SENDCo

Salary: MPS/UPS + SEN Allowance or BET Leadership Scale (L2-6)

Hours: 1 FTE 

Contract type: Full time, permanent 

Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher

Main purpose

The SENCO is a key role in the school, providing the leadership, coordination, management and deployment of support and interventions for students with Special Educational Needs. Every student deserves the best education and some need additional support to access this. The role of our SENDCO is to ensure that parents and teachers are informed about student learning needs via Student Passports and the support provided, whether through arranging staff training or in class support to enable students with SEND to both access the curriculum and make good progress in their learning.

We are looking for a qualified teacher who holds or is working towards SENDCo qualification, who can demonstrate commitment to an educational vision, and values in line with our trust. You must be passionate about supporting students who find access to learning more difficult and be empathetic, while also ensuring that we have high expectations and aspirations for our students.

The successful applicant would ideally have experience as a middle leader, able to work strategically with a range of stakeholders including external support services, parents and other providers. 

Key Skills needed 

• Possess a strong strategic knowledge of SEND/whole school inclusion.
• Highly effective subject teacher, able to model good practice to fellow professionals.
• Strong record in school or subject improvement.
• Evidence of ability to lead strategically.
• Experience of successfully coaching others.
• Good understanding of statutory frameworks for schools, such as the SEND Code of Practice and OFSTED handbook.
• Experience of leading teacher professional development, either through formal routes, such as NPQ or ECF facilitation and/or bespoke programmes.
• Able to communicate effectively with different groups, including pupils, parents and staff.
• Up-to-date knowledge in SEND, including national policy, pedagogy, curriculum, assessment, behaviour management strategies, inspection findings and statutory requirements.
• Can demonstrate an ability to secure the highest standards of teaching and learning, behaviour, pastoral care and outcomes for children and young people.
• Able to secure robust systems for managing resources to maximise impact.
• Possesses a strong understanding of how to keep children safe in education.
• Able to think systematically, to introduce appropriate systems that are well understood by all stakeholders.
• A deep commitment to providing, receiving and acting on feedback

As part of this role you will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, and follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.

Closing date:  30th March 2024

Our School

Bohunt Farnborough is a vibrant and truly comprehensive school that supports the development of the whole child and celebrates success in the widest sense.  It has a reputation as a small, friendly school, built on strong traditional values, exceptional pastoral care and high academic expectations. . You will play a key role within a  passionate, loyal and talented team of leaders, teachers and support staff, utterly committed to making Bohunt Farnborough the school of choice within its community.  

Bohunt Farnborough is also a school on the move. You will be joining us at the best possible time, with the school having recently joined Bohunt Education Trust, an outstanding multi-academy trust, deeply committed to the development and support of its school teams.  As a leader, you will benefit from being part of a trust-wide SEND team, professional networks; exceptional support and CPD and the support of specialist lead practitioners including a Trust lead Director for Special Educational Needs.

The Learning Support Team (SEND)

The learning support department is a highly skilled team of dedicated staff made up of an assistant SENDCO (non teaching), 4 HLTAs, all with their own specialism, and a team of 10 Learning Support Assistants (LSAs). We are the only school in Hampshire to be awarded the Gold award for teaching English as an Additional Language, immensely important part of our offer. The Progress Base is a hub for students with additional needs, providing social skills groups, nurture activities, reading interventions as well as 1 to 1 and small group work.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Details and an application form can be found on our website www.fernhill.hants.sch.uk/joining-us/staff-vacancies  Please email applications to Cindy Reynolds, PA to the Headteacher creynolds@bohuntfarnborough.com 

Bohunt Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and

young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are

encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation,

pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate their commitment to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in line with the school’s policies and procedures. 

Appointments will be made subject to pre employment checks, receipt of satisfactory

references enhanced DBS check including online/social media checks. The school is

committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people.