Deputy Headteacher - Standards, Organisation and Behaviour
Trinity School
Dagenham
- Expired
- Salary:
- L23 - L27 (£75,094 - £82,057 per annum)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2018
- Apply by:
- 16 October 2017
Job overview
As a consequence of the previous postholder’s promotion, Governors of Trinity School are seeking to appoint to the vacant Deputy Headteacher post responsible for standards, organisation and behaviour from April 2018. We are seeking to appoint an exceptional experienced Qualified Teacher to support our senior leadership team to continue to build upon our many existing strengths including continuing to deliver a truly outstanding education and preparation for adult living for all of our pupils.
The Role
We already have one experienced Deputy Headteacher in post who oversees quality assurance for teaching and learning, including CPD. This second vacant Deputy Headteacher role will work closely alongside the Headteacher and present Deputy having a specific focus on whole school standards, curriculum, assessment, organisation and behaviour.
This role working with other members of the senior and middle leadership team will be responsible for the strategic direction of the curriculum, the collection and interpretation of data related to pupil attainment and to provide outstanding organisation of the school. Specifically:
· the management, organisation and administration of the curriculum development function of the school.
· developing whole school curriculum, assessment and organisation policies and practices.
· evaluating the impact of school improvement strategy (SIS) on performance.
· identifying the priorities for continuous improvement and raising standards via curriculum development and assessment
· Presenting whole school data and being accountable for feedback to a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, including Ofsted and the Governors
· a focus on pupil behaviour management and supporting strategies
· ensuring equality of opportunity
· a focus on risk assessments across a range of areas from behaviour support to curriculum areas and off-site visits.
· ensuring that resources are efficiently and effectively used to achieve the school's aims and objectives.
· supporting the planning and strategic direction of CPD using progress and performance data
· overseeing the management of the Extended Schools offer and the 48 week provision
· supporting the performance management process for identified staff so that achievements and good practice are recognised, underperformance is challenged, as well as targets for improvements and development being agreed and monitored.
About You
We are looking for a qualified teacher who has undertaken post-qualification studies and possesses a clearly visible career history demonstrating aspirational aims towards Deputy Headship. You will hold extensive experience of leading teams along with mentoring and developing the skills and knowledge of colleagues. It is essential that you are currently serving as an Assistant or Deputy Headteacher and that you possess either extensive experience of senior management in either a special school as a Deputy Headteacher, Assistant Headteacher or in a senior teaching role in a special school or specialist provision, which is well established in middle management.
Because of the varied and demanding nature of the role, we are asking that applicants also possess experience of leading teams in curriculum or policy development, of providing or organising training for other staff along with evidence of successful experience of teaching pupils across a broad range of the attainment spectrum. Also important is evidence of expertise and success in raising pupil achievement and securing school improvement, to include collecting and interpreting pupil attainment data.
Your personal qualities will include a passion for improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities, along with knowledge and experience of special needs education, ideally in a range of settings. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead, manage and motivate staff along with good self-management skills, such as time management. It goes without saying that you must be an excellent communicator with skills to build and support strong effective teams. As this role will have a whole school strategic view, the ability to build and develop effective partnerships with stakeholders and the wider community is vital.
Closing date for applications: 3pm on Tuesday 17 October 2017
Visits/Tours to the School by prior appointment are available on 11 and 12 October 2017
Interview date: currently planned for 9 November 2017
Attached documents
About Trinity School
Our School
Trinity School is an all age, modern, vibrant special school catering for the needs of students who have a wide range of learning difficulties, moderate, severe, profound and complex. A number of our pupils also have an autism spectrum condition (ASC).
At present Trinity is one of two special schools in Barking and Dagenham and it is currently oversubscribed. A wide range of special educational needs is reflected in the school population. The key characteristics of learners are as follows: almost all the pupils have severe learning difficulties of which 54 % have Autistic Spectrum Condition, and 13% have extremely complex medical and/or profound and multiple learning difficulties.
The school also has a 48 week provision known as the Living and Learning Centre. It offers education to a group of twelve pupils with profound autistic spectrum condition. In addition a highly successful extensive extended schools provision is run on each Saturday morning of the term, as well as during some of the school holidays.
The school has been judged as an outstanding school for three consecutive inspections in 2007, 2009 and 2014. Outstanding pupil progress is reflected in whole school data and accreditation attainment and this is supported by established and embedded pedagogies throughout the school.
Main Priorities of the School
- To provide the best service possible to our pupils and their families.
- To enable our pupils and their families to stay together and for pupils to acquire those skills that will support the ability to live as independent a life as possible within this community.
- The school seeks to play our part in counteracting the local cycle of deprivation by teaching relevant skills and supporting families and the work force in raising expectations and fulfilling aspirations.
- To establish models of best practice which can be shared with colleagues across the local authority to ensure that there is a continuity of approaches for people for whom access to services and support will be life-long.
- To foster a well trained work force with competencies in key pedagogies via access to high quality staff training facilities.
- To use staff development as a means of securing planned succession and ensure the continuity of effective teaching.
- To secure the legacy of an outstanding school
- To promote attainment and achievement of all pupils regardless of their disability
- To support the school’s raising attainment agenda through a focus on curriculum development, pedagogies and staff training.
- To foster partnership between Trinity school, the parents, the Local Authority and partner schools/services in sharing our practices for the benefit of children and young people with disabilities in our community.
- To promote the inclusion of all pupils through a rich and varied curriculum and through the delivery of appropriate pedagogy that is taught in a school with excellent facilities and resources.
- To enable an extensive and appropriate use of new technologies as they evolve.
Safer Recruitment Practice
Trinity School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A criminal record check via the DBS will be undertaken for the successful candidate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a comprehensive screening process, including a disclosure check will be undertaken on all applicants.
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