Start
date: September
2024
Closing
date: Monday 13th
May, 8.00am
Shortlisting
date: Monday 13th May
Interview
date: Thursday 23rd May
Salary
Range: L3-L7
£49,574 - £54,816
Kingsdown
School has so much to offer new colleagues which includes a fantastic learning
environment, ambitious and aspirational students with high standards of
behaviour and the opportunity to work with incredibly talented teachers,
leaders and professional support staff.
Over the last three
years Kingsdown School has become the school of choice in Swindon. So much so
that we are now oversubscribed in our current Year 7 and 8. This pattern is set
to continue for this next year hence we are looking for a creative, inspiring,
ambitious and outstanding new colleague to join our team.
What are we
looking for in our new SENDCo:
We are looking for an intelligent, hardworking, creative,
ambitious and well researched professional with experience of teaching and
working with students with SEND, within a SEND department. We are looking for
someone who has the skill to line manage colleagues exceptionally well, and to
lead, motivate and inspire staff and students.
You will learn more about our Wheel of Excellence from our
website and when you visit.
Do please take a look at our website
kingsdownschool.co.uk.
What will and can
we offer you:
By joining our Kingsdown family
you will join a team who genuinely cares and champions each and every student
and each and every member of the Kingsdown team.
At Kingsdown, we know that staff and students thrive in a
‘healthy work culture’ and the wellbeing of staff and student outcomes is
inextricably linked. We are committed to providing the best working and
learning environment for all. The RLT has
a staff charter and strong values, we uphold these values and commitments, and
further build on these with our Wellbeing Strategy.
One of the core
values of the RLT is that ‘everyone is learning’ and at Kingsdown we ensure
each person has the personalised CPLD that they deserve. We do this through a
variety of programmes, including our Restless Teacher Programme that allows all
staff to take a lead on their own professional development, with the support of
colleagues within the school. We are also very excited to be launching our
coaching model this year, to allow staff the opportunity to be coached and
develop their teaching practice further, whatever stage of their career they
are in. High quality CPLD and training
are an integral part of our meeting schedule and time is given to curriculum
teams to collaborate and learn from each other.
Alongside this we have a personalised induction programme that allows
for new staff members to join us feeling supported and welcomed from day one.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and
society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our
pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone.
Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working
together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously
and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in
school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for
our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our
schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including
extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities,
wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS
and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for
the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role
includes regulated activity relevant to children.
The River Learning Trust and Kingsdown School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT
Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer
Recruitment Documents for Candidates
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
Laura Burgoyne
01793 837087
recruitment@kingsdownschool.co.uk