Job Description and Person Specification

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.