Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENco)
Moor End Academy
Huddersfield
- Expired
- Salary:
- L1-4
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 29 April 2018
Job overview
The SEN Department at Moor End Academy is a fantastic place to work.
The Special Educational Needs Department at Moor End Academy works with students from Year 7 to 11. Students at MEA with SEN are educated with a proactive approach to inclusion and are encouraged to be part of the whole Academy community. Student SEN’s generally fall under 4 categories:
- Cognition and Learning
- Behaviour, Emotional and Social
- Sensory and/or Physical
- Communication and Interaction
Students are provided with a wide range of interventions from the SEN Team, including:
- Read Write Inc: this is a phonics based programmed aimed at enabling students to progress with literacy skills
- Catching up with Numeracy: this identifies students difficulties in numeracy and aims to help students ‘catch up’ to Level 3 in Numeracy
- Movement Group- This programme promotes and encourages fine and gross motor skills, specifically designed for students with dyspraxia.
Our wider school curriculum is driven by creativity. The Academy is accredited by the Edward De Bono Foundation as an official Centre for Creative and Critical Thinking and these skills are at the centre of our teaching. Students love their learning and they respond positively to our imaginative and stimulating approach.
This year we have introduced a small Nurture Group for our lowest attaining on entry Year 7 students. We have developed a programme of study that is project based, which focus’ on literacy, numeracy and social skills.
Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCo)
Required September 2018
Leadership 1-4
Permanent
The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) is responsible for the management of provision and support for identified pupils with SEN. The SEN team also trains, supports teachers and other staff to enable them to provide appropriate assessment and focused provision for children in their class with SEN. All teachers are teachers of SEN students and as such provide quality first teaching which takes account of the particular individual needs of students with SEN within the classroom.
The SENCO is responsible for the operation of the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Policy and coordination of specific provision made to support individual students with SEND. The SENCO is available to meet and talk to parents/carers and is involved in the transition process of students from Junior school and post 16 transition, ensuring the needs of students with SEN are met and the transfer is as smooth as possible. The SENCO liaises with staff to monitor student’s progress and plan further interventions where progress is lower than expected. The SENCO has regular contact with a wide range of external agencies that are able to give more specialised advice.
The successful candidate will lead a talented and experienced team of staff working at this Outstanding Academy supporting students with a range of special educational needs.
Our current Special Educational Needs team is both skilled and willing to develop professionally in order to meet the demands of our cohort. As a member of this team there will be a range of professional development.
We are always looking to evolve and work in partnership with faculties to share expertise, skills, experience and instill confidence in all staff across the Academy.
If you want to be part of a vibrant, successful and creative team who are not afraid to take risks, then we’d love to hear from you.
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About Moor End Academy
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- Moor End Academy
- Dryclough Road, Crosland Moor, Huddersfield
- West Yorkshire
- HD4 5JA
- United Kingdom
Moor End is a converter Academy that opened on 17th August 2011. We converted as an outstanding school. Prior to this we were a community school. Moor End is a National Support school. We play a leading role in the training and professional development of teachers and contribute towards the raising of standards across the school system through school to school support.
We are an award winning Academy and have continued to be recognised by Ofsted as ‘outstanding’. We are a truly inclusive school that welcomes students of all abilities. Our aim is to create a safe, stimulating, ambitious and caring environment to enable our students to thrive and achieve excellence; to make certain our future generation have the self-confidence to use their talents and skills to become the leaders of tomorrow.
Our vision is to maximise every child’s potential to ensure we can confidently say,” we gave every student his or her GCSE passport to success.” We passionately believe, as educators, we have the power and responsibility to inspire our students to be the best they can be to enable our learners to pursue their dreams and become the leaders of tomorrow.
Our motivation is to ensure that positive relationships are at the core of what we do every day, along with high quality teaching and pastoral care overseen by strong leadership. What we believe will follow is a strong ethos, and students with high expectations who demonstrate exceptional behaviour and want to be part of our school community.
We insist on high standards of behaviour, appearance, work ethic and respect for all to enable our staff to teach our students well so they learn to the best of their ability and leave the Academy with a first-class education.
Central to our ethos is the promotion of our ‘every day’ 3 Core Values: Respect, Ambition and Responsibility, which underpin everything we do on a daily basis.
1. Respect
We are well behaved and considerate to all staff and students in our learning community.
2. Ambition
We are hardworking and have an ambitious attitude to succeed and achieve.
3. Responsibility
We take ownership and act with integrity; we always do the right thing.
We want to expand our family of committed and skilled people, who will directly benefit the future of the next generation. If you wish to discuss any of the opportunities we have on offer, please contact us at jharrison@edu.moorend.org or call 01484 222230.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Kash Rafiq
Executive Principal
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