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SENCO
Overview
Are you an outstanding SENCO? Do you want the opportunity to be part of our dedicated Sir Martin Frobisher family? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Sir Martin Frobisher Primary Academy is part of the REAch2 Academy Trust and together with our other schools in the area we are looking to change the face of education. To meet new challenges and drive further improvements, we are seeking an exceptional and entrepreneurial individual to join the teaching team at Sir Martin Frobisher Academy. We are looking for that special someone who is committed and dedicated to making a difference.
Post Title: SENCO
Contract type:Permanent
Location:Sir Martin Frobisher Academy, Frobisher Drive, Clacton-on-Sea,CO15 2QH
Working hours: 0.6 FTE
Start date: January 2020
Salary: MPS/UPS + SEN minimum allowance
About the role
As a member of Sir Martin Frobisher Academy, you will help shape the future of the children we work with. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team you will help create an exciting and vibrant setting, where all children thrive. You will be part of leading a supportive team of class teachers and learning support assistants who work together to achieve the best for every child in our care.
We are looking for an outstanding experienced SENCO who is highly driven and motivated, has an eye for detail, and can work flexibly and creatively.
Sir Martin Frobisher Primary Academy is looking for a SENCO who…
· Has the motivation to achieve the very best for the children in our care and be relentless in the pursuit of excellence.
· Has proven experience as an effective SENCO.
· Is an excellent communicator and has a good sense of humour.
· Is a positive team player and is able to use your own initiative.
Sir Martin Frobisher Primary Academy and REAch2 can offer the successful candidate:
· A firm commitment to you and your professional development.
· Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues, staff and Governors.
· A growing learning community.
· Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference.
· Coaching and mentoring
· Fantastic trust-wide CPD opportunities.
· Vast opportunities for career progression.
How to apply
For further information about the role, or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact the school on 01255 427073 or email head.teacher@smfa.org.uk. Visits to our school are actively encouraged and can be arranged at your convenience.
Completed applications should be sent via e-mail to head.teacher@smfa.org.uk by 14th October 2019. Short-listed candidates will be invited for interviews week beginning 21st October.
The school, and REAch2 Academy Trust, reserves the right to appoint earlier if an exceptional candidate applies for the post, so early applications are strongly encouraged.
The school is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Information about the School
Sir Martin Frobisher Academy is a primary academy in Jaywick, Essex, with a current roll of 170~ children. Many of our families live on the Brooklands Estate in Jaywick Sands, the most deprived area in Britain.
We are pleased to be able to offer transport to those families most in need to ensure their children can attend school regularly.
Sir Martin Frobisher converted to academy status in Sept 2016 and now has a strong, committed and experienced senior leadership team, in place for the next 3 to 5 years, who are dedicated to moving the school forward, while ensuring the individual needs of all children are met.
The Academy has a high number of PPG, FSM and SEND children and all staff need to understand the complexity of this and of the unique community that Sir Martin Frobisher Academy is at the heart of.
Having determined, and recently implemented, our consistent whole-school teaching and learning strategies, we are now excited to begin to monitor the impact these will have on children’s learning over time.
The children at Sir Martin Frobisher Academy are lively and enthusiastic, and need the very best, and fully committed, practitioners.
The sense of community is developing, and we are hoping to move back to a Local Governing Body in September 2023, following our Intervention Board being invoked to hold all stakeholders to account.