SENDCO

Woodbridge High School is a successful school situated in the heart of Woodford Green, North-East London. It is fully comprehensive with an ethnically and socially diverse intake. The school has a strong and distinctive ethos of kindness, inclusion, respect, excellence and pride in achievement, which we call ‘The Woodbridge Way’. We enjoy an excellent reputation within the local community and achieve impressive results year after year from a fully comprehensive intake. We are currently looking for a SENDCO to join our inclusion team. The successful applicant will: Have experience and proven success in teaching pupils with special educational needs in mainstream comprehensive schools.Have experience of leading staff development with relation to inclusion.Have experience of working in a multi-cultural school and a commitment to equal opportunities.Have the ability to lead the department's provision for exam access arrangements.Have the ability to have a small mainstream teaching allocation; subject specialism is not important.Have an appropriate SENDCO qualification, either NASENCO or NPQ for SENDCOs, or be willing to complete this within the coming year.Have a qualification in exam access arrangement assessment or be willing to undertake this in the future. Woodbridge High School offers you: The opportunity to work in a highly regarded school.A welcoming and friendly staff body.Motivated, well-behaved and friendly students.Opportunities for rapid career development and promotion.Access to state-of-the-art sports and leisure facilities.Tailored professional development and training.A comprehensive staff wellbeing package. Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the school and meet the Headteacher. Please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Helen Dalby, on hdalby@woodbridgehigh.co.uk to arrange this. Woodbridge High School strives to achieve a diverse workforce, fully representative of our society and the ethnic and cultural make-up of the student population within