Part time SENCO

Description:

Inclusion Lead & SEND Coordinator

Part-time 3 days

Peckham

C of E Primary

Leadership pay scale

A small primary school in Peckham are looking for a qualified SEN Coordinator to join their senior leadership team on a part-time basis from September 2024.

The role

As the Inclusion Lead SENCO you be part of the leadership team for this small school. You will be responsible for coordinating all the support for children with Special Educational Needs and or Disabilities (SEND) and developing the school’s SEND Policy to make sure all children get a consistent, high-quality response to meeting their needs in school. The SENDCO is pivotal in making sure all pupils make progress and are supported and cared for appropriately across the whole school. This is a non-class based position although teaching intervention groups is expected.

Your role will include:

Overseeing LAC, PP, SEND, Medical

Updating the school’s SEND record of need and making sure that there are excellent records all pupil's progress and needs.

Making sure that parents are fully involved in supporting their child’s learning including planning, regular information updates and reviews.

Liaising with outside agencies and support e.g. Speech and Language Therapy, Educational Psychologist, Art Therapist etc.

Providing specialist support for teachers and support staff in the school

Work alongside class teachers to write Personal Learning Plans (PLP) that specify the targets for individual pupils.

Preparing Education, Health and Care Plans

Organising training for staff so they are aware and confident about how to meet the needs of pupils within the school.

Planning and leading SEND Intervention groups

The school

This small Church of England school, based in Peckham, provides a supportive, caring and successful learning environment for children from nursery to year 6. As a 0.5 form entry school, it is smaller than average so offers a great opportunity to be a part of a close, supportive staff and whole school community. Christian values underpin the core of the schools ethos and approach and help children to achieve their full potential by fostering a sense of belonging, encouraging their determination, faith, respect and love for each other.  There is an established leadership team in place who are supported by an effective governing body.

To apply for this role you must

hold QTS and a SENCO qualification

be able to coach and mentor others effectively and work as part of a team

Demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills, organisation and the ability to prioritise effectively

Available to work a total of 3 days a week

We have a policy to respond to all applications within three working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Philosophy Education is a Recruitment Business and is advertising this vacancy on behalf of one of its clients