Head of School

Teaching Personnel Ltd.; Glastonbury; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Recruitment Pack

DBS checks arranged

Safeguarding training

Job summary

Teaching Personnel Ltd. is seeking a Head of School to provide strategic and operational leadership in line with the school’s Christian ethos.

The post requires outstanding teaching ability and a track record of developing pupil progress within KS2 and leading staff. You will work with the Executive Headteacher and central team, lead safeguarding, contribute to school development, and ensure compliance with statutory duties while fostering strong relationships with parents and the wider

Qualifications

• Experience in senior leadership of a school.
• Proven ability to raise pupil attainment and manage complex change.
• Strong safeguarding and community engagement.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership in line with the school's vision and ethos.
• Lead by example as an excellent class teacher while developing relationships with parents and community.
• Oversee day-to-day running of the school in partnership with the executive headteacher.
• Lead professional development and monitor pupil progress using data.
• Act as Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and ensure safeguarding compliance.
• Work with the Trust to meet statutory requirements.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Staff development

Education

Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

NPQH

Tools

SIMS

MS Office

Google Workspace

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.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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