Inclusion and SEND Lead - Maternity Cover

Must hold the National SENCO award

Specifically, the Inclusion Leader will:

• Play a key role within our school, to ensurethat all pupils with additional needs make good/accelerated progress in theirlearning and achieve to the very best of their ability.
• Work closely with the School’s Senior LeadershipTeam, taking a key role in the promoting of the school’s overall aims andethos.
• Under the direction of the Deputy Head, managethe SEND support staff team as line manager, recommending CPD opportunities andco-ordinating and delegating tasks and support.
• Carry out pastoral, SEMH well-being activitieswith children when appropriate

Teaching and Learning

• Toundertake the duties of a class teacher as required 1 day a week (or more ifunexpected circumstances required it e.g. long-term sickness) in line with themost recent Teachers Pay and Conditions
• Evaluate teaching and learning activities toensure they meet the needs of pupils with SEND, EAL and those who are pupilpremium
• Where necessary, team teach or actively teach,learning intervention and support groups in order to accelerate children’s progress.
• Promote the resources/programmes/skill sets thatwill develop pupils and allow them to work independently.
• Have regard to the individual needs of pupilswith SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium and support their learning by using a wide rangeof teaching strategies, planning and providing support for their fullparticipation in all activities.
• Liaise with pre-school settings to ensure theidentification/continuity of support and learning of pupils with SEND on entryto school.
• Liaise with other schools to ensure continuityof support and learning when transferring pupils with SEND.
• Recordingand Assessment
• Keep the school’s Special Educational NeedsRegister up to date.
• Undertake the provision mapping of SEND fundingand staffing annually, to ensure all children’s support needs are met.
• Set targets for raising achievements amongpupils with additional learning needs and SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium
• Interpret assessment data, feeding specificallyinto termly Pupil Progress meetings.
• Meet with class teachers and TAs and formulateplans to address any issues and needs as appropriate.
• Maintain and further develop existing systemsfor identifying, assessing and reviewing.
• Update the Senior Leadership Team and GoverningBody on the effectiveness of provision of SEND pupils and those with additionallearning needs

Leadership

• Ensure all members of staff recognise and fulfiltheir statutory responsibilities to pupils with SEND.
• Provide training opportunities for TAs and otherteachers to learn about SEND/additional needs.
• Disseminate outstanding practice in SEND, EAL,Pupil Premium across the school.
• Identify resources needed to meet the needs ofpupils with SEND, EAL,Pupil Premium and advise SLT of priorities forexpenditure.
• Assist in the effective organisation anddeployment of TAs and other resources linked to SEND, EAL, Pupil Premium.
• To prepare an annual action plan and manage aresources budget for this area of learning

Other Duties andResponsibilities

• Listening to and supporting colleagues withconcerns about pupils.
• Advising colleagues about their concerns andensuring that these are documented at Stage 1 of the Code of Practice or takenup and acted upon at other stages.
• Monitoring and screening/baseline assessments inorder to identify and address children who are falling behind.
• Carry out nurture, SEMH well-being activities ingroups or in 1:1 sessions to support children
• Attend meetings to support class teachers wherenecessary, in order to keep parents informed about their child’s progress.
• Assist class teachers in writing IndividualEducational Plans and liaise with class teachers regarding their disseminationto parents
• Coordinate provision by calling meetings asnecessary.
• Meet parents who have concerns about theirchild/ren.
• Advise TAs in techniques and materials whichenable them to implement Individual Educational Plans and manage the targetsset in them.
• Monitor the resources devoted to SEND, and makecases for funding where necessary. These resources include books, otherteaching materials and practical teaching aids including technological aidssuch as laptops and ipads.
• Liaiseand cooperate with the Local Authority, Educational Psychology Services, Healthand Social Services and voluntary bodies – submitting necessary documents toenable the authority to discharge its function.
• Ensure that, when a pupil leaves the school alltheir records are passed on to the next school.
• Take the lead in assessments of children withSEND including identifying their strengths and weaknesses.
• Carry out essential referrals and documentationrequired for Educational Health Care Plan Applications.
• Prepare and lead annual EHCP review meetings.

ProfessionalDevelopment

• Take part in appraisals and annual professionalreview meetings.
• Keep up to date with current thinking,regulations and practice and further develop skills by attending courses,workshops and meetings.
• To undertake qualifications relevant to thefield of SEND Leadership.

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