Assistant SENDCo

Assistant SENDCo
We are seeking an Assistant Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Co-ordinator (SENDCo) to support the SENDCo in managing the team, planning interventions and teaching SEND students. They will also support the SENDCo to track and monitor the provision of SEND Students. The successful candidate will be required to work either full-time or part-time with one day off each week; candidates should detail their preference on their application.
St Bede’s school has a good track record of ensuring the academic and pastoral development of all individuals. Our work with students with special educational needs has gone from strength to strength in recent years.
Our SENDCo manages a learning support team which, in addition to the new assistant SENDCo post, consists of a Specialist SEND lead & Assessor, four senior SEND Support Assistants (SSAs), 12 SSAs and an administrative assistant. Our senior SSAs are responsible for interventions for different groups of students. The SSAs provide in class support as well as 1:1 support to our SEND students.
We believe that it is everyone’s responsibility to identify, plan and make provision to meet the needs of students with special educational needs. The learning support team strives to support all staff in this work, by providing guidance, working to support identified students in the main curriculum, assessing students and by making specialist plans.
St Bede’s supports the professional development of its staff and takes staff wellbeing very seriously. The person appointed will either have the National Award for SEND Co-ordination, or be willing to work towards it.
Why work for us?
St Bede's is a good place to work. Staff are friendly and supportive of one another: relationships between staff and pupils were recognised by Ofsted as 'exceptionally strong'.
ECTs benefit from a well developed and comprehensive induction period programme. More experienced teachers are given the opportunity to participate in training which will help them to develop skills needed for middle and senior management roles.
There are good on-site catering facilities. Staff are able to use the fitness facilities free of charge and to participate in sports activities.
Music is a big part of school life and staff are welcome to join our senior choir and instrumental groups.
We have a social event at the end of each term as well as occasional staff trips to the theatre.
The school is situated in Redhill, a commuter belt town in the Surrey Fringe area. We are close to the M25 and there are good transport links to London and the South Coast from Redhill station which is about 15 minutes walk from the school. We also benefit from being within walking distance of beautiful countryside . Many staff live locally, others commute from Guildford, South London, Kent and East & West Sussex.