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Oasis Academy Arena Communityning Lear SENCO Oasis Academy Arena Communityning Lear About Oasis For over a decade Oasis Community Learning in each of the communities we are based in. has been helping children and young people We know them to be places of great potential reach and realise their potential. and are committed to their continual positive transformation. Born out of the Oasis global charity, previously established in 1985 by Rev. Steve Chalke This is made possible by the outstanding MBE, our first Academy opened in 2007. It people who work for us - leaders with vision, was Steve’s vision to open a school that was determination and drive to raise standards. inclusive of all and provided opportunity for the In fact we are securing better education whole community. Since then we have grown across the group and closing the gap for our as a family into 47 Academies spread across disadvantaged students each day through the UK, each connected to a community Hub. exceptional teaching and support. In just two We are proud to be one of the largest Multi- years our sustained improvement has seen Academy Trusts in the UK. the percentage of Ofsted inspected Academies attaining ‘Good’ or better rise from 30% to over We work in some of the most socially 70%. disadvantaged areas, but believe passionately 47 Academies 24, 000 pupils Over 4,500 Staff Oasis’ Vision The over-arching vision of Oasis is for The complex responsibilities of education are community - a place where everyone is understood through the lens of Character, included, making a contribution and reaching Competence and Community. These principles their potential. As well as delivering first-class, are intentionally developed and embedded in all innovative education, Oasis seeks to build of our Academies. ‘Hubs’ in the areas it works; creating safe and inspiring local neighbourhoods that provide Together, Oasis staff aspire to: integrated and diverse services to benefit the • Create safe, stimulating learning whole person and community. environments • Increase progress and attainment to above Oasis Community Learning’s vision is to create national averages ‘Exceptional Education at the Heart of the • Provide teaching quality which secures good Community.’ and accelerated progress for all students The Oasis Ethos Our ethos is a part of everything we do. At Oasis we look to employ people who not only share in our vision but are champions of our ethos. A passion to include everyone A desire to treat everyone equally, respecting differences A commitment to healthy and open relationships A deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed A sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul Oasis Academy Arena Opened in September 2015 as part of London’s The Oasis vision is to provide each and every Olympic Legacy, Oasis Academy Arena is a one of its students with an outstanding secondary modern, co-educational secondary Academy education. It is vital, therefore, that not only is which is dedicated to helping the students of effective leadership in place, but there is an Croydon and South Norwood reach their full enriching curriculum to encourage both staff potential. Situated adjacent to the Croydon Arena and students alike to get the most out of their athletics track, the Academy delivers an innovative time at the Academy. Students will be offered curriculum which specialises in sports and the the opportunities to experience residential trips, sciences. visit workplaces and universities, engage in volunteering and develop their academic passions. The Academy resides in a beautiful new building, which was developed especially for Oasis in There are currently a total of 270 students on roll, September 2016. Its facilities include a sports hall, 55% of which are in receipt of the Pupil Premium hard and soft outside play spaces, technology and 11% classified as DSEN. The Academy has suites and science laboratories, music facilities and a Designated Resource Provision for 15 students access to the Arena site for outdoor sports. with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Oasis Academy Arena’s mission is to create With world-class sporting facilities on its doorstep an environment where students want to learn and state-of-the-art learning spaces in the new rather than have to learn. The Oasis Ethos of building, there is excitement about the future of inclusion, equality, healthy relationships, hope Oasis Academy Arena. Forecast admissions and perseverance is at the heart of the Academy are on the rise; there were over 350 in-borough and its employees, helping to bring this mission applications for Year 7 in 2016, which far exceeded statement to life. The Academy motto – ’Higher, the 180 places available. In 2017, 463 applications Faster, Stronger’ – is essential to its practice, were made. By 2019, Oasis Academy Arena aiming to help every student reach their potential anticipates a total of 900 students on roll, with post- and strengthen their pathways towards a future 16 provision offered through the partnership with they dream of. Oasis Academy Shirley Park. Oasis Hubs Communityning Lear Oasis subscribes to the widely held view that the wholeness and fullness within life. factors that create disadvantages for children and young people need to be tackled in order to Oasis Academy Arena is part of the Oasis Hub improve their life chances. The Oasis response Ashburton Park, which also includes Oasis is the creation of Oasis Hubs. Academy Ryelands and Oasis Academy Shirley Park. The Hub runs a variety of services for the Developing and running Hubs is all about community, including a foyer for homeless young delivering the purpose of Oasis. Its vision is for people, a youth club and a community church. community, a place where everyone is included, making a contribution and reaching their God- given potential. To this end Oasis staff are committed to working in an inclusive, integrated, empowering and comprehensive way so that all people experience wholeness and fullness of life. They want to see local communities that are characterised by trust, safety, cohesion, mutual support, vibrancy, health and opportunity, and have increasing capacity to address their own issues. Oasis want those who are excluded brought back into community and to find Communityning Lear Job Description Post: Job purpose: SENCO To ensure the effective education of all the children for which you Responsible to: responsible for, socially, emotionally, physically, intellectually and Principal, Academy aesthetically. Leadership Teams, To assist the development of pupils and colleagues through your Governors. designated area(s) of responsibility. This document is not a comprehensive definition of the post. It Key Relationships: may be subject to modification at any time, after consultation with the post holder. Academy Leadership Team; relevant teaching and associate staff; LA Specific Responsibilities representatives; partner professionals; parents; local community; other Oasis A. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Academies and Oasis Community Learning central • To the children for whom you are responsible at any one staff. time, for effective teaching and social development • To children, colleagues and yourself for your own professional development Location: • To parents and children to assure effective and Oasis Academy Arena constructive home/school liaison • To colleagues for their own professional development, by sharing your expertise Working Hours: Full Time B. KEY TASKS AS SENCO/INCLUSION MANAGER • Facilitate the smooth day-to-day operation of the school’s SEND policy • Maintain the school’s SEND register • Organise appropriate deployment of support staff • Maintain existing resources and order new, managing the allocated budget • Co-ordinate provision for pupils with SEND balanced curriculum with regards to all • Oversee records of all pupils with SEND aspects of the child’s needs, on a termly • Liaise with teaching and support staff, and weekly basis, evaluating as necessary advise and contribute to their professional • Teach each child to the very best of your development ability having regard to the policies of the • Liaise with parents/carers of pupils with SEND school • Liaise with external support agencies • Mark and assess the attainment of the • Undertake assessments for specific purposes children in all areas of school activity • Complete forms such as requests for • To be aware of the issues of continuity and Statutory Assessment progression and manage the curriculum • Organise and lead reviews accordingly • Contribute to discussions about the strategic • To effectively deploy and monitor ancillary direction and development of SEND provision staff as may be available to assist in your across the school class • Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of • To take a full part in staff meetings and parent SEND provision evenings, follow duty rotas for playground • Contribute to the School Profile document supervision and matters relating to Health and • Attend cluster SENCO meetings Safety, etc. • To provide a stimulating and caring • To prepare IEPs and programmes of work environment for learning and to encourage which support pupils with special needs and both co-operation and independence in the to evaluate progress children • To safeguard the children’s health and safety • To lead by example setting the highest both on school premises and authorised standard in teaching, behaviour and all activities elsewhere aspects of school life and maintaining high • To develop your own professional skills and expectations of
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