Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion & Co-Curricular) Maternity Cover
Harrow High School
Harrow
- £61,479 - £67,496 per year
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Assistant Headteacher (Inclusion & Co-Curricular) Maternity Cover
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 6 October 2022
Job overview
Contract: Temporary Role/Maternity Cover (Jan 23 - Aug 23, with possible extension)
Responsible to : Deputy Headteacher (Curriculum Impact & Personal Development)
Responsible for : SENDCO, Head of EAL, More Able Co, & 1 HoY
The purpose of this job description is to outline the generic professional responsibilities associated with being an Assistant Headteacher at Harrow High School. Securing the right person with the drive, ambition, innovation, motivation and leadership expertise is our paramount objective.
In addition to the generic duties described below, the post holder will lead our Inclusion Provision and Co-Curricular programme across the school. This JD should be read alongside our SLT Structure 22-23, which outlines core accountabilities for this role.
Purpose of Role
To support the Headteacher in securing the continued improvement and success of the school towards consistent excellence for all in line with the objectives as set out in the School Improvement Plan
To take a key role in driving forward key area(s) of the school’s provision as identified in the SLT roles overview such that they become excellent
To act of a role model to all staff and learners in good leadership and collaborative working
Excellent Learning & Progress
Challenge and engagement, meeting and exceeding targets
Undertake rigorous self-evaluation and improvement planning to drive excellence across all areas of responsibility
Lead, innovate and inspire others to create, implement and deliver excellent schemes of learning which provide a consistently high level of challenge for all learners in every lesson
Develop and maintain an excellent level of oversight and understanding about the performance of others within curriculum teams led by the postholder such that implementation of curriculum planning is excellent
Motivate and work with others to create a shared, high-expectation culture and positive climate, where colleagues are prepared to be innovative and creative in their teaching
To lead through others through robust and focused line management to promote higher rates of achievement within faculties and/or year groups
Be excellent in the use and analysis of data and have the ability to lead on CPD with staff and Governors
Ensure a consistent and relentless school-wide focus on students’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every student’s learning leading to excellent impact
Ensure that inclusive learning strategies and scaffolding are fully implemented across faculties line managed by the postholder leading to excellent learning for learners with SEN, EAL and whom are disadvantaged
To monitor standards of teaching and learning
Challenge underperformance at all levels and ensures effective corrective action and follow-up
Identify areas of underperformance and/or further development and ensure that colleagues are supported and challenged appropriately
Develop policies, both individually and collectively to ensure the school is constantly improving its work towards excellence for all
Excellent Aspirations
Quality progression, passion for learning
Actively promote the ethos of challenge for all in every lesson, scheme of learning and interaction across the school
Act as a role model to promote the school’s ethos and vision both within school and to our wider community
Be an outstanding practitioner and role model for teaching and learning, displaying a deep understanding of how young people learn
Lead, develop and enhance the teaching practice of others with a focus on effective scaffolding
Ensure that learning is at the centre of strategic planning and resource management, including the use of pupil premium
Wholly embrace the personal development agenda and ensure the drive to raise aspirations is at the core of everything we do
Develop and maintain a culture of high expectations for self and for others
Regularly review own practice, set personal targets and take responsibility for own personal development
Take a lead role with other senior leaders across the school for ensuring that staff CPD needs are both identified and supported
Coach and support the development of leadership and management skills in others
Excellent Behaviour, Safety and Care for each other
Respectful challenge, showing empathy
To openly and proactively uphold the highest expectations of behaviour in staff and learners to promote an excellent climate for learning
Implement strategies which ensure the highest standards of behaviour and attendance for all groups of students both inside and outside the classroom
Rigorously and with purpose uphold the school’s behavior policies and the spirit of these policies, reflecting the collective commitment to the highest standards of behaviour
Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies to ensure all groups of students achieve
Ensure that appropriate provision for students, relative to their need, is effectively delivered
Maintain and develop the highest quality systems to ensure that all events, activities and day to day management run smoothly and efficiently
Ensure that operational systems relating to teaching and learning, health and safety, student welfare and safeguarding are implemented and working effectively
Deputise for other members of the senior leadership team and assist other members of the school’s leadership groups as appropriate
Undertake specific, significant roles in the leadership and management of the school
Excellent Communication
Understanding each other, clarity of purpose
Work within the leadership team to develop our educational vision and strategic direction and ensure this vision is clearly articulated, shared, understood and acted upon effectively by all
Communicate well with all stakeholders to secure the success of new initiatives
Contribute to the whole school review, monitoring and evaluation cycle including lesson observations, learning walks, data analysis and review meetings
Create and maintain an effective partnership and good communication with parents and carers to support and improve students’ achievement and personal development
Raise the profile of the specific area of responsibility through clear briefings, reports and communication to staff to promote confidence in your work and that of the senior team
Engage parents in their children’s education, particularly hard to reach families and those with access needs
Consistently use the language of inclusion to support and maintain a culture in which prejudice and discrimination is consistently and visibly challenged
Hold others to account and challenge unprofessional behaviour with clarity of purpose and expectation to achieve desired improvement
Ensure learning experiences for learners are linked to and integrated with the wider community
Support the events and activities which involve learners’ families and communities beyond the school day.
Criteria: Qualified teacher status; Degree; Professional development in preparation for a leadership role.
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About Harrow High School
Harrow High School is a popular comprehensive school in Harrow. We base everything we do around our 4 excellences. These are:
Excellent Learning & Progress
Challenged and Inspired, Knowledgeable and Successful
So this is the bit about about results? Well - yes but not exclusively. In 2023, despite grade boundaries increasing across the country, our results improved leading to a GCSE progress 8 score of +0.56. As always, our most able learners excelled themselves with 17% achieving 9-7 in English and Maths. The previous year, at A Level an incredible 37% grades awarded at A*. Learners in Year 13 achieved an incredible 64% of A level grades at A*-A, 81% at A*-B, and 92% at A*-C, with a 100% pass rate.
However, it's not just about numbers. We’re committed to developing our curriculum to provide stretch, challenge alongside a serious focus upon knowledge and reading (for all levels of learner). This underpins our approach to teaching and learning.
To get there, we are committed to an extensive, high quality programme of CPD for all staff including bi-weekly pedagogical workshops, weekly curriculum team meetings in which developing subject specific teaching is at the core (no admin here..) and a coaching entitlement for all staff. Additionally we are able to access leadership development courses for all through the National College and our local Harrow Collaborative - an offer almost all staff take up.
Together these commitments make our school a fantastic place for learners to learn and for teachers to develop their skills and build their careers.
Excellent Behaviour, Safety and Care for each other
Consistent and Responsible, Kind, Resilient and Showing Empathy
This is so important. We place a real premium on excellent behaviour both in class and around the site. We expect all members of our community to contribute this and consistency is a key concept here.
However, we also place a strong emphasis on Kindness and Empathy. We have clear policies but expect these to be implemented with kindness, understanding and respect, making reasonable exceptions for learners with additional need.
As a result, the atmosphere in school is calm, friendly and warm. Lessons are rarely disturbed by poor behaviour meaning that teaching and learning is at the fore of all conversations
Excellent Aspirations
Quality progression, passion for learning
Our learners come from a wide range of backgrounds and have not always been afforded the opportunities open to other young people. We aim to tackle this and raise their aspirations so they can go on to fulfill their full potential. OIn a basic level, this means high expectations of every learner in every lesson. (we scaffold up, we don’t differentiate down). Every learner should leave the classroom feeling like they’ve been challenged and have risen to it.
We also have the highest aspirations for staff. As mentioned above, our programme of professional development is at the core of what we do. Not only does this lead to better teaching and learning but also to plenty of career development opportunities for all staff both in and out of school
It also means excellent careers and personal development programmes and meaningful excursions that provide learners with opportunities for new experiences. There is too much to say on this to go into detail here, suffice to say that three times a year we stop school for all learners to have two days of visits/careers experiences and other additional learning. Every learner visits a university with us twice in their time here.
We also run a very high quality programme of activities for tutor sessions that engage learners with the wider world around them and offer them a chance to develop their views.
Excellent Communication
Understanding each other, clarity of purpose
This means that all communication in our community should be warm and polite. Challenge, when necessary, should be conducted with respect and empathy. This means staff here build excellent professional relationships with learners based upon mutual trust. This is also key when working with parents and we are developing our systems for even better communication home at pace.
As a teacher here, you will find clear boundaries and protocols for staff communication to avoid burn out, regular briefings from the leadership team on progress towards SIP targets and purposeful and developmental team meetings
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