What skills and experience we're looking for • Educational Qualifications/Training • Honours Degree • DfE recognised Qualified Teacher Status • Relevant and recent CPD • Further degree/professional qualification • Professional Experience • A highly effective teacher with successful teaching experience (all ability, 11-18 age range) gained ideally in more than one school • Track record of raising the achievement of his or her own students as well as working through others to raise standards of student achievement • Experience of leading a staff team which has a track record of raising student achievement • Experience of working with support staff to effect improvement (D) • Leading/managing a whole school initiative/whole school change (D) • Experience of managing student behaviour • Experience of constructive co-operation with parents • Experience of constructive co-operation governors (D) • Experience in the use of ICT • Professional Knowledge and Understanding • The successful applicant will need to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of: • The latest Ofsted framework • Effective behaviour management for the whole school • How to develop others into better teachers and support staff • What outstanding teaching and learning look like • How to help middle leaders impact on student achievement • Lesson observation practice and judgement • How to use data to monitor standards and drive up standards • Effective line management of others, including appraisal • Whole-school strategic leadership (D) and how to manage change • Current educational trends and thinking • School self-evaluation processes • Use of the stakeholder voice to inform school improvement initiatives • Personal Qualities and Skills We are looking for someone who: • Has a strong track record of effecting improvement in themselves and others • Has well developed emotional intelligence and can get people on board easily • Is resilient, hard-working willing to give of their time • Can make tough decisions and have courageous conversations • Can lead, motivate, enthuse and inspire staff and students, and win the confidence of parents and governors • Will contribute to our SLT and the corporate leadership of the school • Isan effective communicator and presenter • Has the ability to think strategically with imagination, vision, creativity and originality • Is reflective, self-critical, motivated and ambitious • Has passion and believes that every student can succeed at Monk’s Walk School • Can plan, organise and delegate effectively • Is looking for future promotion to Deputy Headship/Headship • Has a good sense of humour! What the school offers its staff Free onsite staff car parkingFree Annual flu vaccinations Free Tea and Coffee at breaktimes Generous pension scheme Salary sacrifice schemes including Bike to Work and Tech Schemes Employee Assistance Programme Support in your continuous professional development Commitment to safeguarding Safeguarding at Monk’s Walk takes precedence over any other activity in the school. It’s vitally important to us that students feel safe in school so they can learn and thrive. As part of the recruitment process, we will ask about safeguarding students and obviously questions about candidates’ suitability to act as tutor. References will be sought and an enhanced criminal records check will be undertaken for this position.