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SENCO

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School Hob Moor Road South Yardley Birmingham B25 8QL
Salary
MPR/UPR plus SEN Allowance
Closing date
21 Nov 2024
Reference
JOB002475
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Job Details

Start date: 28 April 2025

St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School
Hob Moor Road
South Yardley
Birmingham
B25 8QL
Telephone number: 0121 783 7232

Contact email: m.smallwood@stberns.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent  

The Governors of St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School wish to appoint an experience SENCO, or an excellent practitioner with relevant primary experience who is willing to undertake the accredited SENCO qualification, to join our Senior Management Team starting April 2025 or earlier.

Expectations for the successful candidate:

  • able to demonstrate a clear commitment to securing outstanding provision for all pupils within the school
  • highly motivated and able to manage own workload while leading others
  • demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills. Keep leaders and governors informed of any updates that may affect the school and our priorities
  • a team player, committed to working with staff and parents in support of the pupils
  • a practising Catholic or willing to uphold the Catholic ethos of the school
  • high expectations of pupils’ achievement and behaviour

SENCO role at St Bernadette’s Catholic Primary School

  • the SENCO will be responsible for managing and leading SEND provision throughout the school, monitoring the progress of pupils and the impact of the provision to ensure that children’s needs are being met. The SENCO leads our team of support staff and provides training updates for them and teaching staff when required
  • the role is non class based
  • the SENCO has a key role within our pastoral team – liaising with parents and other stakeholders. Liaising with incoming parents and other settings is a key part of the role
  • the SENCO will join our Senior Management Team, helping shape priorities for our school
  • the SENCO will undertake safeguarding training and support the DSL

In return we can offer:

  • a successful and friendly team of staff
  • children who love to learn within a broad and rich curriculum
  • teachers, Teaching Assistants and Governors who are passionate about teaching and learning
  • support with your own professional development
  • opportunities to progress and develop teaching and leadership skills within our school

We would love to invite you to visit our school to meet our happy pupils and dedicated staff. Have a look on our website or Twitter page to see a sample of what St Bernadette’s has to offer you.

Visits can be arranged by contacting the school office or by emailing the email address listed above.

Interview to be held on Friday 29 November 2024

St Bernadette’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

How to Apply

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Please ensure that all applications are completed on the CES application form.

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. 

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.
 

 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.   

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies  

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West Midlands
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United Kingdom

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