Senco - Full-time

Shenstone School, Crayford

• Ref:KCC303-7001-109L
• Posted:18/04/2024
• Pay:£51,679 - £55,360 Salary between points 1 - 4
• Start Date:1st September 2024
• App Close Date:12/05/2024 at 23:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Shenstone School is expanding! We are ambitious for all of our amazing staff and students, and we need more people to join us on the next chapter of our journey.

We are looking for an innovative and self-motivated SENCo to join Shenstone in September 2024.  This is a new and varied role and we are seeking someone who is calm, nurturing and passionate.  The successful candidate must be self-driven and be able to advocate for our vulnerable pupils.

You will work across all of the Shenstone sites, leading annual reviews, producing relevant paperwork, liaising with: parent/carers, multidisciplinary teams and local authority’s, amongst others.  You will need to have proven organisation and communication skills and able to meet statutory deadlines.

You will liaise and engage with pupils within the classroom setting so that you can fully support them in reaching their full potential.  You will lead SEN across the school and be responsible for strategic development and its implementation.

Professional qualifications required:

• Degree or equivalent
• Qualified teacher status
• Relevant SEND qualification (NASENCO or equivalent)
• Evidence of recent and relevant CPD

Experience in a special school setting is desirable.

Information about the school

Shenstone School is an all-through school for children with severe or complex learning difficulties within the London Borough of Bexley. All pupils who attend Shenstone School have Education and Health Care Plans. We are one of two special schools within The Kemnal Academies Trust (TKAT).

Shenstone School is based across three sites: Sidcup, Crayford, and Belvedere. We will introduce a new secondary year group every year. By 2029-2030, Shenstone will accommodate children aged 3 -19 across our three school sites.

Every child is an individual, and as such, we diligently work as a school team and with wider multi-agency support teams to ensure that our curriculum delivery recognises this individual support, supporting each child with their life-long learning journey.

Paramount to our ethos is the belief in “support for all”, which ensures that engagement with the pupils, their families, and our staff team is at the heart of all we strive to achieve. We work hard to ensure that Shenstone is a safe, happy, welcoming, and truly outstanding place where our pupils will thrive. Our school benefits from impressive facilities across all school sites, enabling us to offer a wide range of opportunities and activities to enhance learning both inside and outside the classroom.

Our pupils are amazing, and their progress is inspiring. Regardless of how big or small their successes are, we are very proud of the children and pleased to contribute to and support their achievements. The values and ethos of "together we engage, thrive, and achieve" are entwined through all that we do at Shenstone School.

Staff at Shenstone School can access the following benefits: excellent induction and probation processes, comprehensive in-house training, competitive pension scheme, employee counselling services, vaccination programmes, on-site mental health first aid team and various other well-being and social activities.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Georgia Bissett
• Address:94 Old Road, Crayford, Kent, DA1 4DZ
• Telephone: 01322 524145
• Email: hr@shenstone-tkat.org