George Dixon Academy Birmingham
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George Dixon Academy, Birmingham
Required from September 2025
The Trustees of George Dixon Academy are seeking to appoint an outstanding individual to the following post from September 2025:
Special Educational Needs Coordinator
We are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified member of staff to lead our SEND provision. Applicants will either already hold the relevant national award for SENCo’s or be willing to work towards achieving this qualification in the first year of employment.
The successful candidate will:
- Raise achievement through motivating, challenging and inspiring our pupils;
- Have a commitment to inclusion;
- Help foster a culture of high expectations;
- Help drive our school values of being Grounded, Determined and Sincere;
- Have opportunities to contribute to the wider life and ethos of the school.
We can offer you:
- The opportunity to join a supportive staff and work with well-motivated pupils;
- An environment focused on improving standards and providing the best quality of education for all pupils.
Application packs are available from the TES website.
Closing date for applications: 12noon on Friday 28th March 2025.
To formally apply for the advertised position, you must complete the school application form and supply a letter of application.
Postal applications should be addressed for the attention of the Headteacher. Should you wish to complete your application electronically, please submit to Mrs A Bala (senior office manager) via email to:
George Dixon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
George Dixon Academy is an equal opportunity employer.
The above posts are covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for these roles.
About George Dixon Academy
+44 121 566 6565
George Dixon Academy is a secondary school located in Birmingham, West Midlands. Founded in 1906, the school provides places to approximately 1000 pupils aged 11-18 in a co-educational setting, with around 100 of these on roll in the school sixth form, making it average-sized for a secondary school of its type.
Headteacher
Mr Tutvinder Mann
Values and Vision
At George Dixon, we are determined, we respect each other, we encourage one another, we accept the new, we all matter – together, we dream. We understand our role as being essential for social justice and aim to provide a curriculum and school environment that enables all pupils to be the best version of themselves within and beyond George Dixon School.
