Headteacher

Main Purpose of Job

The Headteacher will:

• To fulfil all the requirements and duties as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document relating to the Conditions of Employment of Headteacher.
• To meet the Headteacher Standards as published by the DfE.
• To seek to achieve any performance criteria, objectives or targets agreed with or set by the School’s Governing Body in accordance with the requirements set out in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
• To promote and safeguard the welfare of all children and young people within the School, by ensuring that the School’s policies and procedures relating to safeguarding children and child protection are fully implemented and followed by all staff.
• To ensure that resources are allocated to allow staff to discharge their responsibilities.
• To ensure that staff, pupils, parents and others feel able to raise concerns and that these are addressed sensitively and effectively.

Governing Body Priorities

The School's Governing Body wish a particular emphasis to be placed upon the following:

• To lead in the provision of excellent teaching and learning and raise standards across the school in terms of academic performance so that all pupils achieve to the very best of their ability.
• To formulate a vision of school improvement and to lead the staff and Governing Body in reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of the School Development Plan.
• To report to the School’s Governing Body on progress made against School Development Plan objectives, making recommendations as to future priorities.
• To further develop partnerships with a variety of stakeholders through collaboration.
• To lead the school through rigorous self-evaluation, including quality assurance and performance management at all levels and initiate change where needed.
• To develop, inspire, motivate and empower staff to raise standards across the school and monitor progress towards achieving school aims and objectives.
• To prioritise and allocate financial resources appropriately, ensuring efficiency and effectiveness within the context of the annual budgetary cycle, being mindful of the use of public funds;
• To establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction in partnership with the

Governing Body and the local community.

Conditions of Employment

The above responsibilities are in accordance with the current School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document. It is also subject to any local agreements and LA guidance on interpreting conditions of service.

Review and Amendment

This job description may be amended at any time after consultation with the post holder. It is normally subject to annual review. Subject to the provisions of the School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document it may be amended at the request of the Governing Body or the Headteacher but only after full consultation between them. It will be signed if agreement is reached.

If, following review and amendment, agreement is not reached, the appropriate procedures should be used for the settling of any disputes. Where the role holder is disabled every effort will be made to supply all necessary support, aids, adaptations or equipment to allow them to carry out all the duties of the role. If, however, a certain task proves to be unachievable, job redesign will be given full consideration.

Qualifications

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Degree
• National Professional Qualification for Headship (NPQH) or similar leadership qualification, or be working towards

Experience

• Experience across the early years and primary age range
• Successful leadership and management experience in a school with a similar context
• (high levels of SEND / disadvantage)
• Involvement in school self-evaluation and development planning
• A proven record of accomplishment of leading whole school improvement
• Experience of developing and implementing a differentiated and ambitious curriculum
• that is relevant to the context of the school community
• Demonstrable experience of successful line management and staff development

Skills and Knowledge

• Data analysis skills and the ability to use data for strategic decision making and target setting.
• Ability to develop and communicate a vision and to inspire others to follow it.
• Understanding of high-quality teaching based on evidence, and the ability to model this for others and coach others to improve.
• Effective communication skills and ability to build effective and professional working relationships.
• Understanding of school finance and how to ensure efficiency and effectiveness.
• Effective partnership working with parents, governors and the wider community
• Ability to empower staff within a distributed leadership model.