Overview
and Responsibilities
SENDCo
Location : Compton, Wolverhampton
Contract Type : Full-time, Permanent
Hours : Full-time, hours per week
Salary : M1 – UPS1
Closing Date : 8th May 4
The Aurora Group
The Aurora Group is an innovative provider of education and care for children, young people and adults with special educational needs and disabilities.
We have opened a new specialist provision in Wolverhampton with a proposed capacity of students aged between 5-.
We are currently looking for a SENDCo to join us in June or September 4 to support with planning, creation and running of a successful ASC provision. The building has been redeveloped into an amazing learning environment with facilities to allow students to access a varied curriculum in a calm and nurturing environment with a team that strives to give every student the confidence and opportunities to achieve.
The Headteacher is looking for fun, passionate, dedicated, and driven staff to help support her vision for the pupils and the school environment. She is committed to offering a truly unique workplace environment, embedded with a supportive culture, positive ethos, strong teamwork, and personal drive, with further career opportunities as both the school and Aurora, as a company, grows.
It is an exciting time to be part of Aurora, and this is a unique career opportunity to be instrumental in the progress of some of the most vulnerable children in our community.
The main purpose of the role:
Your role will be to act as a member of the leadership team to support the SLT and develop the schools Special Education Needs (SEN) provision and have responsibility and oversight of the day-to-day operation of that policy with the aim of raising SEN pupil achievement.
Key duties:
Identify and adopt the most effective teaching approaches for all pupils ensuring dissemination throughout all staff
Monitor teaching and learning activities to meet the needs of SEN pupils and track AFL data for the purposes of Annual Reviews, PEPs, LAC Reviews, and general School Reporting Liaise with other schools to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring SEN pupils Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through Inset and CPD for new teachers Set targets for raising achievement among all pupils Collate and present assessment and performance data and share with staff and other professionals where appropriate Set up systems for identifying, reviewing, and monitoring need. This includes the management (chairing) of Annual Reviews for Statements and EHCPs Update the Head and SLT on the effectiveness of the provision and delivery of SEN provision Keep parents informed about their child's progress through individual meetings and at parents’ evenings Provide training opportunities for learning support assistants and teachers to learn about SEN, including whole school Inset Identify resources needed to meet the needs of SEN pupils and make recommendations to the Head for appropriate spends Duties will vary, for a full job description please contact Karen from the recruitment team: