Headteacher

Main Purpose of the job:

To carry out the duties of a Headteacher recognising the unique features of our school. This is in accordance with the Headteachers’ Standards (2020).

Strategic direction and development of the schools

Work with the Local Committee to review and develop the strategic vision for the schools in their communities, and analyse and plan for the future needs and further development of the schools

Provide vision and direction to secure effective teaching, successful learning and achievement by pupils and sustained improvement in their social, moral, cultural, spiritual, and physical development to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life

Ensure that School Development Plans, based on robust self-evaluation, are in place and are delivered and impacts on school improvement

Enable the Local Committees to challenge and support the schools effectively to enable them to meet their responsibilities, by attending meetings and providing timely and relevant information on:

Progress against School Development Plans

Pupil attainment, progress and achievement and quality of teaching and learning

Action arising from any recent audits

Child safeguarding, bullying, exclusions, and attendance

Such other matters as the Local Committee needs to be informed about in order to be effective

Working with your SBM, propose to the Trust a balanced budget that meets the needs and addresses the priorities within the School Development Plans across the planning period.

Ensure creativity, continuous improvement and the use of appropriate technologies to achieve excellence and a broad curriculum, equipping pupils well for their next stage of education

Promote the vision and values of the schools and demonstrate them in everyday work and practice to allow both children and adults to flourish

Promote an inclusive environment and positive and respectful relationships across the school communities

 Leading teaching and learning

Work with staff and the Local Committees and sustain effective learning throughout the schools

Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of pupils’ achievement across the schools, using benchmarks and rigorous analysis of data to identify priorities for school development and setting targets for improvement

Establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to learning and teaching

Demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole school communities

Implement strategies which secure high standards of behaviour and attendance

Ensure a diverse, creative, flexible curriculum

Implement an effective assessment framework

Embody excellent leadership together with confident, clear and sensitive oral and written communication skills

Work in partnership with staff, the wider community and other service providers to maintain and extend the curriculum and sustain a variety of after school provisions.

Managing the schools

Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care

Create an organisational structure which reflects the schools’ vision and values and enables the management systems, structures and processes to work effectively in line with legal requirements

Recruit, retain, develop and deploy staff effectively in order to maintain the highest quality of education and to achieve the vision and goals of the schools

Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk

Develop and present a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the schools’ performance to a range of audiences including the Trust, parents and carers, to ensure that they are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and about the contribution that they can make to achieving the schools’ targets.

 Leading and Managing Staff

Plan, allocate, support and evaluate the work undertaken by all staff, ensuring clear and appropriate delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities

Work closely with the administrative staff to ensure the smooth running of the schools

Put in place effective means of communication with staff that provides them with support, and the information needed to help them in carrying out their duties effectively

Implement and sustain effective strategies and processes for staff induction and the performance management of staff, including the appraisal process, ensuring it is balanced and robust

Support subject leaders in the development of core and foundation subjects

Ensure that staff have access to appropriate, high-standard professional development opportunities

Ensure that trainees and early career teachers are appropriately trained, monitored, supported and assessed in relation to all relevant standards

Manage staff with due attention to workload and broader wellbeing

Maintain a culture of high staff professionalism, ensuring staff understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account

Sustain a culture of trust and mutual support from the SLT through to all staff

Demonstrate strong commitment to their own professional development.

Safeguarding

Promote and uphold a strong safeguarding culture across the school community, ensuring current good practice is sustained and continues to evolve to remain up to date

Ensure the policies and procedures relating to safeguarding and safer recruitment are adopted by the Local Committee and are fully implemented and followed by all staff

Ensure sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable the designated person and other staff to discharge their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding, including taking part in strategy discussions and other inter-agency meetings, and contributing to the assessment of children

Ensure all staff and volunteers feel able to raise concerns about poor and unsafe practice in regard to children and that such concerns are addressed sensitively and effectively in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistleblowing policies.