Head Of School

Teaching Personnel Ltd.; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Head of School role within The Academies for Character and Excellence requires strategic and operational leadership, guiding the school to deliver high standards in line with its vision and Christian ethos. You will mentor teachers, manage day-to-day operations, and build strong relationships with families and the wider school community.

Reporting to the Executive Headteacher, you will ensure statutory compliance, drive school improvement, and champion a safe, inclusive environment for all

Responsibilities

• Be a front-facing leader, engaging with parents and stakeholders daily.
• Develop and sustain a positive school culture grounded in respect and high expectations.
• Provide clear and inclusive leadership, promoting a shared vision for the school’s development.
• Work with the Executive Headteacher and Trust Leaders to meet statutory requirements.
• Develop teachers and support staff to ensure high-quality provision and hold colleagues to account.
• Use data effectively to track pupil progress and close attainment gaps.
• Understand the needs of all pupils, including SEND, gifted & talented, EAL and disabled pupils.
• Lead professional development meetings to drive improvements in provision.
• Create a safe, purposeful environment, establish a disciplinary framework with fair strategies.
• As Designated Safeguarding Lead, promote safeguarding and raise concerns per Trust protocols.
• Collaborate with families, external agencies and the Local Authority to safeguard pupils.

Job description

Job Description: Head of School

Banding: L1 – L3

Starting scale: Dependent on experience

Teaching commitments: Teaching commitments in KS2, with timetabled leadership time out of class.

Head of School – Job Description:

The Head of School will have responsibilties for providing strategic and operational leadership in line with the vision, values and Christian ethos of the school. Leading by example as an excellent class teacher with sole purpose developing and nurturing positive and productive relationships with parents and wider school community, oversee the effective day to day running of the school and working in partnership with the executive head teacher and central team.

School Leadership & Management:

• To be a ‘Front-facing’ leader of the school, engaging with parents and stakeholders on a daily basis.
• Develop and sustain a positive school culture grounded in respect and high expectations
• Provide clear and inclusive leadership, promoting a share vision for the school and its ongoing development.
• Work closely with the Executive Headteacher and Trust Leaders to ensure that the school meetings statutory requirements.

Teaching & Learning:

• Develop teachers and support staff to ensure a high quality of provision across the school, holding colleagues to account for their performance.
• Ensure effective use of data to track pupil progress and close attainment gaps.
• Have a clear understanding of the needs of all pupils, including those with special additional needs, those who are gifts and talents and pupils with EAL and disabilities.
• Lead professional development meetings with the executive head and other in-school training to support improvements to provision.

Behaviour & Safeguarding:

• Ensure a safe, purposeful and stimulating environment for pupils across the school, which is rooted in mutual respect, and establish a framework for discipline with a range of strategies, using praise, sanctions and reward consistently and fairly.
• As Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), to be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school, raising any concerns in line the Trust protocols.
• Work effectively with families, external agencies and the local authority to promote the safety and wellbeing of pupils.

Full Recruitment Pack available.

Employment Vetting Checks

It is a condition of employment at The Academies for Character and Excellence that

every applicant who accepts the offer of a job will be subject to legally required safer

recruitment checks. This will include criminal background checks, documentary

evidence to confirm their identity and right to work in the UK and checks to ensure they

are not prohibited from working in such a position within a school environment.

The checks will be carried out at the Trust’s expense.

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All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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