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| Green Park School School Improvement Leader | |
| Post: | School Improvement Leader |
|---|---|
| Responsible to: | Headteacher |
| Scale: | Main scale or Upper Pay Scale & 1 SEN Allowance and TLR2 minimum |
Principal Responsibilities
The core purpose of the job is to:
- Provide professional leadership and support to school leaders in the day-to-day efficient management of the school, thus ensuring a high-quality education for all pupils.
- Support the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Head and Governing body in the strategic leadership of the school and build on the existing successes of the school.
The job description sets out key responsibilities in areas such as strategy and direction, learning and teaching, staff management and development, and the community.
The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those accountabilities, roles and responsibilities common to all classroom teachers covered by the latest School Teacher's Pay and Conditions Document and as set out in the Job description for Class Teachers at Green Park School. It may be modified by the Headteacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title. The job description will therefore be reviewed at least annually.
The postholder must be an outstanding teacher skilled in working with pupils with diverse special needs.
Key Responsibilities
1. Strategy and Direction
Support the Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governors to ensure the vision of our School is clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all stakeholders.
To support the Headteacher, Leadership Team and Governors in translating local and national visions into strategic plans which will sustain school improvement.
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2. Leading Learning and Teaching
Support the monitoring and implementation of policies which impact on outstanding practice and ensure they are understood and implemented by all stakeholders.
Ensure there is a continuous focus in the school on children's achievement, effectively using data and benchmarks to monitor the progress of every child's learning.
Assist the Assistant Headteachers and the Leadership Team to ensure a diverse and inclusive curriculum is in place which follows statutory guidance and is responsive to the needs of individual pupils.
Support the Assistant Headteachers in assessing, monitoring and evaluating the quality of planning, teaching and learning outcomes, promoting improvement strategies as necessary.
3. Staff Management and Development
In liaison with the Assistant Headteachers, or in their absence, ensure the effective day to day deployment of staff making sure roles and responsibilities are clear to all stakeholders.
Work with the Headteacher and Leadership team to support the induction and retain a high-quality staff team.
Support the school's performance management and/or appraisal policy, undertaking observation, feedback, identification of development targets and subsequent monitoring and review to secure school improvement and quality professional development within the department.
4. Managing the Organisation
Support the Leadership Team to fulfil statutory duties, in relation to the curriculum, provision, safeguarding and child protection and Looked After Children.
Support the Leadership Team in ensuring consistency of approaches to maintaining and improving levels of good behaviour.
To work with the School Business Manager, the Leadership Team and Governors to ensure the school budget is used effectively.
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To work collaboratively with the Leadership Team to ensure school improvement is sustained and deliver quality outcomes for pupils, and monitor action plans.
Assist the Assistant headteacher in ensuring all Annual reports, EHCP reviews and pupil Learning Passports are of a high quality and meet statutory frameworks.
To work with the Pupil Welfare officer to maintain and improve levels of attendance.
To assist the Assistant headteachers and ensure the day-to-day management structures, systems and processes work effectively in line with our key priorities.
Ensure safe working practices are adopted by all staff and health and safety is managed effectively.
Assist the Site and Safety officer in maintaining safe premises and work areas for all staff, pupils and visitors to the school site.
5. Accountability
To assist the Head in maintaining a self-evaluation framework which clearly identifies strengths and areas for development which informs the school improvement agenda. To share this with a range of audiences including the Local Authority, Governors, parents and carers and the local community.
To ensure that individual staff's accountabilities to the Assistant headteacher are clearly defined, understood and agreed and are subject to rigorous review and evaluation.
6. Community
Collaborate and work in partnership with other postholders and external agencies in providing for the academic, health, social, emotional, spiritual, moral and cultural wellbeing of children and their families.
Ensure the learning experiences for children and young people at the school are integrated with the wider community and partnerships are developed.
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Promote and model good relationships with parents/carers based on partnership and collaboration which supports children's achievement and promotes parenting skills.
Other duties and responsibilities
- The job description can never be fully descriptive and exhaustive of unforeseen circumstances. It is expected that staff will respond to emergencies as they arise, commensurate with their qualifications.
- The postholder must comply with the Equal opportunities policy, Health and Safety policy, Safeguarding policy, and Staff Code of Conduct.
- The school is committed to Equal Opportunities and expects all staff and volunteers to recognise and value differences and to treat everyone with dignity and respect.
- Be sensitive to individual learners and show empathy for their changing needs.
- To undertake other duties which may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties, responsibilities, or grade of the post.
- The duties outlined in this job description are in addition to those accountabilities, roles, and responsibilities common to all classroom teachers covered by the latest School Teacher's Pay and Conditions Document and the job description for all classroom teachers at Green Park. The postholder will comply with Health and Safety requirements and specifically will take reasonable care of him/herself and other persons who may be affected by his/her acts or omissions at work (Health and Safety at Work Act 1974), and other relevant employment legislation and school policies. It may be modified by the Headteacher, with your agreement, to reflect or anticipate changes in the job, commensurate with the salary and job title.
Safeguarding
Because of the nature of the job, it will be necessary for an Enhanced criminal record Disclosure to be undertaken. Therefore, it is essential in making your application you disclose whether you have any pending charges, convictions, bind over's or cautions and, if so, for which offences.
The post will be exempt from the provisions of Section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders 1974 (exceptions) (Amendment) Order 1986. Therefore, applicants are not entitled to withhold information about convictions which for other purposes are 'spent' under the provision to disclose such convictions will result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the school. The fact that a pending charge, conviction, bind over or caution
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has been recorder against you will not necessarily debar you from consideration for this appointment.
Disclosures are handled in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be accessed for the Children and Learning Department, HR Division, or on www.disclosure.gov.uk.
Signature of Postholder: ___ Date: ___
Signature of Headteacher: ___ Date: October 2026
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Person Specification
This person specification should be read in conjunction with the latest School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document.
Method of Candidate Assessment:
A = Application Form I = Interview T = Task R = Reference
| Factors | Essential or Desirable | Measured by A/ I/T/R |
|---|---|---|
| Qualifications and Skills | ||
| Qualified teacher status. | E | A |
| Good Honours degree or equivalent. | E | A |
| Evidence of recent and relevant continuous professional development. | E | A | T |
| As additional special qualification in SEND. | D | A | |
| Experience and Knowledge | ||
| Recent experience in a special school or teaching children with SEND. | E | A/I/T/R |
| Effective classroom practitioner | E | A /I /T/ R |
| A variety of teaching experience across the age ranges. | D | A/I/ R |
| Experience of working with pupils with PMLD, SDL & ASD needs | D | A/I/ T/ R |
| Evidence of implementing safeguarding policies and practices. | E | A/I/T/ R |
| Involvement in curriculum development within a school. | D | A/I/ T |
| Evidence of commitment to raising standards and promoting effective teaching and learning. | D | A/I/ T/ R |
| Successful experience of working with a diverse community including Governors, LA, parents, and other partners. | D | A/I/T/R |
| Knowledge and understanding of current key educational initiatives | E | A/I/T |
| Experience of positive behaviour management strategies | E | A/I/T/R |
| Abilities and Skills | ||
| Experience in monitoring teaching and learning to drive continuous improvement in the classroom. | E | A /I/T/R |
| Experience in leading collegiate activities and in house training and promote the professional development of others | D | A/I/ T/ R |
| Good standards or written and oral communication skills | E | A /I/T |
| Demonstrate a commitment to educational vision and values | D | A /I/ R |
| Aware of mental health and staff well-being in the workplace. | D | A /I |
| Experience of the use of ICT aids and software in the classroom, and wider teacher duties e.g. assessment, reports | E | A/I/T/ R |
| Personal Qualities | ||
| Must be able to cope with the demands of the job and attend on a regular basis | E | A /I/R |
| Ability to motivate colleagues and promote successful teamwork. | E | A/I/ R |
| Establish positive rapport and relationship with staff, pupils, and parents | E | A/I/ T/ R |
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Communicate and liaise effectively and sensitively with staff and parents E A/ I / R
Ability to promote and develop a positive school ethos E A/ I / R
Evidence of ability to negotiate and handle conflict D A/ I / R
High standard of personal morals, values and ethics ensuring equity, respect and dignity is observed across the school. E A / I / R
Demonstrate emotional resilience. E A/ I / R
Willingness to ask for support and advice where necessary. E A/ I / R