Headteacher

To lead and manage the school within an agreed strategic framework, so that it is effective, self-managing, self-evaluating and self-improving, with high achieving pupils and staff.

To provide a strong educational vision, and to lead and co-ordinate staff to deliver the School Improvement Plan in full consultation with the governing body.

To be accountable to the governing body and to Islington Council for the overall performance of the school and its day to day operation.

To provide governors with the information and analysis they need to hold the school to account, presented honestly and in good time.

To act as, or to line manage, the Designated Safeguarding Lead, and to maintain a safer culture throughout the school.

To protect children from abuse and maltreatment, prevent harm to their health or development, ensure they receive safe and effective care, and act so that every child has the best possible outcome.

To apply effective child protection strategies and procedures, and to work with relevant agencies to protect children.

To ensure recruitment, selection, induction and training are conducted throughout with a safeguarding focus, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

To develop, with the governing body and other stakeholders, an agreed strategic plan and vision with short, medium and long term targets, grounded in realistic financial and resource planning.

To lead the consolidation of the school following the 2024 merger, building a single culture and a single set of expectations.

To manage complexity and competing demands, and to make decisions in a considered and consistent way.

To show openness, ambition and optimism for children, and to make that visible every day.

To implement and develop the whole curriculum agreed with the governing body.

To sustain a broad, cross-curricular approach that is child centered and gives access to real experiences, including the arts, science and outdoor learning that Duncombe is known for.

To develop, monitor, evaluate and improve the quality of teaching for all pupils.

To raise achievement and to set challenging, motivating targets for individual pupils and for the school.

To provide strategic leadership and a continuous commitment to the inclusion of every child, in a school where 25% of pupils have a special educational need and 9% hold an Education, Health and Care Plan.

To ensure the entitlement of all pupils to equal opportunity and access to every part of the curriculum.

To ensure that provision for pupils with SEND is well resourced, well understood by staff and reviewed rigorously for impact.

To promote equality of opportunity in the appointment and promotion of all staff.

To be responsible for the leadership and management of all school staff.

To ensure staff understand the mission, values and ethos of the school, its current aims and their own part in achieving them.

To develop, support and encourage staff to achieve the highest professional standards, while holding them to account through effective performance management.

To maintain open and effective professional dialogue at every level, raising morale and protecting staff well being and workload.

To recruit, retain, reward and motivate staff, with retention treated as a strategic priority rather than an administrative one.

To be responsible for financial management, including the integration of financial, strategic and curriculum planning, the maintenance of secure procedures and systems, and adherence to all financial regulations of the council.

To protect the wider curriculum offer through careful financial planning rather than allowing it to become the first casualty of a tight budget.

To develop and oversee a plan for the effective and imaginative use of the school site and buildings, and to lead on improvements.

To establish and maintain professional and productive relationships with the governing body, staff, pupils, parents and carers, other schools, the local authority, businesses and community groups.

To communicate the expectations and boundaries of the school clearly, kindly and consistently, and to hold to them.

To build a school culture and curriculum that reflects the richness and diversity of our communities, and to understand the cultural differences within them.

To create and promote positive strategies for challenging racial and other prejudice, and for dealing with harassment.

To ensure learning experiences are linked into and integrated with the wider community, and to raise the profile of the school locally.

To sustain a positive ethos in which individuals feel valued and personal endeavor and responsibility are encouraged.

To develop high morale, confidence and professional pride, and to set an example of professional standards and leadership.

To promote a suitable system of pastoral care for pupils and staff, including liaison with families and outside agencies.

To maintain good behaviour, supported by policies and practices that promote self discipline and responsible attitudes.

To promote and…