Senco Lead

**Salary**:
Competitive

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
August 2025

7 December 2024

**Job overview**:
**Sotogrande International School is a leading educational institution dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning environment. With a commitment to academic excellence and holistic development, we strive to empower students to become confident, compassionate, and globally-minded individuals.**:
**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead the Special Educational Needs provision within the school, ensuring all students with SEN receive appropriate support and accommodations to thrive academically and socially.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships with students, parents, staff, and external agencies to facilitate collaboration and ensure the holistic well-being of students with SEN.
- Provide guidance, advice, and training to classroom teachers on effective strategies for supporting students with SEN in the mainstream classroom setting, supporting teachers to adapt schemes of work and implement effective teaching and behavior management approaches in the classroom.
- Collaborate with the leadership team to develop and implement policies and procedures that promote equality, diversity, and inclusion across the school.

Work closely with the Admissions Team to review documentation, follow up with schools and parents and provide expertise about the best provision for students. Lead the 1:1 student support program for learners with more complex needs. Carry out assessments of pupils to identify needs and monitor progress - including observations in the classroom and meetings with teachers and parents.
- Work with classroom teachers, parents and relevant external agencies to develop, implement and monitor individual support/learning plans
- Make referrals and liaise with professionals outside of the school - this could include psychologists, health and social care providers, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists
- Track and monitor pupil progress and pathways through written reports and meetings with parents
- Develop and maintain systems for keeping pupil records, ensuring information is accurate and up to date
- Lead SEN teachers, teaching assistants and support staff to improve pupil progress and attainment, empowering students to develop strategies for learning and take ownership of their learning journeys
- Manage access arrangements for assessments and examinations in liaison with DP/MYP coordinators
- Collaborate with administrators, counselors, teachers and parents/caregivers to ensure student social/emotional well-being is fully supported.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Education or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent certification.
- Significant experience working with students with SEN in an educational setting.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop effective relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation and best practices in SEN provision.
- Fluency in English (Spanish language skills desirable).

**About **Sotogrande International School**:
**Sotogrande International School**
- Av. de la Reserva, s/n, Sotogrande- Cadiz- 11310- Spain+34 56 795 902

**Our School is part of the Inspired Education Group**

Founded in 1978, SIS is a leading international, co-educational day and boarding school. We are an all-through IB school offering the PYP, MYP and Diploma programmes. We are an inclusive community offering English language and special educational needs support throughout the school where required. Sotogrande International School launched its new San Roque Campus in September 2013. A beautiful second campus that acts as a home for the school's boarding students. This new addition to the school is a result of increased demand for boarding places from around the world.

SIS is fully accredited by CIS and NEASC. Our programme is fully convalidated by the Spanish Ministry of Education, allowing our IB diploma graduates direct access to Spanish universities as well as those in the UK and the USA. This unique combination provides independent, external assurance of the quality of education at SIS. In addition, the school's own NGO operates from the main campus and offers all our students the opportunities for active leadership and service learning, both in the local community and in the wider world.

Sotogrande International School is a community of learners that has at its core the SIS Values. These values shape our behaviour, inform our decision-making and provide a focus for all our actions. Members of our community are encouraged to open their hearts and minds to the joy of learning, to discover their strengths, identify their passions and develop outstanding learning skills. Our school philosophy is to open minds, create