Job Description

Our wonderfully diverse community is seeking an engaging and driven Inclusion Leader (SENCO) to lead practice and provision for our children. A 'good' school (Ofsted November 2023), which is an IQM Centre of Excellence (May 2024), we are committed to achieving the best for every child, enabling excellent progress for all.

We will offer:

• A community that celebrates diversity and inclusion
• A support colleague, full time therapeutic workers and a team of dedicated learning assistants
• A network of practitioners through the Tiptree and Stanway Consortium
• Membership of the Child First Trust
• Access to the IQM Excellence Team
• Dedicated office space in this full-time, non-teaching position.

We seek:

• An organised, driven and optimistic mindset
• Highly effective knowledge and skill in putting in place what children need
• High quality relationships with children, colleagues, families and providers
• Ability to grow the skill and expertise of those you lead.

Salary: We honour your MPR/UPR progression and pay SEN2 allowance (SEN max).

Visits are encouraged. Please contact team@stgeorgesschool.org to book.

Information about the School

We are passionate about our school. Why? … you ask.

It’s simple really. St. George’s School is at the heart our community. It is a well-established school with a sense of pride, community spirit and values.

It is also a school which is proud to be pushing forward; trying to develop increasingly effective teaching and learning strategies that support all of our children … a truly inclusive place to be.

We are focused on improving many aspects of school life. We promote a love of reading for all children, grow skilled writers and mathematicians and support children effectively in both their learning and well-being. We aim to provide an engaging curriculum for all our young learners through interest, breadth and depth, and offer excellent facilities, including state-of-the-art ICT resourcing. Our curriculum drivers of Confidence, Aspiration, Resilience and Experience help prepare children to learn for life.

In recent years we have completed a new capital building programme which includes new classrooms, a new staff area, improved SEN areas and new libraries. Many of our classrooms are newly refurbished … lovely places to teach and learn! With capacity for 680 children, including our own nursery, we are one of the largest primary settings in the area, and provide a true team ethos in which to grow professionally.

However, we still have much to do and believe that by working in partnership to achieve a common purpose we can continue to provide a school that is at the cutting edge of educational practice. We are graded 'Good' by Ofsted (2023) and are an Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence. We have one of the highest value added progress ratings in the area.

So, as you can see, we really are passionate about our school and recognise that through enabling inspirational teaching, learning and leadership, we will set the school well on the way to improving further still.

The Headteacher and Governing Body