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SEN Coordinator/ Lead Teacher

SEN Coordinator/ Lead Teacher

Bolingbroke Academy

Wandsworth, London

Salary:
Competitive, depending on experience (Temporary allowance £3,000)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
January 2015
Apply by:
22 September 2014

Job overview

An exciting opportunity within a brand new academy in Wandsworth

Bolingbroke Academy, a secondary school for 11-18 year olds, welcomed its first year 7 pupils in September 2012, with another 120 pupils joining every year until the school is fully subscribed in 2018. This is a rare opportunity to work in a brand new academy, located in refurbished buildings next to Wandsworth Common, and play an important part in its success. The successful candidate will play a role in maintaining the school's refurbished facilities in the 132 year old Bolingbroke Hospital.

We are now looking to recruit an outstanding SEN Coordinator/ Lead Teacher to lead, develop and support effective practice for students with identified barriers to their learning (e.g. special educational needs, behaviour, EAL) to ensure their learning needs are addressed effectively ensuring they make progress in line with the Academy's expectations.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to:

  • join an academy in its early stages of development
  • join the ARK Schools network with its comprehensive professional development provision.

Our ideal candidate will:

  • Lead the development of the most effective teaching approaches for pupils with identified barriers to learning.
  • Accelerate the progress of all SEN students.
  • Assess and identify student with barriers to learning.
  • Design and implement appropriate programmes of support to meet their needs.
  • Monitor and evaluate the implementation and impact of these programmes and any other additional interventions
  • Train staff in the most effective strategies to integrate these students into mainstream lessons.
  • Be committed to ARK's ethos of high expectations and no excuses.

To apply, please complete the application form found here: https://application.arkschools.net/vacancy/M9xbCjH2 by 11am on Monday 22nd September. Interviews are expected to be held on Friday 26th September.

For further information or if you have any technical problems with your application please contact the recruitment team on 0203 116 6345 or schools.recruitment@arkonline.org.

Deadline:11am on Monday 22nd September

ARK Schools is committed to safeguarding children; successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

About Bolingbroke Academy

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+44 20 7924 8200

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Bolingbroke Academy

Although we are privileged and proud to be part of the wider Ark network with the ethos and benefits that come with it we have our own culture and values that is at the heart of all that we do.

We are a courageous, compassionate community – empowering excellence.

Training Opportunities

Our HR and Teaching and Learning teams are dedicated to offering the best development for all staff joining the academy, challenging and supporting staff to excel in their roles. In order to deliver exceptional training, we offer twice as many training days as standard. For teaching staff, we offer weekly CPD sessions which are held on a vast array of topics and run by many staff all showcasing their expertise. To develop the trainers, we ensure all sessions are reviewed retrospectively providing feedback and suggesting presentation and content improvements. We also offer weekly line management for everyone, additional coaching sessions for new and trainee staff and a more regular and developmental appraisal system.

Wellbeing and Inclusion

At Bolingbroke we value the individual and encourage difference. To achieve this, we start with inclusive recruiting practices. Starting from our job descriptions to blind recruiting, structured shortlisting and scoring we ensure that all employees applying are only measured against their skills, achievements and values. We want all our employees to have a voice, these can be heard through the wellbeing committee or diversity group. The Diversity Group promotes diversity within the curriculum, pupil’s school experience and for staff whilst the Wellbeing committee consists of representatives from all departments in the school and highlights issues concerning the staff and supporting in creating achievable and beneficial solutions. All staff are involved in co-planning meaning their input into the curriculum and teaching strategies are implemented. An employee will also have a 360 aspect to all appraisals ensuring peer review and employees to contribute to their managers appraisals. The school is dedicated to training and develop their leaders and staff on diversity and inclusion through a programme of CPD sessions and online training.

We recognise our outstanding talent through half termly staff voted awards and our annual Above and Beyond award.

Specialisms

Like all Ark academies, Bolingbroke Academy will specialise in mathematics. We also have a strong focus on music, which helps develop self-expression, self-discipline, performance and team work as well as building a strong sense of community through collective participation. Our aim is for every pupil to play an instrument confidently and to take part in regular performances.

Be part of a network

Joining our school means becoming part of a network of education experts who are all united by the same purpose - a commitment to making a difference where it matters most. You will have the opportunity to come together with your peers locally, nationally and sometimes even internationally, to share resources, learning and good practice.  You'll also be supported to focus on what you do best. We are always looking for ways to take away additional pressures, to give you more freedom to concentrate on improving education outcomes for young people. We offer support beyond the classroom; from prioritising strong behaviour management strategies to giving you access to our award-winning data management platform.

Ofsted

Bolingbroke Academy was inspected by Ofsted in December 2013 and was graded as "good". Read the full report here. You can also read our short 2018 inspection report here

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