Vice Principal

We are looking for an outstanding individual to join Harris Academy Bermondsey as Vice Principal.

The post of Vice Principal is one that mirrors the role of the Principal, and the academy will be supporting the successful candidate as they aspire to Principalship.

About Us

Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' school with drive and ambition in the heart of London. Our students achieve the very highest standards in their education. Ofsted rated us as Outstanding in every one of their categories in November 2019.

We are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our young women, ensuring that they have every opportunity to succeed by identifying and nurturing each one's individual talents.

Our well-qualified teachers and highly effective support staff are committed to providing an education that ensures every girl achieves excellence and becomes a leader, within a safe and happy learning environment.

HAB is a diverse and inclusive comprehensive school for girls in central London. Many HAB girls are from disadvantaged backgrounds, but all study the EBacc and are prepared for university so as to compete with their more advantaged peers. HAB teachers and support staff are uncompromising and caring in achieving this.

Main Areas of Responsibility

This will be negotiated with the individual candidate, but could involve:

• To oversee the strategic management of data, assessment and target setting, working with the Principal to set challenging and aspirational whole academy targets
• To lead on teaching, learning and assessment across the academy, providing the necessary Professional Learning opportunities to ensure the highest of standards are maintained in the classroom and in student outcomes
• To lead on effective behaviour and inclusion, ensuring that the needs of all students are met within and beyond the classroom

General Expectation of Academy Leadership Group

• Collaborate as a member of the academy Leadership Group in order to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards for all students
• To play a major role in determining strategy for the academy
• Contributing actively towards the formulation of all academy policies and procedures and ensuring their consistent implementation throughout the school
• Agreeing challenging subject targets, including student achievement targets, ensuring rigorous monitoring, evaluation and review of progress towards these through faculty improvement plans
• Ensuring high quality teaching and learning in line managed faculties, following the academy policy for self-evaluation and review
• To manage delegated budgets effectively
• To attend academy leadership meetings as appropriate
• To engage in the process of appointing new staff including the interview process
• To participate in duties lunch/break/before and after school
• Contributing to assemblies
• Sharing in the management of student disciplinary incidents, making recommendations to the Principal regarding exclusions and facilitating the process of student re-integration
• To actively participate in the monitoring evaluation and review of teaching and learning in line managed faculties

Teaching

• To undertake an appropriate programme of teaching according to the duties of a standard scale teacher
• To assist in the development of appropriate syllabuses, resources, schemes of work, marking policies and teaching strategies
• To plan and prepare courses and lessons
• To contribute to the whole academy’s planning activities
• To teach students according to their educational needs, including the setting and marking of work to be carried out by the students in the academy
• To assess record and report on the attendance, progress, development and attainment of students and to keep such records as required
• To provide, or contribute to, oral and written assessments, reports and references relating to individual students and groups of students
• To ensure that ICT, Literacy, Numeracy and Enterprise are reflected in the teaching/learning experience of students
• To undertake assessment of students as requested by external examination bodies, subject area and academy procedures

Management of Resources

• To manage the available resources of space, staff, budget and equipment effectively

Qualifications & Experience

• Graduate (with a good degree)
• Qualified Teacher
• Minimum of three years at senior leadership level, at least once as a deputy/ Vice Principal
• Experience of delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff
• Proven success in raising achievement as a subject leader across at least two key stages.
• Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others, both individuals and teams, ensuring high quality performance
• Successful experience of processes of monitoring, evaluation and review that provide performance data that can be used to improve the quality of teaching and learning
• Good level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement, including the use of interactive white boards
• Recent experience of involvement in innovative curriculum development
• Experience of presenting to a wide audience including teachers, managers, governors and parents
• Ideas of how Language, Literacy and Numeracy can be used across the curriculum to raise standards
• Experience of embedding innovative strategies for improving teaching and learning in a whole school situation
• Experience of managing and implementing change successfully at whole school level
• Experience of using coaching as a model for ensuring on going professional development particularly with subject leaders

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.