Sendco - Bedgrove Junior School

**Salary**

MPS

**Reference number**

BUC08316

**Contract type**

Permanent

**Working hours**

Part Time

**Level of DBS check required**

Enhanced

**Date posted**

13 Mar 2023, 11 p.m.

**Application deadline**

18 Apr 2023

**Interview date**

28 Apr 2023

**Overview**:
**Term time only**:No

**Salary details**:MPS 1-6 Plus SEN Allowance

**Contract type**:Permanent

**Start date**:Summer term 2 or September 2023

**Hours**:0.6 FTE 3 days per week, Out of Class

**Closing date**:18/04/2023 16:00

**Interviews to be held**:28/04/2023

**About us**:
Bedgrove is a forward-thinking school where all staff look to develop their practice through the latest pedagogy research. Someone joining the team will be innovative, open to improve, have a growth mind-set and a real team player.

The school has a strong and dedicated staff team who work together to provide the very best all-round education for our pupils. We are a school who put the wellbeing of children and staff at the forefront of everything we do. We pride ourselves on our innovative teaching to improve every aspect of school life.

**About the role**:
**Purpose of Job**:
To lead teaching and learning of SEND within the school. To advise and liaise with teachers, SLT, parents, other professionals and governors to best meet the needs of the children with SEND.

**Key Tasks**:

- To be the named SENDCO
- Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with SEN
- Monitor teaching and learning activities to ensure that we meet the needs of pupils with SEND
- Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND
- Liaise with outside agencies to provide additional support for SEND pupils across the school
- Consult and work with teachers, LSAs and other professionals to create targets and help in achieving these
- Demonstrate to and train teachers of various strategies to support children with SEND
- Ensure all paperwork is completed and sent to the relevant professionals
- Analyse data and liaise with SLT
- Set up systems for identifying, assessing and reviewing SEND
- Update the head teacher and governing body on the effectiveness of provision for pupils with SEND
- Form good working relationships with parents
- Attend consultation evenings and keep parents informed about their child's progress
- Encourage all members of staff to recognise and fulfil their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND
- Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and other teachers to learn about SEND
- Disseminate good practice in SEND across the school
- Identify resources needed to meet the needs of pupils with SEND and advise the head teacher of priorities for expenditure
- Organise SEND coffee mornings with parents of SEND pupils
- Liaise effectively with feeder schools to ensure smooth transition for SEND pupils
- To lead the strategic development and improvement of the attainment and progress of SEND
- To take a role in the promotion of equal opportunities, inclusion and diversity

For further information please see attached Job description.

**About you**:
At Bedgrove Junior School we are looking for a qualified SENDCO to join our ambitious and forward-thinking team.

We are looking for someone who has experience in the role and is ready to share research-based practice across the school and the Great Learners Trust.

We want to employ someone who could work 3 days (0.6) to meet the needs of the children in the school.

**Other information**:
Visits to the school are warmly welcome.

To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Tel No: 01296 487973

**_ Bedgrove Junior School and The Great Learners Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks._