Headteacher

Location

Gloucestershire | United Kingdom

Job description

Key Responsibilities

1.   GENERAL

·        Carry out the duties of Headteacher in accordance with the Headteachers’ Standards (2020) and the Teachers’ Standards (2011) .

2.   LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT, PROGRESS AND SAFETY

·        Ensure that student safety is at the centre of all the school’s functions, in particular strategic planning and resource management.

·        Ensure an aspirational culture and ethos of challenge and support where all students can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning and the learning of others.

·        Ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on students’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every student’s learning throughout the school.

·        Implement and maintain strategies to secure high standards of behaviour and attendance, student welfare, and citizenship.

·        Ensure collaboration with other agencies in providing for the intellectual, spiritual, moral, cultural, physical, social and emotional well-being of students.

3.   LEADING AND MANAGING STAFF

·        Ensure that outstanding teaching is the primary objective for all teachers.

·        Lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop staff to secure improvement.

·        Ensure schemes of delegation and lines of accountability with staff are clearly defined.

·        Ensure that all staff are engaged with the school’s key SIP priorities and the development of the school’s aims and objectives, through effective communication across the whole school community, whether they be teaching or support staff.

·        Maximise the contribution of staff to improve the quality of education provided and standards achieved.

·        Implement and sustain rigorous procedures for monitoring the performance of all staff including objective setting and personal development plans.

·        Acknowledge the responsibilities and celebrate the achievement of individuals and teams. 

4.      LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF CURRICULUM 

·        Determine and ensure implementation of a diverse, flexible curriculum to ensure high quality and personalised learning experiences for students of all backgrounds and abilities.

·        Ensure that the curriculum is providing for the intellectual, spiritual, moral, cultural, physical, social and emotional well-being of all students.

·        Ensure that the curriculum enables students to progress to sustained education, training and employment on exit from the school.

5.      MANAGING RESOURCES

·        Promote creativity, innovation and the use of appropriate existing and new technologies to achieve excellence.

·        Agree and set appropriate priorities for expenditure with the Governing Body; allocate funds and monitor the effective administration and control of school budgets so that the school secures its objectives.

·          Deploy and manage the school’s financial and human resources efficiently and effectively to achieve the school’s educational goals and priorities in line with the school’s strategic plan and financial context.

·          Ensure school buildings and facilities meet the needs of the students and staff and are of the highest standard of cleanliness and repair and compliant with health and safety regulations.

·          Explore and develop additional sources of funding.

6.      STAKEHOLDERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY 

·          Secure the commitment of all parents and carers, especially hard-to-reach parents, and the wider community to the vision and direction of the school.

·          Act at all times as an ambassador for the school in a manner which upholds its values and ethos.

·          Seek opportunities to communicate and enhance the value of the school to other sectors of the local community and businesses.

·          Contribute to the development of the education system and student achievement by sharing effective practice, working in partnership with other schools, especially feeder primary schools, and promoting innovative initiatives.

·          Ensure parents/carers are informed about the curriculum and their child’s performance.

7.      ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNANCE

·     Work with the Governing Body to analyse and plan for the future needs and further development of the school within the local, national and international context.

·     Translate the vision into a School Improvement Plan with agreed, prioritised objectives and operational plans which will promote and sustain school improvement within an agreed timeframe.

·     Encourage a school ethos which enables everyone to work together, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept responsibility for outcomes.

·     Present a coherent and accurate account of the school’s performance in a form appropriate to a range of audiences, including parents, governors, the local authority, the local community, Ofsted and others, to enable them to contribute effectively.

·     Ensure the school meets all statutory and legislative requirements.

8.      TEACHING

·      Teach as necessary and appropriate, relative to the other duties of the post. 

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