Assistant Headteacher

Seva Education is offering an innovative solution to meeting the needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities.

You will be given an exciting opportunity to work as a part of an expanding group of schools, where your energy and experience will be valued as a part of our aim to meet the varied needs of our students. You will enjoy a high degree of job satisfaction as you have the opportunity to apply your skills to working with students in key stage 2, 3 and 4 and further education.

Seva Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers, prohibition from teaching and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

Main purpose

The assistant headteacher will support the headteacher and deputy headteacher in:

• Communicating the school’s vision and supporting the headteacher’s strategic leadership
• The day-to-day management of the school
• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
• Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
• Managing staff and resources
• Monitoring progress towards meeting the school’s aims and objectives.

The assistant headteacher will also have a timetabled teaching commitment.

They may also be required to undertake any of the duties delegated by the headteacher.

Qualities

The assistant headteacher will:

• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behavior and professional conduct.
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community.
• Serve in the best interests of the school’s students.

Duties and responsibilities

School culture and behaviour

Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:

• Create a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life.
• Uphold educational standards in order to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.
• Ensure a culture of staff professionalism.
• Encourage high standards of behaviour from students, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and students and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school.
• Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, including the use of Team Teach de-escalation techniques, in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
• Encourage high levels of student attendance and help to uphold a school culture of safety, enjoyment, and engagement with learning to support attendance.

Teaching, curriculum and assessment

Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:

• Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across subjects and phases.
• Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum.
• Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities.
• Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing students’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
• Ensure the use of evidence-informed approaches to reading so all students are taught to read
• Lead one of the major areas of teaching and learning within the school.
• Promote a culture and practices that enables all pupils to access the curriculum.
• Make sure the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify any further additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate
• Make sure the school fulfils statutory duties regarding the SEND code of practice.

Organizational management and school improvement

Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:

• Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively and efficiently.
• Ensure staff and students’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care
• Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk.
• Play a part in managing the safe transition from buses and taxis at the start and end of each day.
• Ensure effective use of budgets and resources.
• Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context.
• Make sure school improvement strategies are effectively implemented.

Staff management and professional development

Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:

• Performance-manage middle leaders and teachers, including carrying out appraisals and holding staff to account for their performance.
• Take part in, provide feedback and plan improvements based on learning walks, observations, book and data scrutiny.
• Manage staff well, with due attention to workload.
• Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high-standard professional development opportunities.
• Keep up to date with developments in education.
• Seek training and continuing professional development to meet their own needs.