Headteacher

Weare looking for an ambitious, approachable, and committed Headteacher, who wants to take a warm, diverse, community-based school from strength to strength.
Strategic direction and development of the school:

Provide inspiring and purposeful leadership for the staff and pupils.
To work in partnership with the governing body, staff and parents generating the ethos and values which will underpin the school.
To translate the educational vision and direction for the school into a Development Plan and implement this successfully to secure continuous school improvement through effective teaching, successful learning and sustainable high standards.
To monitor and evaluate the performance of the school, respond with appropriate actions, and report to the governing body as required.
To ensure that management, finances, organisation and administration of the school supports its vision and aims.
To ensure that school policies and practices take account of national, local and school data and reflect best practice.
To monitor, evaluate and review the impact of policies, priorities and targets of the school in practice, and take action if necessary.
To lead by example and model best practice regarding professional conduct, workload and personal development.
To ensure that all those involved in the school are committed to its aims, motivated to achieve them, and involved in meeting long, medium and short term objectives and targets which secure the educational success of the school.
Create an outward-facing school which works with other schools and organisations to secure excellent outcomes for pupils.
Teaching and learning:

Continue to maintain an environment that promotes and secures high standard teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement, good behaviour and a passion for learning.
Determine, organise, implement and monitor the curriculum and its assessment and ensure that statutory requirements are met.
Ensure that pupils develop study skills in order to learn with optimum effectiveness and with increasing independence.
Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning and standards of achievement of all pupils in the school through appropriate methods.
Develop and maintain effective links with the community including business and industry, to extend the curriculum and enhance teaching and learning.
Continue to maintain an effective partnership with parents and the wider community to support and improve pupils achievement and personal development.
Promote extra-curricular activities in accordance with the educational aims of the school.
Provide a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, focused on safeguarding pupils and developing exemplary behaviour.
Communicate the schools vision compellingly and drive strategic leadership.
Seek training and continuing professional development to meet own needs.
Leading and managing staff:

Plan, allocate, support and evaluate work undertaken by groups, teams and individuals,
ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities in a manner consistent with conditions of employment.
Implement systems for managing the performance of all staff, addressing any underperformance, supporting staff to improve and valuing excellent practice.
Promote and monitor the continuing professional development of staff, including the
induction of newly qualified teachers.
Ensure that professional duties are fulfilled, as specified in the Terms and Conditions of
Service of teachers, including those of Head Teacher.
Ensure that a deputy Head Teacher or suitable person, assumes responsibility for the discharge of the Head Teachers function at any time when absent from school.
Continue the development of good working relationships with governors, staff, pupils, parents/carers and the community.
Efficient and effective deployment of staff and resources:

Work with governors and senior colleagues to recruit and retain staff of the highest quality.
Make arrangements for the security and effective supervision of the school buildings, their contents and the grounds.
Support strategic, curriculum-led financial planning and set appropriate priorities for expenditure to ensure effective use of budgets and resources.
Manage and organise the accommodation efficiently and effectively to ensure it meets the needs of the curriculum, community use and health and safety regulations.
Work with colleagues to deploy and develop all staff effectively in order to maintain and improve the quality of education provided.
Manage, monitor and review the range, quality and use of all available resources in order to
improve the quality of education, improve pupils achievements, ensure efficiency and secure
Value for money.
Support the distribution of leadership throughout the school, creating an ethos within which all staff are motivated and supported to develop their skills and knowledge.
Accountability:

Demand ambitious standards for all pupils, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on pupil outcomes.
Present a coherent and accurate account of the schools performance in a form appropriate to the range of audiences, including governors, the LA, the local community, OFSTED and others to enable them to play their part effectively.
Ensure that parents/carers and pupils are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and about the contribution they can make in supporting their childs learning and achieving the schools targets for improvement.
Provide information, objective advice and support to the Governing Body to enable it to meet its responsibilities for securing effective teaching and learning and improved standards of achievement, and for achieving efficiency and value for money.
Carry out any such duties as may be reasonably required by the Governing Body.
Safeguarding Children & Safer Recruitment:

The Head Teacher will be required to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people, follow school policies and the staff code of conduct.
The Head Teacher will also ensure and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Actions:
The Head Teacher should ensure that:

The policies and procedures adopted by the governing body are fully implemented and followed by all staff.
Sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable the designated person and other staff to discharge their responsibilities, including taking part in strategy discussions and other inter-agency meetings, and contributing to the assessment of children.
All staff and volunteers feel able to raise concerns about poor or unsafe practice in regard to children, and such concerns are addressed sensitively and effectively in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistle blowing practices.
Please note that this is illustrative of the general nature and responsibility of the role.
It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the Head Teacher will carry out.
The Head Teacher may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role.
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