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St Andrew’s School, Turi is highly respected in Kenya and regarded as one of the leading international schools in East Africa. Numbering 550 pupils, it comprises two semi-autonomous schools: a Preparatory School of circa 220 pupils between the ages of 3 and 13 and a Senior School of circa 330 pupils between the ages of 13 and 18. It is fully coeduca...
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The successful applicant will undertake their role and responsibilities in accordance with St Andrew's School Safeguarding and Child Protection Guidelines and will be required to undergo all checks relevant to the post.
The Role
This is a crucial role to support SEN students across the school.
Reporting to the SENCO, the successful applicant will work with teaching staff to help identify students with learning needs. They will then coordinate referral for diagnosis (or provide a diagnosis if an area of specialism) and lead the creation of IEPs for individual students, liaising with teachers on action plans. Our Teacher of SEN will then work with individual students inside and outside the classroom.
The successful candidate will be required to teach students throughout the school, from Year 9 to Year 13. The department currently works in newly renovated, modern, well-resourced classrooms with good technical support. Applicants should endeavour to inspire students to develop high standards of scholarship through innovative, clearly focused and responsive teaching, which goes the extra mile, and encourages students to do the same.
All staff are involved in the wider life of St Andrew’s, including the School’s vibrant co-curricular and boarding programmes; an ability to contribute to these would be advantageous.
Person Specification
Working at St Andrew’s, Turi, is an exciting and dynamic experience. Our desire is to recruit committed and resourceful staff, who are looking to not only develop their skills and leadership capacities, but also embrace new experiences and challenges.
Essential to working with us are:
Beyond that we want staff who are committed to allowing students to thrive; first-class communicators; passionate about the subjects and students they teach; creative and diligent in their planning; and, given life in a full boarding school, are adaptable, energetic and resilient.
The Package
There is a generous overall remuneration package as detailed below (the cost of living in Kenya is significantly lower than in the UK):
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