Deputy SENDCo Communication & Interaction (part-time)

Contractual Hours: 0.6 / 3 days a week

Support staff: Term time only plus 2 weeks

Basis: Permanent

Start date: As soon as possible

About Us

We invite you to join our team at Trinity Academy. Trinity is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for an exceptional deputy SENDCo to join us in our mission.

Amplify Education is a dynamic new multi-academy trust of 22 schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, formed through the thoughtful and planned merger of TiLA and CST. United by a shared vision, we are a bold voice for Bristol - committed to building belief in every young person, expanding opportunities, nurturing potential, and strengthening citizenship. We are ambitious, reflective, and collaborative - driven to improve outcomes for young people while working together, learning from one another and continually strengthening our practice. If you are looking to make a real difference within a forward-thinking and supportive Trust, Amplify Education could be the place for you.

The Opportunity

We are looking for a passionate and strategic Deputy SENDCo to help develop and oversee the Academy’s provision for students with SEND, specifically within the area of Communication and Interaction. This is a great opportunity to join a high quality SEND leadership team. We are looking for candidates who relish the challenges and rewards of working in a highly ambitious school.

If you join us, you will benefit from:

• Trinity is a 'Good' school with 'Outstanding' leadership and management and 'Outstanding' 'Personal Development' (Ofsted Jan 2024)
• The progress of our students is significantly above the national average ('P8 +0.53')
• We believe in our leaders - we do not micro manage
• We develop our people
• Hardworking staff and students who want to do well
• Consistent behaviour and expectations allow you to focus on the craft and science of teaching
• Weekly coaching for all staff and weekly department co-planning
• Exceptionally visible and supportive senior leadership team
• Schemes of work fully resourced and ready

About You

You may be either a teacher or non-teacher. You are likely to have gained experience of supporting SEN students in a school through your career or personal experience. You will be able to bring to us a passion for ensuring all students are able to access high quality teaching and care deeply for young people. QTS is not essential.

More information about the Trust, School and Role

To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification. To find out more about Amplify Education and Trinity Academy, please visit our websites: www.amplifyeducation.co.uk or www.trinityacademybristol.org

Informal enquiries can be made via email to enquiries@trinityacademybristol.org. School visits are welcomed and can be arranged via email to Alice Thornton-Parr, HR and recruitment officer, athornton-parr@trinityacademybristol.org.

We can offer you:

• Continuing Professional and Leadership development
• Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
• Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers
• Onsite parking or easy access via public transport
• Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies
• All new staff are automatically enrolled in the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Cathedral Schools Trust are subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding. Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.

The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.