SEN Administrator

Harris Academy Chobham is always on the lookout for inspirational and influential staff. Most of all, we are on the lookout for potential colleagues who like our students and want to help them succeed. We understand that if staff are to give their best to our students over a sustained period of time, then the school needs to provide them with the best deal possible. In order to help our staff have the best possible experience and achieve a proper work- life balance, we have put into place a range of measures to benefit both our teaching and students services colleagues. These include:

• An extra week of holiday for all Harris Academy Chobham staff. This takes the form of a two-week half term in October. We work fewer days than most other schools.
• Outstanding professional development both at Harris Academy Chobham and through the wider Harris Federation
• Excellent promotion opportunities
• A constant dialogue about workload and how to manage it most effectively. We have regular workload audits, and frequent campaigns to tackle unnecessary work and identify quick wins
• Rapid and effective support with any student behavioural issues arising
• A high-quality staff induction programme
• Marking protocols devised by departments themselves
• Clear communications and manageable deadlines. We only ask staff to do what is necessary and avoid complication and confusion.
• Learning walks rather than formal lesson observations. These are not graded
• Nursery on site
• Flexible and part time working encouraged whenever possible
• Additional time for leadership responsibilities
• High levels of administrative support for all teachers

Other benefits of working at Harris Academy Chobham:

• World-class facilities for learning, leisure and sport. A school which is genuinely at the heart of its local community
• The advantages of working for the country's most successful major Academy group. These include amazing consultant support and a range of high-quality central services.
• Generous Harris rewards and benefits package, including £2000 annually for Mainscale/Upper teachers.

We regard staff wellness as being central to the school's purpose and to its success. We have several initiatives which we think give Harris Academy Chobham staff one of the best wellness packages to be found anywhere, including:

• Access to the Calm mindfulness app
• Staff fitness suite and multiple team sports opportunities
• Staff social events
• Staff discounts at shops and restaurants in the local area
• Access to the Harris Federation's staff counselling service , Dedicated Wellness Hub
• Healix Healthcare package

The complete Wellness Strategy can be read on our website.

To learn more about working in our academy and what we can offer you, view our academy page via the "why work at" button.

Do you have administration experience within a school environment? Support Harris Academy Chobham in the smooth running of our administration office and wider academy. We are looking for a SEN Administrator to work within our SEN department.

The actual salary for this role will be £ weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week).

In this key role, you will:

• Manage the special educational needs and disability (SEND) register
• Create analyses of behaviour data of SEND students from the statistics created by the behaviour team
• Manage updates to the medical registers and medical alerts on our MIS
• Manage the update of our recording system to ensure that records are accurate and up to date and that staff have appropriate access
• Keep and distribute minutes of all SEND Team meetings
• Manage ordering of resources for the SEND department
• Manage the filing of all paperwork pertaining to SEND students
• Organise the timetable of the SEND students receiving support from external agencies (e.g. speech and language therapy)
• Ensure all necessary paperwork for SEND requirements is copied/replenished and accessible to relevant staff
• Ensure all communication with external stakeholders is completed accurately and in a timely fashion

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• At least a year working in school or educational establishment with relevant experience with SEND
• Working in an inner city school
• Experience of working to targets and deadlines
• A thorough understanding of JCQ regulations regarding access arrangements.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more abouton our website.

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our s