Executive SENCO

Location

Sandwell, West Midlands | United Kingdom

Job description

We are looking to appoint an outstanding, creative and inspirational Executive SENCO to join our leadership team and lead our dedicated SEND team. This is a great opportunity for an experienced SENCO who is committed to inclusion and has the desire to maintain the highest standards of provision for SEND pupils. 

The Academy believes that all students should be supported to meet their full potential and achieve good or excellent progress whilst at the Academy.  

The Executive SENCO will be jointly responsible for ensuring that provision meets individual student needs, and work to eradicate achievement and attainment gaps (where identified) for students with SEND. The Executive SENCO will work with colleagues to ensure that both academic and pastoral provision for students with SEND is excellent. 

The ideal candidate must have the following:

• Qualified Teacher Status (ability to teach to Key Stage 3 and Key stage 4) 
• National Award for SEN Co-ordination 
• A strong understanding of SEND 
• Previous experience working as a SENCO with minimum 2 years experience 
• Be versatile to take on a range of activities 
• Have the ability to work within a larger team 
• Have high expectations of all learners  
• Be willing to undertake training in LAC and level 3 Safeguarding 

If you are able to motivate all students to achieve or exceed their target grades, have an interest in being at the cutting edge and are driven to ensure students receive the best possible experience, then this job is for you.  

You will be joining an excellent team which has a relentless focus on raising achievement.  

The successful candidate will: 

• Raise achievement through motivating, challenging and inspiring our students; 
• Have a commitment to inclusion; 
• Help foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the department; 
• Have drive, enthusiasm, resilience, warmth and humour. 
• Have opportunities to contribute to the wider life and ethos of the Academy 
• Undertake duties commensurate with the Senior Leadership Team (such as, SLT meetings, duties, detentions)

We can offer you: 

• The opportunity to join a supportive staff and work with well-motivated students; 
• An innovative curriculum; 
• The opportunity to join an aspiring academy with exciting plans for the future; 
• CPD specific to the role and to the teaching profession; 
• A data rich environment focused on raising standards. 

Our young people deserve nothing less than the best, so if you can be the best then we would like to hear from YOU!

For an informal discussion or to arrange a tour of the academy please contact Stephen Lodge on 01384 566598 or email [email protected] (Vice Principal for Student Services). 

How to apply:

Visit us online at where you can find further information and details on how to apply. Please note that CVs are not accepted.

Closing Date: Tuesday 12th March at 4.00 pm

Interviews to be held: Week commencing 18th March 2024

Job start: September 2024 (earlier date can be considered)

Ormiston Forge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.  

Suitability checks will be undertaken including identity, Right To Work, qualifications, Prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List. 

Compulsory Declaration of any Convictions, Cautions or Reprimands, Warnings or Bind-overs. It is the academy’s policy to require all applicants for employment to disclose any previous ‘unspent’ criminal convictions and any cautions which have not expired, or any pending prosecutions. In addition, the job you are applying for is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) which requires you to disclose all spent convictions and cautions except those which are ‘protected’ under Police Act 1997 – Part V and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) and are not subject to disclosure to employers on DBS certificates and cannot be taken into account. Guidance on the filtering of “protected” cautions and convictions which do not need to be disclosed by a job applicant can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.

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