£52,074 - £57,482 per year
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Director of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)
Grade: Leadership L5 to L9 - £52,074 to £57,482
Hours: Full Time


You will work with the Principal, Central Trust, Assistant Principal for Inclusion and the Leeds City Academy Senior Leadership Team on the strategic development of the academy, with oversight for SEND and the provision offered to our young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), ensuring that robust personalisation of learning, intervention and provision is provided. The role of the Director of SEND will be fundamental in ensuring that the academy embeds an ambitious and highly inclusive curriculum to enable all students to acquire and deploy the knowledge and skills required for the future. Likewise, this role will be essential in ensuring increasingly dynamic curriculum adaptations and interventions.


The Director of SEND will be the Leeds City Academy’s named SENDCo and will work alongside the Principal, Assistant Principal for Inclusion, Senior Leadership Team and Trust Central Team to determine the strategic development of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and the effective implementation of the SEND policy.


Acting on delegated authority from the Principal, you will ensure that all students with Special Educational Needs and those classed as vulnerable learners are provided with a robust package of support. While the Director of SEND will have responsibility for the oversight of provision for students with SEND, class teachers


Working with the Principal, Assistant Principal for Inclusion and senior colleagues, you will carefully track and monitor the progress of these students to plan and implement a timely and highly effective programme of intervention and support, utilising and engaging with high-quality internal resources and external agencies. You will lead on casework and directing the SEND Team and members of the wider student support team in compiling evidence and advising families of the process for statutory assessment, establishing, monitoring and reviewing SEND intervention and ensuring high standards of learning and achievement for all students.


The Director of SEND will be an experienced classroom practitioner and will lead by example through the modelling and delivery of quality first teaching and learning experiences, tailored to meet the diverse needs of all students. Through expert knowledge of SEND practices, the Director of SEND will provide direct classroom support and foster an inclusive learning environment that promotes the academic and personal development of every student, ensuring that no child is left behind.


NB: All post-holders at the White Rose Academies Trust are responsible for improving the outcomes for learners and upholding the ethos of the academies. Keeping Children Safe in Education and the guidance for Safer Working Practices directs the work of every adult working at or associated with the White Rose Academies Trust.


Closing Date: Thursday 11th October 2024
Shortlisting: Thursday 11th October 2024
Interview Date: Week commencing 14th October 2024

Leeds City Academy is a mixed and culturally diverse secondary school in West Yorkshire providing places for students aged 11-16 years. This secondary school situated in Leeds has approximately 811 students on record.
Leeds City Academy belongs to the growing, dynamic and transformational White Rose Academies Trust which is sponsored by Leeds City College and forms a key part of the ground-breaking Luminate Education Group.
Principal
Richard Chattoe
Values and vision
The Academy has established a unique, positive, and transformative ‘In Partnership’ culture which truly sets the school apart from others. This culture is founded and bult upon six key values that each drive and permeate everything the Academy does: behaviour, relationships and strategic decision making. The Academy In Partnership values are affectionally referred to as the DNA of Leeds City Academy and this is something the wonderful students, staff, parents and community are immensely proud of. The Academy strongly believe that their vision and strong culture will help not only to transform the lives of young people but transform the local communities which they so passionately serve.
The Academy has enjoyed an impressive period of transformation across the last 4 years and was judged as ‘Good’ overall by OFSTED in April 2019, securing an Outstanding judgement for the quality of Leadership and Management. The report commented that ‘Exceptional leadership from the highly skilled senior leadership team has improved all aspects of the school since the last inspection. The school’s culture is now inclusive and aspirational. Pupils develop the resilience needed to rise to the challenges set by staff. The school has been transformed and its overall effectiveness improved.’
We continue this journey of transformation and are determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students at Leeds City Academy, with the ambition that all students excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join Leeds City Academy, as a colleague, a leader or as a student.