- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002568
- Job Title
- SENCo
- Job Start Date
- 28 April 2025
- Salary Range
- MPR/UPR plus TLR 2 (£3,391 FT)
- Hours Per Week
- 3 Options
- School Address
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Cotteridge Primary School
Breedon Road
Birmingham
B30 2HT - Contact Email
- j.willetts@cotridge.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 02 December 2024, 12:00midday
- Job Information
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We have a unique opportunity available for the right person. Cotteridge Primary School are recruiting a SENDCo - Required for April 2025 or sooner if possible
Salary Scale: MPS/UPR plus TLR (£3,391 FT)
Full Time Number on roll – 445
Due to the promotion of our existing SENDCo, the Governing Board of Cotteridge Primary School wish to appoint an ambitious, hardworking and passionate SENDCO with an enthusiastic, inclusive approach to learning. We want our SENDCo to work with colleagues to further enhance our provision, support and intervention, leading to effective practice across the whole staff.
This post presents a great opportunity to make a difference and improve the life chances of our children. Cotteridge is a successful, thriving school with happy, motivated and well-behaved children. We have an excellent staff team, and strong links with our parents and the wider community.
The successful candidate will continue to raise standards in SEND provision so that it enriches the lives of our children, makes learning engaging and fun, and ensures every child’s talents are developed to the full. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a school where there is a commitment to continuous professional development.
There are 3 options available for the successful candidate:- option 1: non-class based for 3 days per week (0.6 position)
- option 2: non-class based for 3 days per week plus 1 day teaching as required (0.8 position)
- option 3: non-class based for 3 days per week plus 2 days teaching as required (F/T position)
If the successful candidate is wishing to undertake 1 or 2 days teaching, they will also get PPA time in addition to their 3 days non-class based time for their SENDCo work.
Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to make an appointment.
Closing Date: Monday 2 December 2024, 12:00 midday
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How to Apply:
Please download an application form, job description and person specification via the school website www.cotteridgeprimary.co.uk.
Interviews: Thursday 12th December 2024
- Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:
- enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Rehabilitation of Offenders
- This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
- Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
- Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.