Alicia Whytock
Assistant Headteacher and Infant SENDCo at Plumcroft Primary School- Claim this Profile
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Credentials
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British Sign Language Level One
British Sign Language -
Children’s Yoga teacher
Kidding Around Yoga
Experience
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Plumcroft Primary School
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Education Administration Programs
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Headteacher and Infant SENDCo
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Sep 2018 - Present
• Managing ten primary school classes across two sites• Line managing over 40 staff• Leading curriculum development and implementation across the school• SENDCO for Nursery- Year Two• Ensuring all pupils are making good or better progress by implementing Personal learning plans for SEND pupils, applying for EHCPs and ensuring all the pupil’s needs are met• Managing three DSP provisions for ASD pupils• Leading on Reading and Phonics across the school• Leading on MFL in the early years and Key Stage One.• Coaching and mentoring teachers to ensure the quality of teaching is good or better• Supporting the implementation of the early years curriculum• Creating and updating school policies using current research to inform planning. These include but are not limited to the SEND policy, Early Years Policy and Transition Policy• Working with data to analyse school performance and to create long term goals for school improvement across both sites
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Culloden Academy
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United Kingdom
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Primary and Secondary Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Assistant Headteacher
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May 2016 - Jul 2018
• Managing nine classes across Key Stage One and Two• Leading on Geography across the school and conducting research on Geography teaching and learning from Nursery to Year Six• Line managing 20 staff• Working with five other schools to ensure that teaching and learning was consistent across the multi-academy trust• Providing staff with academic research weekly to support teaching and learning• Managing early years and staff within early years• Working with Tower Hamlets conducting research on certain aspects of early years policy such as storytelling and the exceeding descriptors• Analysing key assessment data to inform planning and support practitioners in providing pupils with the best possible outcomes
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Reception Manager & Geography Subject Lead
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Nov 2013 - Jul 2018
• Managing the early years provision in the school• Implementing the early years curriculum and continuously measuring impact• Working with new teachers and designing an NQT (ECT) programme to support them and their development as early years teachers• Writing the core knowledge documents for Geography and ensuring the curriculum was embedded across the school
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Class Teacher
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Jun 2012 - Jul 2018
• Maintaining responsibility for my own class whilst in a leadership role• Planning, assessing and supporting pupils from year groups Nursery-Year Two• Leading by example and teaching outstanding lessons in Reading, Writing, Phonics, Maths, Art &Design, RSHE, PE, Science, Geography, History and computing to my class.
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Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant
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Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
• Working with a partially deaf pupils and an ASD pupil and differentiating work for them• Conducting regular interventions to support them emotionally• Creating resources such as communication boards and transition books to support them• Communicating with parents/carers about the pupils learning • Working with a partially deaf pupils and an ASD pupil and differentiating work for them• Conducting regular interventions to support them emotionally• Creating resources such as communication boards and transition books to support them• Communicating with parents/carers about the pupils learning
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Education
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2017 - 2018
UCL
Master's degree, Early Childhood Education and Teaching -
2011 - 2012
Goldsmiths, University of London
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE), Education -
2007 - 2010
King's College London
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Geography
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