Teacher & SENDCO - Brambles Primary Academy

KIRKLEES COUNCIL ARE ADVERTISING THIS ROLE ON BEHALF OF BRAMBLES PRIMARY ACADEMY.

Job purpose:  

We believe our SENDco is a vital part of the school in ensuring we meet the needs of all children in a nurturing and inclusive way.  We serve children with a varying spectrum of need and require a SENDco who can strategically lead the SEND review cycle and ensure that our paperwork is of best practice to ensure our children have the very best support and opportunities to succeed. We require a SENDco who is passionate about supporting others, to create an inclusive environment where children can reach their full potential.

The SENDco role will include:

• Completing all relevant paperwork to a high standard
• Meeting all deadlines
• Working closely with staff across school to provide the very best education for children with SEND
• Working in partnership with a range of professionals
• Conducting regular QA to evaluate the offer for children
• Completing data analysis tasks with leaders

• Delivering outstanding support to teachers and pupils to ensure that they learn effectively and make outstanding progress whatever their starting point maybe.
• Responsible for the effective implementation of SEND plans
• Providing high quality teaching as part of the main responsibility of the role
• Working collaboratively with the SENDCO’s across other academies in the trust
• Submitting applications for EHCPs for identified students with significant SEND needs.
• Attending SLT meetings.

Main Duties / Responsibilities: 

Teaching and Learning 

• Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with SEND
• Support other teachers to monitor, evaluate and adjust teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of pupils with SEND allowing them to work independently
• Evaluate assessment data and discuss next steps with the SLT
• Set appropriately challenging targets for raising achievement among pupils with SEND
• Identify, assess, review collect and interpret SEND assessment data
• Enable early identification and intervention through assessment and observation
• Ensure the interventions within year group meet the needs of all pupils with SEND
• In collaboration with class teachers, keep parents informed (through structured conversations) about their child's progress at key and regular intervals throughout the year.
• Provide high quality teaching within own areas of teaching responsibility to whole school

Training and Development 

• Deliver and share training and development opportunities within school
• Support and help induct new members of staff to specific areas of SEND, including Early Career Teachers.
• Attend courses/meetings and evaluate and report back to the Head of School and other key staff on the essential issues.
• Ensure teachers know the strengths and targets for all SEND pupils and that they use the strategies within statements/EHC Plans and the recommendations within specialists’ reports, in their planning for pupils with SEND.
• Take an active role in organising special curriculum events, as agreed with the Executive Principal or Head of School.

Leadership 

• Ensure all members of staff recognise and fulfil their statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND and ensure all school staff understand their roles and the changes under the SEND Code of Practice.
• Provide training opportunities for teaching assistants including HLTAs, teachers and other adults working with our pupils, to learn about particular aspects of SEND and effective teaching strategies.
• Organise and lead training sessions to assist teachers in providing early intervention for pupils with SEND through first quality practice.
• Help teachers with children with SEND and EHCPs to meet individual needs and ensure statutory paperwork and other preparation for meetings e.g. Multi Professional Planning Meetings are completed in good time and, where necessary send reviews to the appropriate agencies.
• Monitor the children with SEND to check that they are making expected progress or better throughout the school.
• Lead SEN reviews on pupil progress to provide challenge and support to improve their progress.
• Monitor the effectiveness of interventions delivered by teaching assistants/HLTAs and the impact they have on pupils when working with them in classes.
• Take responsibility for the Deployment of Support staff on a day-to-day basis
• Work with all staff to deliver, monitor and evaluate Evidence Based Intervention programmes that best meet the needs of individual children and groups.
• Provide reports for a range of stakeholders as requested, this includes the Trust and Governors.

Standards and quality assurance 

• Support and promote the high aspirations, positive ethos and inclusive culture of the school to colleagues, parents, children and members of the wider community.
• Provide a key reference point in providing information and support for families of children with SEND
• Support and promote all school policies and procedures, particularly those relating to child protection and safeguarding, equality, health and safety, confidentiality, behaviour, data protection and supporting pupils with medical needs in particular.
• Liaise with the Head of school and SLT promptly following meetings regarding pupils and parents of the school and keep up-to-date records of any actions/outcomes from the meetings.
• Attend and participate fully in school events e.g. open evenings, parental workshops and pupil performances

Student progress and achievement 

• To assist in identification of students at risk of underachieving in the specified subject and work with the SLT, to advise and lead on appropriate intervention strategies in order to raise attainment.
• To assist in the development of strategies to reduce student disaffection and increase inclusion and positive behaviour for colleagues new to the profession and the school.
• To be involved in monitoring the standards of teaching across the school through the triangulation of evidence from Data analysis, Work scrutiny and Lesson observations.
• Engage with strategies promoting the school with the local community and schools.
• To contribute to the delivery of effective staff professional development.
• To contribute to the creation of a calm learning environment and positive climate for learning.

General duties and responsibilities

• To carry out other duties as may be reasonably requested.
• To safeguard the welfare of children.
• To take an active role in own professional development in line with performance management objectives.
• To ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To work in accordance with all Academy procedures and policies, to adhere to the schools and Trusts professional code of conduct for staff.

To apply for this role, please visit the My New Term Careers Site