Special Educational Needs Coordinator

**The Royal Grammar School Guildford Qatar**
Doha, QatarExpiring soon

**Job type**:

Full Time, Fixed Term**Start date**:

19/05/202530 June 2025**Job overview**:
**About the School**:
Due to the continued growth of The Royal Grammar School Guildford, Qatar (RGSGQ) we seek an experienced and dedicated **SENCo** to lead and develop our provision for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

The RGS Guildford Qatar has developed a strong partnership with RGS Guildford in the UK a prestigious UK independent school with a tradition and rich history for providing outstanding education. We also have strong links with our international sister schools throughout the world.

The RGS Guildford, Qatar is an all-through British school offering a co-educational British curriculum for children aged 3 to 18. The School opened in September 2016, and now welcomes over 780 students to its campus which is just 20 minutes from the Pearl and the new Lusail city. Students follow the English Early Years Foundation Stage, the National Curriculum at Key Stages 1, 2, 3 and at Key Stage 4 a comprehensive range of IGCSE courses. At Post-16 the school offers a range of AS levels. The school has a reputation for high quality teaching and learning and has a range of excellent sports facilities which include an astro turf, sports hall and an open-air swimming pool.

**Values and vision**:
The RGSGQ believes passionately in preparing our students for the challenges of a rapidly-changing, global future, as well as providing them with excellent foundations so that they can have the most ambitious of aspirations at university and beyond. Our teachers nurture and develop all those transferable skills which will set up our students irrespective of their chosen path: thinking critically, being independent and creative, being resilient and self-motivated; collaborating and working together, and being equally confident as leader or as part of a team.

Our timeless School Values - inclusivity; scholarship; integrity; respect; tenacity; and service - which are embedded in the curricular and extra-curricular life of the School ensure RGSGQ students emerge as humble, grounded and decent individuals committed to making the very best of each and every opportunity and to making a difference to others. The RGSGQ School offers a traditional British Pastoral provision and an extensive range of extra-curricular activities and we promote an ethos of high expectations and the importance of academic success for all our students.

We present an exciting opportunity to play an important role in the development and growth of our School and are looking for an outstanding SEN Assistant who is excited to join our team of educators at RGSGQ.

Applications are invited from innovative and dynamic practitioners who are passionate and forward thinking and who will thrive in a vibrant learning environment. This is an excellent opportunity to help develop the Learning Support department at a growing school.

The SENCo will coordinate the identification, assessment, and support of students with SEND across all phases of the school. It will include developing Individual Education Plans (IEPs), overseeing targeted interventions, and ensuring appropriate accommodations are in place. A key aspect of the role involves working collaboratively with teachers, support staff, parents, and external specialists to foster an inclusive learning environment.

**About the role:

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You would be joining a friendly, motivated team who take pride in their pupils’ achievements both in and outside of the classroom.

Benefits of working at the RGSGQ include:

- Tax Free Salary
- Housing allowance
- Annual return flights
- End of Service gratuity
- Comprehensive onboarding process

**Requirements**:

- A bachelor's degree in education or a BA degree with a PGCE qualification
- Preferably, prior experience in teaching the UK National Curriculum
- Previous experience working with non-native level English-speaking students
- A deep passion for teaching and a commitment to holistic education
- Strong professionalism and a focus on the well-being of children
- Active engagement in extracurricular activities
- A respectful approach to all members of the school community, irrespective of their position, gender, age, or ethnicity
- A positive and solution-oriented attitude towards your work

If you are looking for a unique international teaching opportunity and that next step in your career then please get in touch to find out more. We look forward to hearing from you.

**About**The Royal Grammar School Guildford Qatar**:
**The Royal Grammar School Guildford Qatar**
- Um Salal Mohammed, Street 631, Building 17, Zone 71, PO Box 75465
Doha
Qatar
- +974 036 0450- Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible fo