Vice Principal – Quality of Education

Post Reference: 2449

Job Title: Vice Principal – Quality of Education

Academy: Leeds City Academy

Grade: L20 to L24 – Actual Salary £75,331 to £83,081

Hours: Full time

Accountable to: Principal 

Role:  

The Vice Principal will be an outstanding leader, who is able to share the vision for our academy and who will inspire and empower others, to make a significant contribution to the academy’s overall effectiveness. The postholder is driven by a commitment to creating the best possible educational opportunities for the young people of Leeds City Academy in order to raise aspirations and transform lives.

You will be an experienced leader with a track record of sustained impact and influence in your area of specialism. You will demonstrate a solid understanding in your formulation and implementation of strategy, evidenced by sustained and significant school-wide improvement.

You will work with the Principal and the Senior Leadership team on the strategic development of the academy, with a particular focus on the continued improvement of the Quality of Education across Leeds City Academy.

Acting on significant delegated authority from the Principal, you will ensure that the quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment provided across the academy leads to students a) making outstanding progress from their starting points resulting in excellent outcomes in the 1-9 examinations and b) developing the 6 key In partnership characteristics that underpin the academy’s ethos, values and aspirations for all students. 

You will closely lead, monitor, support and challenge both Senior and Middle Leaders, holding them stringently to account in order to tackle any areas of underperformance across the curriculum, in addition to leading on the Quality of Education Strategic Plan.

General Duties and Responsibilities:

Ensure the principles expressed in the mission statement of LCA and those of White Rose Academies Trust are evident in every aspect of the discharge of the duties of the post.

To ensure that any data relevant to responsibilities is checked for accuracy and carefully analysed before actions are put in place, and that all actions are carefully monitored to evaluate the impact.

To challenge underperformance within the team, and to take a role in supporting underperforming staff, as required by the Principal.

Take a lead on the development of the Quality of Education areas on the academy website, ensuring that high quality content is refreshed on a regular basis and that the website is legally compliant. 

Ensure that all academy policies are reviewed on an annual basis, presented to Governors for checking and updated on the school website and Governance Portal. 

Duties specific to the role:  

Through research, consultation and a wide understanding of outstanding pedagogy, embed a range of highly impactful strategies to improve the quality and impact of Teaching, Learning and Assessment across the academy, securing an Outstanding profile.  

Lead and manage the Assistant Principals responsible for the Quality of Teaching and whole academy CPD to ensure the quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment across all teachers and subjects is outstanding. 

Lead the rapid improvement in the quality of presentation, standard and quality of student work across the academy. 

Lead the rapid improvement and impact of teacher assessment processes across the academy, resulting in increased consistency, accelerated progress and increased outcomes for all students. 

Lead the rapid improvement in the quality of the learning environment across the academy. 

Work closely with the Vice Principal for Student Culture, Assistant Principal-Behaviour and Attitudes and Lead Year Manager to ensure Behaviour for Learning within lessons is regularly and robustly assessed and monitored. 

Lead the Assistant Principal-Key groups to ensure the Teaching, Learning and Assessment for key groups including SEND, EAL, and Disadvantaged is highly impressive, leading to accelerated progress, achievement and diminishing gaps against other key groups and national benchmarks. 

Lead the Quality of Education Assistant Principal Team to identify and apply immediate intervention, Professional Development/coaching and professional challenge where the quality of teaching, learning and assessment is inconsistent and/or below an outstanding standard. 

Create a robust and strategic Quality Assurance process, aligned to the New OFSTED Framework, to monitor and assesses the Quality of Education and standards/impact of Teaching, Learning and Assessment across the academy.  

With the Principal and Vice Principal-Behaviour and Attitudes, coordinate and conduct post Quality Assurance accountability meetings with Senior and Middle Leaders to challenge underperformance.  

Oversee a high-quality and high-impact academy wide CPD programme, linked to the Strategy to Secure Outstanding, leading to improvement in knowledge, skills and impact relative to the role and responsibility of each professional. 

Work closely with and lead the Assistant Principal’s to identify and rectify teaching underperformance through clear intervention, CPD and robust challenge. 

Lead regular and robust Line Management processes for the Quality of Education Assistant Principal Team, ensuring each is accountable for a strategic plan related to their area(s) of responsibility. 

Lead on the expectation of line management of colleagues across the academy ensuring that all meetings are documented on OneNote in line with the academy line management protocol.  

In consultation with the Assistant Principal-Assessment and Academy Data Manager, conduct regular and detailed analysis of data, post collection, to establish clear actions which will have a positive impact on improving Behaviour for Learning, the Quality of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and Student Outcomes. 

Through close consultation with the Vice Principal-Behaviour and Attitudes and Assistant Principal Team, identify key groups of students, not displaying expected levels of behaviour and share this data with relevant professionals to facilitate high quality Wave 1 intervention and improvements in behaviour and classroom management strategies.  

Liaise with the Inclusive Learning and Safeguarding Provision Leader to carefully track and monitor the progress, achievement and behaviour of offsite students, ensuring they display good behaviour, character and achieve good outcomes at their provision.  

Working with relevant colleagues, lead on the organisation of academy events including Open Evening, Transition Evening, Parents Evenings, Rewards Evening and other key events as required.  

Ensure that areas of the website related to areas of responsibility are updated regularly.   

Contribute to the Academy SEF and Academy Strategic Plan. 

Deputise for the Principal as required.  

Other areas as directed by the Principal. 

Closing Date: 22nd May 2024       

Shortlisting: 22nd May 2024         

Interview Date: 24th May 2024

Start Date: 1st September 2024     

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