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Literacy Subject Lead
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Literacy Subject Lead - SEN School
Location: Hillingdon, West London
Salary: MPS/UPS + SEN Allowance + TLR2
Contract: Permanent
Age Range: 7-19 years
Reports to: Associate Principal / Principal
We are seeking an experienced and passionate Literacy Subject Lead to join a specialist SEN school in Hillingdon, supporting pupils aged 7-19 with a range of special educational needs, including complex learning needs.
This is a teaching and responsibility post, combining high-quality classroom teaching with strategic leadership of Literacy and Communication across the school. The successful candidate will play a key role in raising standards, developing staff practice and ensuring pupils receive an engaging, appropriately differentiated literacy curriculum.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop the Literacy curriculum across the school, ensuring statutory requirements are met.
- Monitor standards, teaching and learning, and pupil progress, identifying and implementing actions to raise achievement.
- Oversee long-, medium- and short-term planning and ensure individual pupil planning is effectively implemented.
- Lead the development of Literacy and Communication across the school, promoting high-quality practice and innovative approaches.
- Work closely with Speech and Language Therapists to develop and implement a whole-school communication strategy.
- Lead the analysis of assessment data and ensure assessment systems effectively support pupil progress.
- Prepare and review the Literacy Subject Development Plan, contributing to the wider School Improvement Plan.
- Model excellent teaching practice and promote a range of effective teaching and learning strategies.
- Develop resources and curriculum initiatives that promote a love of reading and Literacy, including book-related events and effective use of the school library.
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About You
We are looking for a committed teacher with strong Literacy expertise and the ability to lead and inspire others. You will have:
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- Qualified Teacher Status and relevant teaching experience.
- Strong knowledge of Literacy and Communication.
- Experience teaching pupils with SEN, ideally including complex learning needs.
- The ability to lead curriculum development and support colleagues in improving their practice.
- Experience using assessment and pupil progress data to inform teaching and intervention.
- Excellent communication, organisation and leadership skills.
- A willingness to undertake continued professional development in SEN, communication and behaviour management.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious teacher to take a leading role in shaping Literacy provision within a specialist SEN environment, while continuing to develop their own leadership experience.
Salary: will be determined by the successful candidate's qualifications and relevant experience, and will be in accordance with the client's pay policy.
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