Seva Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, prohibition from teaching and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Job Title: Head of School
Executive Head Teacher
Full Time 42 Weeks (40hrs per week)
Executive Head Teacher/Directorate
Leadership and management of the school
Responsible for the day-to-day running of the school site.
Manage & organise the school’s environment efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum and health and safety regulations.
Manage the school’s budget and resources alongside the Executive Headteacher
Produce & implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies for the development of the school and its facilities.
Recruit, retain and deploy staff appropriately, managing their workload to enable achievement of the vision and goals of school.
Ensure the range, quality and use of all available resources is monitored, evaluated & reviewed to improve quality of education for all and provide value for money.
Carry out responsibilities of this post with due regard to School’s Equality and Diversity Policy, Safeguarding policies, Health and Safety Policy and other School policies and procedures.
Manage middle leaders, developing professional culture amongst all staff at the school
Implement school’s appraisal policy, other management processes and systems
Support implementation of school-wide and school-level policies
Undertake self-evaluation & school improvement planning alongside the school-wide strategy to improve areas of weakness in school
Support Executive Headteacher in recruitment of teaching & non-teaching staff where necessary
Provide training & continuing professional development (CPD) opportunities for all school staff
Identify areas of progression and promotion for staff that support succession planning for school
Implement strategies - secure high standards of behaviour and attendance which reflect the school’s agreed values in their response to the needs of vulnerable individuals.
Teaching and learning
Work with staff promoting high quality teaching across all subjects
Determine, organise & implement diverse and flexible curriculum which takes account of the needs and aspirations of all pupils.
Identify areas of weakness in teaching and implement, monitor & review interventions to improve areas as well as teaching and learning across the school
Make sure school’s assessment system is fit for purpose and provides teachers with useful information about pupils
Monitoring outcomes and draw out any patterns of underperformance in key groups of pupils, such as disadvantaged pupils
Assisting development of appropriate curriculum, linked to the whole school curriculum, for learners ensuring learning experiences are organised in progression which supports the development of the individual student around educational targets.
Drafting curriculum units, schemes of work and programmes of learning (lesson plans) to support effective delivery.
Responsible for monitoring the delivery of provision.
Demonstrate principles and practice of effective teaching and learning.
Ensure consistent & continuous school wide focus on pupils’ achievement which reflects the agreed vision and values, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning.
Lead in accessing, analysing & interpreting information to inform planning for improvement.
Ensure learning is at centre of strategic planning and resource management.
Establish creative, responsive & effective approaches to learning and teaching in line with the schools agreed educational vision and values, which are embedded in culture and ethos of challenge and support where all pupils understand their individual worth, can become engaged in their own learning and achieve success.
Demonstrate and articulate high expectations, promoting individual and community aspirations by establishing challenging targets for the whole community.
Help build on vision of the school and share with colleagues across the school how this is being demonstrated in the school
Work with senior leaders to ensure school meets statutory responsibilities by giving objective professional advice and regular accounts of the school’s progress.
Contribute to development of education system by sharing effective practice, working in partnership with other schools and promoting initiatives, especially with other diocesan schools.
Attending and leading on EHC Plan Reviews in communication with external stakeholders.
Safeguarding Children and Adults
Seva Care Group ensures all employees have a responsibility to support the School in its duties by:
Attending mandatory training on Safeguarding children.
Being familiar with individual and the School’s requirements under relevant legislation.
Adhering to all relevant national and local policies, procedures, practice guidance and professional codes.
The range of responsibilities listed above is not exhaustive and is subject to change at the direction of the Head Teacher and Seva Care Group LTD.
Any other similar duties appropriate to the level of the post, as may be required by the Executive Head Teacher.