Assistant Principal for Vocational Programmes

HARRIS FEDERATION; Croydon; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Harris Federation seeks an exceptional Assistant Principal to lead Vocational Programmes and Business Studies across the Quadrant, shaping strategic direction and operational delivery. You will drive improvement, analyse data, and support academies to meet ambitious targets, while modelling best practice.

You will coach staff, contribute to performance management, and build external links with universities and professional bodies, including creating online resources for the Harris Learning

Qualifications

• Degree in subject specialism or equivalent.
• Qualified teacher status (QTS).
• At least three years’ teaching experience, including KS5.
• At least two years in a management role.
• Strong knowledge of the national curriculum and current subject developments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Vocational Programmes and Business Studies across the Quadrant.
• Support academies to raise standards and meet targets.
• Analyse data to identify improvement strategies and monitor progress.
• Provide targeted professional development and coaching for staff.
• Establish external links with universities and subject bodies.
• Develop on-line teaching materials for the Harris Learning Gateway.

Skills

Leadership

Data analysis

Curriculum development

Teaching KS5

Staff coaching

Intervention planning

Strategic planning

Communication

ICT skills

Education

Degree in subject specialism

Qualified teacher status

KS5 teaching experience

Leadership/Management experience

Job description

We are looking for an outstanding leader to join us as Assistant Principal. You will be responsible for Vocational Programmes in the strategic and operational management and development of Business Studies and Vocational Programmes across the Quadrant and ensuring the achievement of our ethos, aims and objectives.,

• To work with academies in order to support subject departments to achieve measured improvement in order to achieve demanding targets.
• To undertake departmental reviews and produce action plans to raise
• To critically analyse and interpret data from a range of sources to identify appropriate departmental improvement strategies and so ensure challenging targets are set and achieved.
• To proactively ensure appropriate intervention strategies are put in place when needed so that departments meet their subject targets.
• To provide targeted and intensive professional development, consultancy and interventions with students and subject departments.
• To coach and mentor subject staff and contribute to performance management arrangements as
• To model best practice and be seen as an approachable and useful fellow
• In conjunction with the Quadrant Leader and Executive Principal, to build external contacts with universities, subject associations, and other bodies on behalf of the subject departments in the Quadrant.
• In conjunction with the Quadrant Leaders and Executive Principal, to establish a bank of high-quality on-line materials, including teaching materials and schemes of work in the Harris Learning Gateway which are accessed by subject staff across the group.
• To lead Quadrant master classes or revision schools in the
• In Mathematics and English, to assist in improving our strategy for numeracy or literacy and ensure targets relating to this are met.
• From time to time, to teach key subject classes in particular academies when required and/or to act as interim subject leader when a need arises.
• To keep up to date with developments in the subject and other Quadrant or academy initiatives as agreed, and to provide leadership, advice and guidance to the academies.
• Work with Principals, Senior Managers and Quadrant Leader as appropriate to ensure high quality recruitment, selection and retention of subject staff.
  Degree in subject specialism or equivalent
• Qualified teacher status
• At least three years' teaching experience
• At least two years in a management role
• Experience teaching the subject to KS5
• Clear evidence of having raised standards of achievement at all levels
• Successful experience of curriculum development
• Experience in observing and evaluating teacher quality and providing feedback
• Experience of setting specific targets and managing improvement across a Key Stage or more widely
• Successful experience in a multi-ethnic inner-city school
• Evidence of being an excellent teacher
• Strong knowledge of the national curriculum programme of study for the subject and of current subject developments
• Ability to clearly articulate a vision for the future of the subject which enthuses and motivates
• Ability to plan and deliver effective training and development programmes which meet identified needs within the academies
• Excellent ICT skills
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• A self-starter with the resilience and ability to plan individual programmes of work and achieve designated targets
• An ability to work flexibly, including some weekends, evenings as and when required and residential courses
  The Harris Federation is a leading education charity with 59 Harris primary and secondary academies across London and Essex. The founder, Chairman and sponsor of the Harris Federation, Lord Harris of Peckham, opened our first school in 1990. We now educate some 38,000 young people and closing the gap between children from disadvantaged backgrounds and their peers has always been a core mission.