Senco Assistant

**SENCo Assistant**:
Location

Frome

Discipline:
External

**Salary**:
Grade 6, £26,640 - £28,465 per annum pro rata. Approximate pro rata £21,560 - £23,037 (80% FTE)

Job ref:
005982

Published:
7 days ago

Duration:
FT, Term time, Fixed term until until 31.07.24

Expiry date:
20 Mar 2023 23:59

Start date:
As soon as possible

**Fixed-term until 31st July 2024 (in the first instance)**

**About us and the role**

We are looking for a SENCo Assistant to assist in leading and managing the provision of special educational needs learning support; and to take on the role of SENCo’s Assistant to support high-quality learning, teaching, and behaviour, effective use of resources, and high standards of achievement and progress for all pupils as having SEND.

Avanti Park School is a Middle deemed Primary school with pupils from Reception to Year 8. The Avanti Schools Trust took over the school in November 2019 and the school has improved rapidly since this takeover.

The staff at Avanti Park School are passionate about the school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all the students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.

You will be working as part of a team who are passionate about providing the very best experience for our students.

This is a unique opportunity to help develop a new and innovative school, which will be shaped by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence-
- Character formation-
- Spiritual insight**Why should you apply**

You will be working in a fantastic environment.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

**What will you do?**- Liaise with parents/carers regarding their children’s needs.-
- Support the SENCo in managing the implementation of an inclusive curriculum including access to alternative /additional provision.-
- Work with the SENCo and other staff to ensure that School Based Plans are used to set SMART targets and match work well to pupils’ needs.-
- Complete assessments and complete observations of children.- For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full_

**What are we looking for?**- Experience of working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.-
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students-
- Proven experience of working closely with parents/ carers.-
- Good organisational, communication, administrative and interpersonal skills- Please view the full for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role._

**Further information**

Pre-employment checks

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.