Assistant Headteacher: Engagement
Manchester Communication Primary Academy
Manchester
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- L4- L9 (£50,807 - £57,482)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2024
- Apply by:
- 21 May 2024
Job overview
This is a new role which has been created to add capacity to the senior leadership team in key areas of continual school improvement: Personal development, attendance and family engagement – all of which are key components to ensuring high standards of behaviour in school. As part of Manchester’s journey to become a ‘Rights Respecting City’, we are also looking for a colleague to lead on this status for the school.
Who are we?
Manchester Communication Primary Academy opened its doors in September 2014 to a small cohort of EYFS/Y1 children, since then it has grown by a 2-form year group each year. The school is now full, with over 450 pupils on roll.
Our last Ofsted inspection graded the school as ‘Good’ stating that ‘pupils feel welcome, cared for and safe at this friendly school. From the Nursery Year up to Year 6, pupils love coming to school because they know that staff will take excellent care of them.’
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for an inspirational leader, who will lead by example, demonstrating proactivity and positivity in all situations. You will be a support to colleagues, pupils and families, seeking to constantly improve engagement with learning through excellent personal development, attendance and behaviour in school.
You will need to have a strong understanding of the value of nurturing principles, as these are core to our school’s approach. You will also able to make astute use of data to offer personalised and targeted support to pupils, staff and families.
What does the role involve?
This is an extremely exciting opportunity to join an effective team, work with inspirational pupils and diverse families.
The successful candidate will not be class-based, but you will teach – as all of our SLT do.
You will demonstrate excellence as the do this. You will lead strategically on family engagement and attendance, line-managing the leaders of these aspects; as well as being the senior leader who oversees personal development (including the PHSE curriculum) and behaviour.
You will work as a key part of the senior team, supporting the day to day operational leadership of the school.
When does the role start?
September 2024
If I’m still interested, what should I do next?
We think that applying for a new role should always be seen as a 2-way process, you have to be right for us, but the school also has to be right for you. So if you are interested in applying, please do feel free to get in touch, come for a look around, or have a chat about the role.
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About Manchester Communication Primary Academy
- Manchester Communication Primary Academy
- 49 Parkstead Drive, Harpurhey
- Manchester
- M9 5QN
- United Kingdom
Manchester Communication Primary Academy (as seen on TV! Britain‘s Got Talent 2022) opened in 2014, moving into a state of the art newly built school in 2015.
Since then we have recruited a diverse and committed team of professionals
who adopt nurturing principles to help children achieve academic excellence. If this sounds like a team which you could contribute to, please do read on.
The Academy has excellent working conditions and offers ongoing support for
continued professional and personal development.
We are therefore looking
to recruit professionals who share our values and have high expectations of
themselves and the children who they teach.
The academy’s support includes the following:
*Coaching approach to professional development; lesson observations not
graded and no ‘data-driven performance management’.
* Sensible approach to feedback on children’s work- verbal feedback policy.
* High quality published schemes of work used for teaching of maths,
spelling and phonics- training provided on these.
* Every member of staff can take one 'flexi day' holiday per year in
term-time.
* Teaching staff have a minimum of 2 slots of PPA per week. 1 slot always
with year-group partners.
* Weekly staff training session centred on training needs.
* Car leasing and technology purchasing schemes by salary sacrifice.
* School finishes at 2pm on a Friday.
* 2 week holiday at October half-term.
* Access to confidential personal support provided by an external agency
(financial advice, counselling etc).
* Excellent career progression routes through a talent management strategy
for those who are keen to develop. All leadership roles at MCPA
are paid through a leadership allowance or scale, including subject leaders
and TA leaders.
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