Assistant Head Teacher

About this Role

Oakbank is a school of potential that drives for the betterment for all. The school is committed to a journey of transformation, where staff, students and parents are committed to improving the quality and experience of education for its community. Our current phase of school improvement features our entire team, working together at pace to offer greater stability, more innovation and creativity.

About this role

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic individual as an Assistant Head Teacher who can join our senior team as an Assistant Headteacher. The successful post holder would:

• Be an excellent practitioner and someone who has good understanding of the pedagogy needed for the curriculum to be implemented successfully
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a culture of effective coaching to improve the quality of teaching and learning
• Demonstrate a commitment to improving student progress

Purpose

The Assistant Head Teacher will support the Acting Head Teacher and Deputy Headteacher in:

• Providing professional leadership and management of the school
• Leading strategic development of the school
• Implementing strategies for school improvement
• Ensuring effective and efficient organisation and administration of the school
• Creating a stimulating, nurturing, happy, safe and productive learning environment that is engaging and fulfilling for all students
• Ensuring the curriculum is broad, balanced and underpinned by the trust principles of curriculum design

Main duties and responsibilities

The Assistant Head Teacher will support the Acting Head Teacher and Deputy Headteacher in:

• Contribute to the development of the school in support of its vision and ethos
• Demonstrate the school’s values in everyday work and practice
• Support practice that promotes and sustains continuous improvement in the school
• Support and promote robust systems for safeguarding, pastoral care and personalised learning are followed to ensure every child feels valued and is known and supported during their time at the school
• Support members of the school community to create a positive and stimulating learning environment, making full use of their skills and talents
• Ensure that learning is at the center of strategic planning and resource management
• Support management and development of all school resources to achieve the school’s aims
• Assist with the evaluation of school performance and identification of priorities for continuous improvement
• Work with the Local Governing Body to promote and implement the strategic vision, values and ethos to students, staff, governors, parents and the wider community

Leading teaching and learning

The Assistant Head Teacher will support the Acting Head Teacher and Deputy Headteacher in:

• Contribute to leading and managing teaching and learning to secure the highest possible and sustainable levels of progress and attainment
• Ensure that the curriculum delivered:
• is based on excellence for all
• meets statutory requirements
• meets the school’s and Trust’s education vision and principles
• meets the needs of all students
• is supported by teaching of the highest quality
• Ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on students’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every student’s learning
• Ensure a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all students achieve success and become engaged in their learning
• Ensure strategies for inclusion, diversity and curriculum access are in place and embedded
• Implement strategies that secure high standards of behaviour and attendance
• Monitor and evaluate the curriculum for both quality and value for money
• Ensure students feel happy, safe, and supported, and have all barriers to their learning and progress addressed/removed
• Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice
• Promote improvement strategies and provide inspiration and strategic leadership to the teaching team to ensure that the school delivers the highest standards of teaching and learning
• Demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole school community
• Provide strategic leadership of the use of assessment and data systems used in the school and ensure that on-going teacher assessments are secure and robust. 

Leading and managing staff

The Assistant Head Teacher will support the Acting Head Teacher and Deputy Headteacher in:

• Ensure that organisational structure reflects the school’s values, and enables management processes to work effectively
• Develop, implement and monitor clear, evidenced-based improvement plans and policies for the development of the school and its facilities
• Ensure that policies and practices take account of national and local circumstances and Anthem policies and initiatives
• Recruit, retain and deploy staff appropriately
• Demonstrate commitment to good worklife balance through modelling good practice and considering the impact of decisions on workload across the school workforce
• Lead and motivate others and generate effective working relationships at all levels
• Maximise the contribution of all staff to improve the quality of education provided and standards achieved
• Ensure staff performance is managed in line with school and Anthem performance management policies and procedures
• Ensure access to effective induction, training and appropriate professional development opportunities

Financial, compliance and facilities management

The Assistant Head Teacher will support the Acting Head Teacher and Deputy Headteacher in:

• Support the management of the school’s finances and resources to ensure maximum benefit for students
• Support with the management of the school site, its buildings, equipment and grounds
• Provide inputs to development of the annual and projected yearly budgets for approval by Anthem
• Assist with setting appropriate priorities for expenditure and allocation of funds
• Ensure that the site provides a positive and safe environment which promotes wellbeing and high achievement for everyone at the school
• Ensure effective financial administration and audit control
• Ensure full compliance with Anthem policies and procedures, regulatory frameworks and statutory duties

These duties and responsibilities should be regarded as neither exhaustive nor exclusive as the post holder may be required to undertake other reasonably determined duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grading of the post.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.