Headteacher

The Headteacher is accountable to the Governors and is expected to provide, professional leadership, strategic direction and operational management for the school by promoting high standards in all aspects of the school’s work and by building upon past achievement, to secure the school’s continued success and improvement by ensuring high quality education for all its students so as to maximise their potential.

The Headteacher will:

• Inspire, challenge, motivate and empower all stakeholders, including parents and the wider community, to implement and carry forward the school vision.
• Monitor, evaluate and review all policies, set priorities and targets and take any necessary action required to ensure excellence of teaching and learning and the continuous development of pupils and staff.
• Provide a supportive environment for staff and ensure that their wellbeing is paramount, while striving to improve educational attainment.
• Ensure that excellent teaching and learning is the main objective of all members of the school community.
• Have high expectations of pupil behaviour and promote respect for all.
• Promote and secure the school’s continued evolution considering national and local policies and initiatives.
• Be accountable for the deployment of resources in accordance with regulations and the school’s policies and the overarching need to obtain value for money.

The Headteacher will carry out his/her professional duties in accordance with the National Conditions of Employment for Headteachers in the School Teacher’ Pay and Conditions Document and education, employment, health and safety and other relevant legislation affecting the conduct of the school.

The Headteacher is expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of principled and professional conduct and uphold and demonstrate the Nolan Seven Principles of Public Life.

• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in partnership with those responsible for governance and through consultation with the school community.
• Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
• Uphold ambitious educational standards which prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.
• Promote positive and respectful relationships across the school community and a safe, orderly and inclusive environment.
• Ensure a culture of high staff professionalism.

• Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an evidence-informed understanding of effective teaching and how pupils learn.
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
• Ensure effective use is made of formative assessment.

• Ensure a broad, structured and coherent curriculum entitlement which sets out the knowledge, skills and values that will be taught.
• Establish effective curricular leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of relevant expertise with access to professional networks and communities.
• Ensure valid, reliable and proportionate approaches are used when assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.

• Establish and sustain high expectations of behaviour for all pupils, built upon relationships, routines and procedures, which are understood clearly by all staff and pupils.
• Ensure high standards of pupil behaviour and courteous conduct in accordance with the school’s Behaviour Policy.
• Implement consistent, fair and respectful approaches to managing behaviour.
• Ensure that adults within the school model and teach the behaviour of a good citizen.

• Ensure all staff hold ambitious expectations for all pupils with additional and special educational needs and disabilities.
• Establish and sustain culture and practices that enable pupils to access the curriculum and learn effectively.
• Ensure the school works effectively in partnership with parents, carers and professionals, to identify the additional needs and special educational needs and disabilities of…