are taught within meaningful contexts.
- Learning is enjoyable because it includes first hand, creative and practical experiences, within a stimulating environment.
- They have opportunities to collaborate with others.
- They are encouraged to investigate and think for themselves, becoming independent learners
- They are enabled to be supported in their faith journey
- When they acknowledge that God is present in their lives
- They take responsibility for their learning outcomes.
At Thomas More Catholic School we aim to foster a caring community in which each individual is valued for who they are and we celebrate each child’s strengths. We encourage mutual respect regardless of race, religion or ability. Children are given opportunities to take on roles of responsibility within the school community and the expectations increase through the key stage.
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