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SENDCo

Location: Effingham, SurreyContract: Full-time, PermanentSalary: £34,398 - £52,490 per year (M1 - UPS3 Fringe) Plus £5,000 Welcome bonus For Qualified Teacher Hours: 40 hours per week - Start time 8.15am - Finish time Monday/Wednesday/Thursday 4.45pm. Tuesday 5pm and Friday 4pm Start date: As soon as possible

Aurora Poppyfield School

Join our dedicated team at Poppyfield School, where we support students aged 11-16 with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) through a nurturing and inclusive approach. We empower our young people to access the national curriculum in a way that works for them and to achieve meaningful vocational qualifications by the time they leave school.

We're seeking a dedicated SENCo to join our school, to deliver high quality teaching and learning to our students.

Key Duties:

• Ensure that the school carries out its statutory responsibilities in accordance with each pupil EHCP and their defined SEN-D assessment.
• Overseeing the day-to day operation of a school's special education policy.
• In relation to each pupils EHCP and defined SEN-D assessment, coordinate and deploy the school's provision with regard to its policies, staffing and resources.
• Communicate with parents/carers, school employees, other agencies, and local authorities on the progress of pupils and the effectiveness of intervention and support strategies.
• Ensure that there is an integrated approach to schools SEN provision generally and for specific pupils, incorporating the deployment of staff, including therapist, resources, strategies and the types of support and intervention.
• Exercise a key role in advising and assisting the Head teacher with the strategic development of SEN policy and provision, including reviewing, and formulating policies.
• Carry out safeguarding duties as required.
• Lead and manage the schools therapy offer.
• Prepare information and carry out annual statutory reviews or specific case conferences.
• Promote best practice and contribute to the aims and ethos of the school through inset and CPD for new teachers.
• To keep abreast of developments in SEN (e.g., research, changes to the law) and inform SLT and Head where appropriate.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Aurora Rowan School when required, Please see the link below for our full job description:.

Job Description - SENDCo

Essential Qualifications

• QTS or QTLS is essential.

Desirable Qualifications

• Accredited training in specific areas of special education, e.g. Autism, Dyslexia etc.
• Management/leadership qualification
• NPQSL/H/SENDCo or willingness to achieve within 2 years
• SENDCO/Access Arrangement Assessor qualifications preferred, or the desire to acquire these.

Essential Experience

• Proven track record of excellent creative and structured teaching within relevant key stages and/or special needs environment.
• Experience of holding responsibility for and turning policy into effective and successful practice.
• Leadership of a significant area or phase or inclusion, including responsibility for raising standards across the whole school.
• Effective team management and working collaboratively and effectively with others.
• Communicating effectively to a wide range of different audiences though a range of different mediums.
• Successful management of complex scenarios and conflict resolution
• Effective relationships working successfully with a range of external agencies

How to Apply:

For candidates that haven't worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.

Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.

If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at

Within Aurora we support teacher professional development by offering Upper Pay Scale both to teachers joining the company and through our internal professional development and performance management process.

To be offered a role on Upper Pay Scale we will expect you to:

• provide evidence that you are already receiving an Upper Pay Scale salary.
• Hold specific allocated responsibility, once you have completed your induction, that contributes to whole school improvement including the overall raising of standards in the school and demonstrate their ongoing commitment to their own CPD.

Details of the relevant area of responsibility will be discussed with you at interview and further when you join the company.

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.

Please note that candidates that are shortlis