April 2014

Dear Applicant

SENDCO (Teacher’s MPS/UPS Pay Spine + SENCo 1 £2022 Responsibility Allowance)

Thank you for your interest in this key post and position of SENDCo at our school which will become available, following the retirement of our current teacher/SEN leader, from September 2014.

We are seeking an inspirational and talented teacher who is passionate about making the difference to SEND pupils; able to remove barriers to learning so that SEND pupils succeed in their learning and make good progress in both their school life and beyond. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated professional with excellent interpersonal skills, together with the ability to lead, manage and inspire staff and pupils and develop our SEND provision further. Our most recent Ofsted Inspection of June 2013 judged the school to be good overall, with many outstanding areas of provision (including SEND). We aspire to be judged outstanding overall in our next inspection and are working towards this in all that we do.

Details of this post are available on the WM Jobs website and on our school website at www.penkridge.staffs.sch.ukI hope that you are encouraged to apply for this position at our successful 9-13yrs middle school. Please submit a completed R6 Teacher Application Form, a Letter of Application of no more than 2 sides of A4 in Arial Font Point 12, together with the Staffordshire County Council Recruitment Monitoring Form. Applications should be submitted via email to Mrs J Graham, Head Teacher’s PA on office5@penkridge.staffs.sch.uk .

I look forward to receiving and reading your application in due course.

Yours sincerely

Mrs Sue King Head Teacher

Penkridge Middle SchoolThrough Effort and Encouragement towards

Excellence.

Our Vision and Values

‘Through Effort and Encouragement towards Excellence”

Our core purpose is to offer all pupils the chance to fulfil their best selves and, through this process, to assist their fullest contribution to society as a whole. To achieve this end, our pupils need to become independent and life-long learners who steadily extend their horizons and have high aspirations for themselves and for others.The school seeks to encourage and reinforce those values of personal and social behaviour which are expected within our local and wider community. These include:

Respect and sensitivity towards other people, theirbeliefs and values;

Responsible use of resources and care for theenvironment, and

Honesty in personal dealings and respect for property.

Our school motto,

‘Through Effort and Encouragement towards Excellence’,

describes all that is best about our school.

Required for September 2014

Teachers’ Pay Spine + SENCO 1 (£2022 SEN Responsibility Allowance)

We are seeking a forward-thinking, ambitious, motivated teacher with the energy and drive to lead our excellent team in support of our pupils and to promote and implement whole school practice for SEND. Above all, we need a strategic thinker and inspirational teacher with a positive outlook and commitment to supporting our most vulnerable pupils to succeed and take their place confidently in the world.

Closing Date for Applications: by Thursday 8 th May 2014 2pm

Interviews: Thursday 22nd May (to be confirmed)

We welcome visits to our school so please contact us to arrange an opportunity to meet us, enjoy an informal chat and take a tour of school to see our children engaged in their learning.

Dates available for tours are: Friday 11th April 2.45pm , Wednesday 30th April at 2.45pm and Tuesday 6th May at 4.30pm Further details of this post and an application pack are available on WM Jobs and from our school website at www.penkridge.staffs.sch.uk or via the school office on 01785 355545.

Penkridge Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to an enhanced criminal records check from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose all criminal convictions.