Job Description

Thank you for your interest in joining us as Director of SEN at Midhurst Rother College. This is a crucial post in the school\xe2\x80\x99s future development. The vacancy has arisen due to the current postholder being appointed to a senior leadership position in another school. We are seeking to appoint a colleague to be responsible for the provision of our SEN students\xe2\x80\x99 academic progress and personal development across the school. The successful candidate will lead whole-school CPD in this area, helping staff to improve their pedagogy with SEN students. The Director of SEN have a lot of autonomy; leadership development is important to us, as is having staff in school who have good ideas alongside the ability to put them into place.

Our SEN faculty has fantastic facilities and the Director of SEN has great support. SEN has specialist classrooms, an Engagement and Support Unit, our own on-site Forest School and an APC (Alternative Provision Coordinator). In addition to this, the Director of SEN has their own full-time Administrator and two deputies to support, as well as a team of Learning Support Assistants. We need someone who can help our students be highly skilled and highly qualified and this is a good post for someone aspiring to senior leadership.

We are seeking to appoint an excellent teacher to join our successful and friendly school. The role is open to applicants who have QTS from all subject areas \xe2\x80\x93 we are seeking a leader, not a subject specialist. The current postholder does not have a teaching commitment \xe2\x80\x93 we are comfortable with this being a teaching, or non-teaching role and this would be agreed at interview. Our students chose our values of respect, happiness and achievement and everything we do in school is seen through that lens. We are an 11-19 United Learning Academy with a roll of 1180, including 130 in Key Stage 5; we expect this to grow to 150 from 2023. The College is currently oversubscribed and we are expecting our student numbers to grow over the next three years to over 1350.

We are an outstanding (Ofsted, May 2013) school situated in a fantastic building \xe2\x80\x93 there really are very few schools quite like it. We are situated in the South Downs National Park in the beautiful and picturesque village of Midhurst, with easy transport links to Chichester (25 minutes), Portsmouth (35 minutes), Guildford (30 minutes) and Worthing (45 minutes). Brighton is under an hour away from us.

Honesty, respect and trust are important to us, as is being prepared to learn and take on new challenges. We know that no one is the \xe2\x80\x98finished article\xe2\x80\x99 and we strive to do our best for our students every day. We are a welcoming school and if you join us, you will experience our supportive culture, where everyone works together for the good of the students. It is essential that you have a restless determination and belief that all students can and will perform to the highest level.

I hope you find the information you need in the accompanying pack and am sure you will find other useful information from visiting our website. You are also warmly invited to contact us by phone or visit to see Midhurst Rother College \xe2\x80\x98in action\xe2\x80\x99 and meet our fabulous students and staff. Please visit our website: to view our welcome video.

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