Assistant Headteacher

Sledmere Primary School; Paradise; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Sledmere Primary School in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced Assistant Headteacher to drive rapid improvements in teaching and learning with high expectations for all children, and to raise outcomes across the curriculum.

You will lead on school improvement under the Headteacher and Executive Team, gather and analyse information to inform change, motivate staff, build high-performing teams, and ensure the Trust's vision, values and ethos are consistently reflected, including

Qualifications

• Experience leading quality improvement across a wide range of areas.
• Ability to gather, analyse and interpret information to inform change and improvement.
• Passion for children’s success and driving outcomes.
• Ability to motivate and inspire staff and manage performance to create high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school.
• Establishing the policies through which they shall be achieved.
• Managing staff and resources to that end.
• Monitoring progress towards their achievement.
• Undertake professional duties of the Head in their absence.
• Uphold the vision, values and ethos of the Trust at all times.
• Lead on areas as specified in the job specification attached.

Skills

Quality improvement

Data analysis

Staff motivation

Educational developments

Communication skills

EYFS & KS1 leadership

Early Reading leadership

Job description

We are now seeking to appoint an experienced, dynamic, inspiring leaderwith high expectations and ambition for all children to rapidly drive qualityimprovement in all aspects of teaching and learning to ensure improved outcomesfor all.

The successful candidate will:

• have previous experience ofleading quality improvement, including a proven track record of securingsustained improvements in teaching and learning, across a wide range of areas,
• have the ability to gather,analyse and interpret information to help effect change and improvement,
• be passionate about children’ssuccess and will be driven to make their experiences and outcomes the best theycan be,
• have the ability to motivate andinspire staff, solve problems and effectively manage performance to create highperforming teams across the Trust,
• have a thorough and up to dateknowledge of educational developments and best practice and be able todemonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills,
• be an outstanding practitionerwho is able to support and improve quality of teaching and learning,
• have experience of leading EYFSand KS1.
• Have experience or be willing tolead on Early Reading

This is an opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivate person who wantsto make a difference to the lives of our children.

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION –Assistant Headteacher

A person appointed Assistant Head Teacher in aschool, in addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher otherthan a Headteacher (as described in Part XII) including those dutiesparticularly assigned to his/her by the Head or Executive Team, shall:

Play a major role under the overall directionof the Headteacher and/or Executive Team in:

• (a)Formulating theaims and objectives of the school.
• (b)Establishing thepolicies through which they shall be achieved.
• (c)Managing staff andresources to that end.
• (d)Monitoringprogress towards their achievement.

Undertake any professional duties of the Assistant Headteacher reasonably delegated to him/her by the Head and or Executive Team.

Undertake to the extent required by the Headand or Executive Team, PHMAT Trust Board, the professional duties of the Head in the event of his/her absence from the school.

Ensure that they uphold the vision, values andethos of the Trust at all times.

Be entitled to a break of reasonable length as near to the middle of each school day as is reasonably practicable.

With additional responsibility for:

See job specification attached