Deputy Headteacher - 1.0FTE Harrowby CoE Primary in Grantham

Being a Deputy Headteacher in a small primary school is a unique and dynamic opportunity. As an enthusiastic, compassionate and skilled teacher-leader, you will make a meaningful impact in a close-knit school community. We are seeking a Teaching Deputy Headteacher with extensive Key Stage 2 experience to join our warm and welcoming primary school. This is a unique opportunity to combine high-quality classroom practice with strategic leadership in a nurturing and supportive environment. You will teach your own class, model excellent practice and foster a love of learning. You will also be required to be the leader in charge for one day a week in the Headteacher’s absence, ensuring continuity and high standards across the school. This is a great opportunity to play a core role in shaping our school vision, driving improvement and supporting colleagues. You will contribute to safeguarding, behaviour, curriculum development and the wider leadership of the school. You will be a visible, positive presence for children, staff and families.

Job Description:

• Be a member of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Support the development and implementation of a rich curriculum that has breadth, depth and balance whilst taking into account the local school context.
• Secure high quality teaching and learning that allows pupils to build their knowledge and apply that knowledge as skills.
• Develop systems to measure outcomes that pupils achieve because of teaching and learning, ensuring they are fully implemented across the academy.
• Support the development of an ethos of integrity, compassion and excellence throughout the Academy and community which it serves in order to value self-esteem alongside respect for others.
• Maintain high morale and set an example of professionalism, high quality performance and leadership.
• Develop in all pupils the skills, attitudes and stamina required for life-long learning and success in a rapidly changing world.
• Enhance opportunities through partnerships between parents/carers, pupils, staff, other trust schools and the local community to maximise the benefits of being a Trust school.
• Support the distinctively Christian ethos of the Academy and build on these foundations.

Key Priorities:

• Make a significant contribution to the continued development and success of the Academy.
• Support the Headteacher in leading Teaching and Learning to ensure learners achieve the best possible results academically and with regard to the school values.
• Alongside the SLT, ensure that the strengths of the school and the improvements in standards are well understood in the local community.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Work alongside the Headteacher to devise and implement the Strategic Direction of the School, with focus on teaching and learning.
• Work alongside the Headteacher, Trust and other key stakeholders to ensure that the school’s and Trust’s vision are clearly articulated, shared, and understood.
• Work within the school community to translate the school’s vision into agreed objectives that promote and sustain school improvement.
• Motivate and work with others to create a shared culture and positive environment.
• Support the implementation of the School Development Plan ensuring that pupils achieve high standards, make good progress and that teaching is effective.
• Ensure that the day-to-day running of the Academy supports Trust policies, vision and aims.

Leading Teaching and Learning:

• Support the Headteacher in the monitoring and leading of an appropriate, comprehensive, high quality and cost-effective curriculum in the Academy.
• Actively monitor and respond to the curriculum development and initiatives at national, regional and local levels.
• Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice, ensuring accountability of staff for the progress of their pupils.
• Maintain a consistent and continuous focus on students’ achievement, ensuring resources are deployed to enhance progress.
• With the Headteacher, organise and monitor the curriculum in line with Trust priorities, vision and ethos, evaluating its effectiveness and reporting findings to the Headteacher.
• With the Headteacher, monitor the quality of teaching and pupils’ achievements including the analysis of performance data, to ensure enhanced progress.

Managing the Organisation:

• With the Headteacher, develop and implement organisational structures and procedures to enable management processes to work effectively in line with legal requirements.
• With the Headteacher, produce and implement clear, evidence-based School Development Plans for the improvement of the Academy.
• Assist the Headteacher in recruiting, retaining and deploying staff appropriately and assist in managing the staff’s workload to achieve the vision and goals, linked to the Development Plan.
• Support effective Growth and Development processes within the school as aligned with Trust policy.
• Ensure that the range, quality and use of all available resources is monitored, evaluated and reviewed to improve the quality of education for all students and provide value for money.

Developing Self and Working with Others:

• Regularly review own practice and take responsibility for own personal development.
• Implement and maintain effective strategies and procedures for teaching staff induction, professional development and performance reviews.
• Treat people equitably and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive Academy culture in line with the Trust’s ethos and values.
• Ensure clear delegation of tasks and responsibilities, so that teams and individuals undertake effective planning, allocation, support and evaluation of work.
• Acknowledge responsibilities and celebrate achievements of teams and individuals to promote a positive successful culture across the whole Academy.
• Build a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other schools/stakeholders to build effective learning communities.
• Manage own workload and that of others to allow an appropriate work/life balance.

Securing Accountability:

• Fulfil commitments of contractual accountability to the Headteacher.
• Work with the Headteacher, providing information, objective advice and support to enable the Trust to meet its responsibilities.
• Support the Headteacher in developing and strengthening the Academy ethos that enables everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept responsibility for outcomes.
• With the Headteacher, ensure individual teaching staff accountabilities are clearly defined, understood, agreed and subject to rigorous review.

Strengthening Community:

• Support the Headteacher in building a school culture and curriculum which consider the richness and diversity of the school’s communities.
• Ensure learning experiences for students are integrated with the wider community, and that some of these are community based.
• Collaborate with other agencies to promote the academic, spiritual, moral, social, emotional and cultural wellbeing of students and their families.
• Support the creation and maintenance of effective partnerships with parents and carers to support and improve students’ achievement and personal development.
• Seek opportunities to invite parents and carers, community figures, businesses or other organisations into the Academy to enrich its value to the wider community.
• Co-operate and work with relevant agencies to protect children.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties commensurate with the role.

Safeguarding:

• Ensure that the school is a safe place for children, ensuring that all safeguarding procedures are of the highest standard.
• Be a named DDSL and support the DSL and promote the accurate recording and management of safeguarding concerns and ensure compliance with statutory guidance.
• Ensure consistent and thorough procedures and practices of all staff in relation to being vigilant to the safeguarding of all children including liaison with outside agencies.

Other:

• The duties and responsibilities in this job description are not exhaustive. The postholder may be required to undertake other duties that may be required from time to time within the general scope of the post.
• Any such duties should not substantially change the general character of the post.
• Duties and responsibilities outside of the general scope of this grade of post will be with the consent of the postholder.
• The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with LAAT Equal Opportunities policies.
• The postholder is required to carry out the duties in accordance with the LAAT Health and Safety policies and procedures.
• All employees need to be aware of the possible abuse of children and vulnerable adults and if you are concerned you need to follow the Academies’ Safeguarding Policy.
• In addition, employees working with children have a responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of during the course of their work.
• The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• We will require the successful applicant to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.