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Job purpose
To provide professional leadership which secures, in consultation with the Governing Body, the success and improvement of the school, ensuring high quality education for the pupils, embedded inclusion practice and improved standards of achievement.
Job specification
Safeguarding
•Take on the role of senior designated safeguarding lead and fulfil all associated duties as outlined in KCSIE.
•To have a thorough understanding and awareness of the importance of safeguarding to ensure that it is prioritised within the school.
•To demonstrate commitment to safeguarding by acting as a role model to all staff.
•To hold all staff, volunteers & external building users accountable for their contribution to safeguarding regulations and ensure that all policies and procedures are adopted and fully implemented.
•Ensure that sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable DSLs and other staff to discharge their responsibilities, including taking part in strategy discussions and other interagency meetings as well contributing to the assessment of children.
•Create a safe culture that supports staff and volunteers in raising concerns about poor or unsafe practice involving children and ensure these are dealt with sensitively and effectively in accordance with agreed policies and procedures.
Strategic Direction and Development of the school
•To work with the Governing Body to provide vision, purpose and leadership of the school, and secure effective teaching and successful learning and achievement by pupils.
•To review and implement the School Improvement Plan (SIP) which, through appropriate consultation and consideration of external reviews, identifies suitable priorities and targets for ensuring that pupils achieve high standards and make progress.
•To ensure school improvement, the achievement of objectives and the educational success of the school.
•To ensure that the management, finance and administration of the school supports its vision and aims.
•To monitor, evaluate and review the effectiveness of the school’s policies and priorities.
•To work in partnership with the BeSkilled Trust sharing expertise, knowledge, resources in all areas of the schools monitoring and strategic needs.
Teaching and Learning
•To create and maintain an environment which promotes and secures outstanding teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement, good behaviour and discipline.
•To embed a culture of inclusion and support that values and champions the needs of all children
•To implement, monitor, evaluate and review the curriculum and its assessment, to identify areas for improvement and set targets for the school and individual pupils.
•To develop effective links with the community and parents to extend the curriculum and promote pupils’ achievements and personal development
•To promote respect and understanding of diverse cultures, languages and ethnic groups, including faith groups.
•To be an effective class teacher and undertake those responsibilities when required.
•Develop and integrate SEND practice across all areas of the school, particularly developing our resource bases as the provision extends to KS2
Leading and Managing staff
•To lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop staff to secure improvement whilst maintaining wellbeing standards.
•To ensure that effective working relationships are formed between staff and between staff and pupils.
•To implement and sustain effective systems for the review and performance management of staff.
•To motivate and enable teachers to develop expertise in their respective roles through continuing professional development.
•To ensure that the professional duties of staff are fulfilled.
Deployment of Staff and Resources
•To deploy staff and resources efficiently and effectively in line with the objectives in the School Development Plan and within the school budget.
•To ensure effective administration and control of resources.
•To manage and organise the building efficiently and effectively to meet the needs of the children, curriculum and health and safety regulations.
•To manage, monitor and review the use of available resources to improve the quality of education and secure value for money.
•To seek out additional funding where grants are available to the school and could be provided to further achieve the goals of the school.
Accountability
•To provide information, advice and support to the Governing Body to enable it to meet its responsibility for securing effective teaching and learning, and improved standards of achievement and value for money.
•To regularly present an account of the school’s performance in a form appropriate to a range of audiences – Governors, parents, local community, OFSTED, Education Services.
•To ensure that parents and pupils are well informed about the curriculum and targets for improvement.
This job description is based upon the Department for Education and Skills National Standards for Headship. It is not exhaustive, and the post holder may be required to undertake such duties as may be required by the governing body to meet the needs of the school.
Safeguarding Statement
New Swannington Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to satisfactory references and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check.