SENDCO

Start date: 1 January 2025 or earlier if possible

Harborne Primary School
Station Road
Harborne
Birmingham
B17 9LU
Telephone number: 0121 464 2705

Contact email: recruitment@harborne.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent  

Individual School Range MPR /UPR plus SEN Allowance (£2270 rising to £4470 for Candidates achieving the National Award for SEN Coordination - NASENCo)

Harborne Primary will require a new SENDCo, from January 2025 or earlier, if possible, to take on this vital role at our school.

Successful applicants must have at least 3- 5 years successful teaching experience within the primary age range.

This SENDCo role requires you to be a highly motivated, inspiring, innovative, solution-focused and have the desire to effectively manage and lead SEND provision across the school to ensure the best possible outcomes for this vulnerable group of learners. The role will not be a class-based role but candidates will be expected to support under-performing children through group and 1-1 provision. Candidates must possess qualified teacher status and, if successfully appointed to the permanent position in September, be willing to work towards completing the National SENDCo Masters level qualification if not already attained.

The successful candidates must have:

• outstanding communication skills
• the desire to be the ‘champion’ for this group of pupils
• the highest expectations of teaching and learning
• a record of good/outstanding classroom practice
• excellent organisational skills and the ability to work effectively to deadlines
• the desire and ability to effectively lead and manage a team of 5 SEND TAs
• the acumen to successfully liaise with other professionals and outside agencies
• the inter-personal skills to build effective relationships with parents and carers
• the resilience and ability to remain calm and solution-focused in challenging situations

The SENDCo responsibilities will include:

• working collaboratively with class teachers, teaching assistants and the pastoral team
• provide advice and support to enable staff to offer high quality provision to SEND pupils
• leading an established team to ensure good progress continues to be made by pupils with SEND
• ensuring the school meets all statutory requirements with regards to SEND provision and policy requirements in line with the SEND code of practice
• liaising with a variety of other professionals and outside agencies to ensure that the needs of all pupils are identified and met
• co-ordinating the assessment process for children who require an EHCP
• co-ordinating the collation of information and the creation of SEND Support Provision Plans to secure funding for the school
• advising and supporting the parents of pupils on the SEND register
• being part of the SLT team to further improve SEND provision

Desirables:

• understanding of trauma informed and attachment aware practice
• experience of effectively contributing to provision mapping for vulnerable/disadvantaged pupils
• understanding of accessibility plans
• experience of adding content to a website (in the role it will be necessary to maintain the SEND section of the website)

We offer:

• a dedicated, hardworking cohesive team who all share the school’s values and ethos
• a supportive head teacher and governing body
• a happy, caring working environment
• motivated, enthusiastic children

To book a school visit and request an application form, please contact Mr Dan Sewell on 0121 464 2705 or email recruitment@harborne.bham.sch.uk

We will only contact candidates that have been short-listed for interview. If you do not receive a letter or email within 10 working days of the closing date, please assume that you have not been invited to interview.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. 

How to Apply

Please download an application pack from our school website.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.  All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.