Bedminster Down School
Assistant SENCO
Job Ref: R242 Please quote on all correspondence
Start: January 2024
Salary: MPR3 – UPR3 + TLR 2B
Location: Bedminster Down School (near Bristol)
Contract: Full time
Term: Permanent
Bedminster Down School is looking for an excellent teacher to join the school as an Assistant SENCO. The school is rated as good by Ofsted and we are looking for an enthusiastic and energetic teacher, who is passionate about ensuring there is consistently high quality provision for students with special educational needs across the school. As an Assistant SENCO you will be the deputy to our SENCO – a post which sits on our SLT. You will work together to continuously refine the schools’ SEND provision. You will also join one of our friendly, hardworking and highly skilled curriculum teams which are always looking to improve. You will teach students in KS3 and KS4, across the ability range.
We would welcome applications from people with any teaching specialism, but applicants with the ability to teach mathematics will be looked upon favourably. Whichever curriculum team you join, you will find a team that is well led by one of our excellent curriculum team leaders. You will see that we have worked closely with the other Futura secondary schools to develop our shared curriculum, to share the best resources and to identify the best teaching practice and share this pedagogical knowledge between schools. We have a strong belief in the power of high-quality teaching and learning to change the lives of our students and we have developed highly effective lesson structures and pedagogical approaches which drive progress in every lesson.
As the Assistant SENCO you will be joining a large team of experienced professionals. The SEND team has four HLTAs, eight TAs and a dedicated administrator – you will be instrumental in leading this team, including line managing staff, ensuring our processes for identifying students with additional needs are working effectively and monitoring the impact of interventions. You will join a school with a wider support staff team which boasts discrete pastoral, attendance and behaviour teams, each of which supports the SEND leadership to provide the very best experience for our students with additional needs. You will be one of the most visible members of the school community, to staff, students and parents – this truly is a post in which you can have an incredible impact on the lives of some of the most vulnerable young people, their families and their community.
In return we offer:
- - A competitive salary
- - A full and varied CPD programme offering teaching and leadership development for our staff
- - An opportunity to work in a supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow
- - Wider opportunities to be involved across the Futura Learning Partnership
- - An energised and professional working environment
- - Benefits include; pension scheme, discounted sports centre/gym membership, free wellbeing support & medical cover, free on-site parking and cycle to work scheme.
Futura Learning Partnership is a partnership of schools spanning the Southwest of England that are working together to provide a high-quality educational experience for all students in their care and be a truly inclusive provider of 4-19 education in the area.
The closing date for applications is: 23:59 on 12/10/2023.
No CVs or agencies please
To apply:
- Download the Job Description/Person Specification and Application Form
- Trust Recruitment Pack
- Click on the ‘apply’ button to be redirected and apply online via the Futura Learning Jobsite
PLEASE NOTE:
1) Early applications are encouraged. Bedminster Down School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should the School be able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.
Futura Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.