Stafford Hall School

Post title: SEN Teacher

Salary and Grade: £23,690 - £32,960 per annum

Responsible to: The Line Manager and Head teacher

Responsible for: Pupil Progress and curriculum

Main Purpose of the Job:

 To maintain consistently high standards in relation to all aspects of the Teachers’ Standards

 Be responsible for student attainment and progress

 Ensure Quality First Teaching is central to your practice, accelerates progress and celebrates

outcomes

 To lead a curriculum area throughout school in order to raise whole school standards and

aspirations

 Plan, teach and deliver an engaging, bespoke and personalised curriculum underpinned by

EHCP need

 Expertise in delivering a holistic, inclusive and creative curriculum rooted Unconditional

Positive Regard and pupil outcomes

 Contribute positively to policy and practice

 Be a role model for our learning community

 Make a significant contribution and impact in all aspects of school improvement

 Engage with all school systems professionally to ensure the vision for excellence is

maintained

 Use dedicated time to develop your CPD profile and be the ‘best you can be’

Main Responsibilities:

1. Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined in Teachers’

Standards:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 In setting targets, take into account cohort targets and how these will be met

 In setting targets, take account of the level of challenge for pupils across the cohort of all

backgrounds, abilities and dispositions

 Actively support the ethos of the school in relationships with children, colleagues, key

workers parents, both in class and around the school

2. Promote good progress and outcomes by pupils

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Demonstrate clear understanding of the needs of children of all backgrounds, abilities and

dispositions so that the majority of pupils make good progress

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 Use data effectively, demonstrating analytical thinking in reviewing and evaluating progress

and attainment and in meeting appropriate, challenging targets for all pupils, for both class

and cohort

 Demonstrate through self-review, an effective evaluation of the impact of teaching

 Demonstrate in depth knowledge of how children learn and adapt teaching accordingly

 Establish a culture that ensures that pupils have a responsible and conscientious attitude to

their work

 Engage with colleagues in review and evaluation of cohort progress and attainment

 Actively promote parental/key team involvement and initiate opportunities to involve them

 Lead on subject development through staff training or INSET

 Provide quality, accurate, professional reports for parents/key teams/MDT and outside

professional agencies where appropriate

3. Demonstrate good subject and curriculum knowledge

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Demonstrate knowledge and expertise across the range of subjects through coherent

planning and lively, inspirational teaching

 Demonstrate expert knowledge through subject leadership, inspiring colleagues and

establishing a curriculum that ensures consistency across a year group and progression

across the school

 Know the strengths and areas for development in leading a subject and bring about

improvement through action planning

 Evaluate own subject leader performance in terms of impact on teaching and learning

 Take responsibility for own CPD, keeping abreast of changes/developments across a range of

subjects and leading improvement within area of responsibility and how this relates to ASD

and Learning Difficulties

 Provide professional reports (verbal or written) to parents, Key teams, MDT and other

stakeholders indicating progress, attainment and targets for improvement

4. Plan and teach well-structured lessons

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Consistently teach lessons that are good or outstanding and which include agreed ‘non-

negotiable’ aspects

 Through effective planning and provision, demonstrate understanding of different styles of

learning and how these are accommodated

 Demonstrate ability to reflect and evaluate teaching and the impact on learning, children’s

attitudes and behaviour

 Be systematic in evaluating learning within and across a sequence of lessons

 Actively engage parents/key teams in their children’s learning

 Facilitate children’s and parents’ /Key workers’ views on learning

 Evidence a range of opportunities for out-of-hours learning in line with school policy and

additional contribution through after school clubs or other activities

 Work effectively as part of a team, ensuring consistency across a year group

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 Take a significant role in collaborative planning,

 Recognise own accountability for curriculum provision within the class and the quality of

learning

5. Adapt teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Ensure that teaching is consistently good and outstanding

 Demonstrate how teaching has been adapted to accommodate the needs of groups and

individuals

 Initiate strategies to engage parents/key teams in their children learning.

6. Make accurate and productive use of assessment

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Be highly competent in assessment across the curriculum, both formative and summative

and in using outcomes to support accurate, challenging target setting and continuous

progress and high attainment

 Be aware of local and national data when evaluating expectations and performance

 Use school data effectively to track progress and set realistic, but challenging targets

 Be highly competent in marking and providing feedback to pupils

 Establish strategies to encourage children to respond to feedback

 Engage fully in moderation activities as required and initiate moderation activities with year

group colleagues

7. Manage behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Be highly competent in managing an effective learning environment so that all children are

actively engaged in learning and poor behaviour never disrupts learning

 Recognise responsibility and accountability for maintaining high standards of behaviour

beyond the classroom

 Keep parents/key teams well informed and work effectively with them to bring about

improvement where necessary

 Inspire children’s respect and form positive relationships

8. Fulfil wider professional responsibilities

Qualified teachers are expected to consistently maintain high standards as defined for Teachers’

Standards and:

 Set an example in all aspects, share good practice and support other colleagues in

maintaining the standards

 Be proactive in supporting the ethos of the school

 Be positive and encouraging during times of change

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 Show full cooperation and support for colleagues managing development or change

 Generate respect from colleagues through highly effective professional, working and

supportive relationships

 Form highly effective relationships with children that generate respect, confidence and high

self-esteem

 Form highly effective relationships with parents/key teams e.g. through good

communication, listening to and acting upon concerns, providing professional support and

guidance in respect to all aspects of school life

 Write accurate, professional end of term/year reports

 Recognise responsibility and accountability for the effective deployment of support staff

 Liaise with the leadership team to ensure that support staff have the skills they need to work

effectively

 Fully engage in reflection, self-evaluation and appraisal, recognising the need to base

conclusions on robust evidence

 Take responsibility for own CPD through research and independent learning and actively

participate in school based CPD to support school and personal professional improvement

 Be willing to support wider school/home activities by attending events

 Be willing to run an after school club or activity

Additional Responsibilities

 To lead on a curriculum area.

 To ensure completion of all Safeguarding, Prevent, Foundations for Safer Care and

mandatory training annually

 Promote and maintain an appropriate climate for learning among pupils in line with school

policies and school ethos

 Safeguard the health and safety of pupils on school premises and when engaged in

authorised school activities elsewhere

 Promote the general progress and well-being of individual pupils and of the tutor group as a

whole

 Liaise with the line manager to ensure the implementation of any pastoral initiatives

 Ensure pupils are registered and encourage their participation in all areas of school life

 Contribute to the preparation of IEPs and education files

 Alert appropriate staff to any problems experienced by pupils

 Communicate as appropriate with parents/carers/key teams/MDT on any welfare issues that

are relevant

Code of Conduct

The School expects all staff to ensure that their standards of conduct are, at all times, compliant with

the Stafford Hall/Young Foundations Code of Conduct for Employees.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each

individual task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any

reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this

job description

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Section B: Person Specification

The person specification provides a list of essential and desirable criteria (skills and competencies)

that a candidate should have in order to perform the job.

Each of the criteria listed below will be measured through; the application form (A), teaching

exercise (T), an interview (I), or documentation (D).

Essential Criteria

Assessed By:

Qualified Teacher Status

A, D

Bachelor’s Degree

A, D

Substantial recent experience of teaching in a SEN setting (during the past 3

years)

A, D

Evidence of successful teaching experience with vulnerable children.

A, I, D

Good interpersonal skills and emotional resilience in working with children.

I, D

Up to date knowledge of Local Authority and National expectations for SEND

including 2014 SEND Code of Practice including knowledge of EHCP and their

implementation.

A/I

Excellent communication skills

Highly skilled in working in partnership with colleagues

T, I

Good problem solving skills and time management

T,I

Good awareness of and clear ability to safeguard children by developing

appropriate relationships, personal boundaries and maintaining discipline.

I, T

Recognition of the value of integrated working and common assessment.

Ability to work well unsupervised and use initiative effectively.

A, I, T

Confidence to review own performance and undertake continuous professional

learning.

Meet the Nationals Standards for teachers and (where applicable, those for UPS)

A, I, D

Desirable Criteria

Assessed By:

Experience of working/developing a SEN Provision or within a similar support

service.

A, D

Experience of positively influencing the practice of others, including delivering

INSET.

A, D, I

We are committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all those we serve, as well as

complying with best practice in the application of safeguarding. Therefore, as this role requires

working with Children or Vulnerable Adults a Disclosure and Barring (DBS) check will be required as

part of the pre-employment checking process, and rechecking will be required as and when

determined by the relevant policy.