Deputy SENCO: Outer London Pay Scale (£40,322 - £53,994) + TLR 2.2

Required for 1st September 2025

If you are a candidate committed to high quality teaching and learning who wants to develop your career in an outstanding school, working closely with colleagues who share that passion, then we want to hear from you.

“Cheam High is an outstandingly effective school” Ofsted 2015, 2010 & 2007

GCSE 2024: 85% of students gained 4+ EM; 60% gained 5+ EM

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced teacher to be the Deputy school SENCO. The successful candidate would be deputising for the SENCO on a day to day basis including liaison for students joining the school.

Cheam High School is oversubscribed and highly successful school which has an innovative and proactive approach to school improvement, resulting in high levels of performance.

The successful candidate will be:

• Ambitious for young people and for themselves

• Creative in using new technologies or teaching approaches to help students to learn and progress

• Keen to continually develop their practice, sharing what works best with their team

• An enthusiastic teacher who can motivate and challenge students

What we can offer you:

• You will be joining a school where staff share best practice so that our standard of teaching and support is both high quality and continually developing.

• You will be teaching in your own classroom area with access to specialist facilities and up to date technology

• You will benefit from our well-established programme of training and development

• You will be working with students who are enthusiastic and keen to succeed

• You will be part of the team with colleagues who are supportive and welcoming, and a staffroom social committee that organises various events as well as regular Friday evening sporting sessions for those with energy!

The school is situated in Cheam, 30 minutes’ train journey from London Victoria and a short distance from Surrey, Merton, Croydon and Kingston. The successful candidate will be provided with a laptop.

Further information and an application form can be found on the school website. Applicants may prefer to use the TES application form; this is an acceptable alternative.

Applications which should be made to the Headteacher, Mr P Naudi asap and by 9am Thursday 15th May 2025 at the latest.

Please note that if sufficient applications are received, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early therefore you are advised to apply early.