SENCO

Job Description

THE MID ESSEX ANGLICAN ACADEMY TRUST

Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator

Trust Vision and Values:

To unlock every child's potential as a unique child of God

Respect - Forgiveness - Trust - Responsibility - Thankfulness - Justice - Humility

The vision of the Trust is for every child and adult to flourish, achieving the best possible outcomes, across the breadth of the curriculum, with a wealth of rich engaging experiences, within a culture where everyone feels like they belong and can shine. We are already on this journey but want our school leaders to work collaboratively across the Trust to lead our staff and pupils, as well a working in partnership with parents and the community, to achieve this vision together over the coming years.

Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School Vision and Values

Growing together in faith, love and trust, we will succeed.

Friendship - Forgiveness - Trust - Peace - Wisdom - Responsibility - Respect - Reverence

At Bentley St Paul's, we encourage and support children in achieving their full intellectual, spiritual, physical, social and emotional potential. In a welcoming and caring community founded upon Christian values, we strive to develop happy, confident and independent children, inspiring them to be life-long learners.

At the heart of our school are the Christianvalues of Friendship, Forgiveness, Trust, Peace, Wisdom, Responsibility,Respect and Reverence. These core valuesare woven through our school life.

The Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO) key areas of responsibility are as follows:

To provide a effective and efficient SEND provision across the school.

The SENCO will workwith the support of, and under the direction of the Head Teacher, Deputy Head and leadership team.

This is a teacher position, therefore, the Professional duties of teachers, (other than the CEO, Executive Head Teachers, and Heads) are set out in the School Teachers pay & Conditions Document and describe the duties required of all teachers. In addition, the specific requirements of the post of classroom teacher, along with the particular duties expected of the post holder have been set out below:

Teacher purpose:

Responsibility for a Class

Co-ordinating activities relating to personalised learning to include:

· Developing, monitoring, reviewing, evaluating effectiveness of and reporting on policy, action plans and practice

· Planning and managing associated resources/teaching materials, teaching programmes, courses of study, methods of teaching and assessment

· Giving guidance, support and encouragement to staff and leading in-service development sessions

a) To be accountable for ensuring the highest standards of individual pupil achievement through effective monitoring, evaluation and review of learning progress and teaching outcomes and setting targets for improvement

b) To lead, develop and enhance the teaching practice of others by evaluating, supporting, guiding and target setting

c) To be accountable for the strategic leadership and management of additional needs, health, behaviour and conduct across the school, developing and implementing plans, policies, targets and practices within the context of the school's aims and policies

d) Team Leader for Performance Management and Line management of the learning support team

Duties:

Strategic Direction and Development of SEND provision in the School (with the support of, and under the direction of the Head Teacher, Deputy Head and leadership team)

· to take responsibility for the day-to-day operation of the policy with the aim of improving outcomes for pupils with additional needs

· support all staff in understanding the needs of additional needs pupils and ensure the objectives to develop additional needs are reflected in the school development plan

· monitor progress of objectives and targets for pupils with additional needs evaluate the effectiveness of teaching and learning by work analysis and use these analyses to guide future improvements

· analyse and interpret relevant school, local and national data and support the Senior Leadership Team in providing provision mapping meets the needs of all pupils

· liaise with staff, parents, external agencies and other schools to co-ordinate their contribution, provide maximum support and ensure continuity of provision

Teaching & learning

· support the identification of and disseminate the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with additional needs

· work with the Senior Leadership Team, class teachers and learning support staff to develop effective ways of bridging barriers to learning through: - assessment of needs - monitoring of pupil achievement - target setting, including and 'One Plans' and individual plans - using provision mapping for recording interventions and progress

· support Inclusion Leaders to collect and interpret specialist assessment data to inform practice

· undertake day-to-day co-ordination of additional needs pupils' provisions through close liaison with staff, parents and external agencies

· work with the Senior Leaders, class teachers, and learning support staff to ensure all pupil's learning is of equal importance and that there are high, yet realistic expectations of pupils

· consider the range of teaching strategies / equipment that could be utilised for pupils at School Action Plus

Leading and managing

· provide professional guidance to staff to secure good quality first teaching for additional needs pupils, through both written guidance and meetings ensuring that we are narrowing the gap between additional needs and non-additional needs pupils under the guidance of the Senior Leadership Team contribute to the performance management process

· allocation of staff and resources in relation to the needs of the pupils

support the Inclusion Leader to lead the personalised learning in the school in line with agreements made by the senior leadership team (SLT)

Further information about the role:

This role is a fixed term contract for one year, commencing January 2025.

Candidates will be considered without the SENCO qualification and will be paid within the main scale pay range and upon completion of the SENCO qualification, the candidate will be awarded a SEN allowance.

Candidates with the SENCO qualification will be awarded a SEN allowance in addition to their main scale pay range.

Working hours: 9am to 3pm two days per week, days to be agreed with the school.

School base: initially, this role will be based at Bentley St Paul's Church of England Primary School. Should the role become permanent, it is likely to work across different schools in the Trust according to the needs of the schools.