SENDCo
St Benedict's Catholic College
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Leadership scale 8 to 12
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 27 January 2020
Job overview
The college is seeking a well-qualified, innovative and enthusiastic specialist to lead our SEN Department as the SENDCo.
The successful candidate will be:
- committed to providing the very best learning opportunities for their students
- able to challenge all students to make exceptional progress
- a strong team player who forms excellent relationships with staff, parents and students
- willing to support the strong Catholic ethos of our college
We can offer you:
- a warm and welcoming college with excellent links to parish communities
- enthusiastic and well-behaved students who are eager to learn
- supportive, hardworking staff, governors and parents
- opportunities to further your professional development
We are a highly respected and over-subscribed Catholic college that Ofsted found to be outstanding in its commitment to the social, moral and spiritual development of all its students. Our section 48 inspection found the college to have many other areas of outstanding practice.
We would be delighted to arrange an informal visit; please contact Mr John Callaghan, Vice Principal, on 01206 549222.
Further details and an application pack are available on the college website: www.stbenedicts.essex.sch.uk or from Mrs Angela Jones, HR Administrator: telephone 01206 549222; email a.jones@stbenedicts.essex.sch.uk.
Closing date: Midday on Monday 27th January 2020 with interviews to be undertaken on the 10th February 2020.
Early applications are encouraged. If there is a sufficiently strong field, the college may choose to interview before the closing date.
The governing body is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all young people and expects all staff to share that commitment. The successful applicant will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check. Applications will only be accepted on the college application form.
About St Benedict's Catholic College
About St Benedict's Catholic College
St Benedict’s Catholic College is a secondary school located in the ancient town of Colchester, Essex. Originally founded in 1963 as a secondary modern, St Benedict’s exists today as a co-educational voluntary-aided school.
It is the only Catholic secondary school in Colchester. With 900 students aged 11-16, St Benedict’s is a smaller than average secondary school.
Principal
Mrs Jo Santinelli
Values and vision
As a school in the Catholic tradition, St Benedict’s holds Catholic values at the heart of everything it does. The college has a dedicated chaplaincy office, with mass being offered to all students regularly and prayer taking place in form time every morning.
The college regularly organises retreats in order to encourage spiritual reflection and team-building. Students are well supported by the chaplaincy and pastoral teams. St Benedict’s has a strong reputation for academic excellence, and seeks to preserve this by offering a wide-ranging and well-taught curriculum.
Ofsted says
- St Benedict’s is a welcoming school with a strong ethos of caring for pupils and promoting academic achievement.
- It’s more than a school: it’s a community
- Pupils’ behaviour is typically good.
- There are strong relationships between staff and pupils.
- During social times the school is calm, and pupils take part in a range of activities.
- Classrooms are calm and focused places to learn.
- The school is well led and managed.
- Leaders at all levels want pupils to succeed academically.
Section 48 inspectors say
St Benedict’s is an outstanding Catholic school having continued to improve since the last inspection. These improvements are a result of outstanding leadership at all levels within the school community. The school provides exceptional care and support for students who thrive in this highly inclusive multifaith community which has Christ at the centre of all its work.
The strong and all-pervading Catholic ethos is underpinned by highly positive and supportive relationships between all members of the school community
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