Senco - Full-time

The Robert Napier School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-4001-72T
• Posted:18/03/2025
• Pay:Main Pay Scale / Upper Pay Scale + £12,34
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:30/04/2025 at 09:00
• Interviews:To Be Confirmed.

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We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for a proactive, organised, and self-motivated individual to become part of our highly successful and oversubscribed mixed secondary school, which features a specialist provision for students with vision impairments.  

You will be committed to providing equal opportunities for all students with SEND, removing obstacles to their progress and wellbeing, and ensuring each child gets the support they need to achieve their full potential. With our already strong and successful team in place, we are seeking the right person to lead and inspire this outstanding group of staff.

SENCO is a key position and involves working closely with students and their families, supporting students in school and working with external agencies. 

The successful candidate will be passionate about improving the outcomes for children and will have:

• A strong understanding of secondary special educational needs and the issues which affect our students’ wellbeing
• Knowledge and understanding of the barriers faced by SEND students
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and planning skills
• Excellent ICT skills

 In return, we offer you:

• An incredibly supportive group of colleagues and leaders
• Comprehensive induction programme with a commitment to CPD
• Care first employee assistance programme
• Non-contributory membership of Benenden private health care cover
• Membership of the Teachers Government Pension Scheme
• Two-week, half-term break in October
• Cycle to work scheme

For further details on this role and to apply please visit the school’s careers page Our Vacancies - The Robert Napier School.

Visits to the School are strongly encouraged.  For further information and to arrange a visit, please contact Raffaella Rosina via email rrosina@robertnapier.org.uk.

We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date and/or interview date where interest and applications received are high, therefore we encourage early applications. 

Safeguarding Commitment

Beyond Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment.  All post holders in a regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory "Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced check".

Equality & Inclusivity Statement

At Beyond Schools Trust we strive to be a diverse and inclusive workplace where we can ALL be ourselves. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented communities, including but not limited to those who identify as Black, Asian or from a minority ethnic background.

Information about the school

The Robert Napier School seeks to redefine what is possible in education: by insisting on the highest standards of behaviour; by delivering a well-planned and inclusive curriculum well; and by providing our students with a compelling aspiration-raising ethos we seek to transform the future of students in our community. We believe in providing an education that equips students with the knowledge and skills needed to succeed in an ever-changing global society.

Built upon the school motto of Learn, Believe, Achieve, we look to engender the school value of respect, trust, perseverance, resilience, fairness, and courage in all of our students, ensuring they are ready to contribute to their community when they leave us at the end of their studies. All staff are central to ensuring students have the right attitude towards their own learning and success, taking advantage of all of the opportunities afforded by the school and leave the school at the end of their studies, ready to contribute to the local community.

Based in the heart of the Medway Towns, The Robert Napier School is a non-selective, mixed secondary school of 1100 students, including 130 in the Sixth Form. The school is an eclectic mix of the old and the new, with the original buildings constructed in the 1850s when the school was the original ‘Gillingham Grammar School’. Since then, the school has grown to include a range of buildings, the most recent being the ‘Caxton’ block, formally opened in 2011. The school has excellent facilities including state of the art ICT provision, a purpose-built lecture theatre, retractable bleacher seating in the hall to accommodate up to 380 people, a permanent stage with full lighting and sound rig, a multi-use games area, large playing fields and excellent sports facilities. The school also provides specialist Access to Mainstream Provision for vulnerable students, as well as a dedicated Visually Impaired unit.

Our students are at the heart of every decision. Everything we do is about ensuring their experiences at school help them develop into the best they can be in a caring, supportive environment with a strong pastoral structure at the centre of the school. We have high expectations and high aspirations for every one of our students and our vision is Learn. Believe. Achieve.

We value our staff, investing in their training and development at all stages of their career. Comprehensive, individualised training plans are drawn up for all staff, designed to meet their needs and enable them to take the next step in their career. New staff engage in a comprehensive induction programme and are allocated a subject specific mentor, as well as a dedicated coach all of which is aimed to ease your transition into the school.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Charli Reader
• Address:Third Avenue, Gillingham, Kent, ME7 2X
• Telephone: 01634 851157
• Email: creader@robertnapier.org.uk

Documents

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• Candidate Pack