Assistant Headteacher & Curriculum Lead (Class Based)
St Paul's CofE Primary School, London, W6 9BPDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
20 May 2024 at 3pm
Date listed
8 May 2024
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- LR4-LR8
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Professional Development
- Qualified Teacher Status
- Evidence of Continuing Professional Development relating to school leadership/curriculum development
Experience
- Successful leadership experience to at least Phase Leader level
- Successful teaching experience within the Primary age range
- Leading a school with a distinctive Christian character
- Advanced Skills/Leading Practitioner status
- Working in leadership collaboratively within a partnership of schools
- Leading whole school improvement as a SENDCO to establish and sustain culture and practices that enable pupils with SEND to access the curriculum and learn effectively
Strategic Leadership
- Ability to provide clear educational vision and direction
- Ability to inspire and motivate others
- Some level of involvement with school improvement planning
- Some involvement in monitoring and evaluation procedures
- Ability to work in partnership with senior leaders and governors
- Ability to set challenging targets for children and staff
- Ability to analyse and use pupil data on attainment and progress to raise standards
- Use of assessment data management systems to improve standards
- Secure knowledge of the Ofsted Framework
- Secure knowledge of the SIAMS schedule
Leading Teaching and Learning
- Understand the principles of effective teaching and learning
- Successful experience of monitoring, evaluating and improving the quality of teaching, learning and assessment
- Understanding the role and impact of assessment in children’s learning
- Secure knowledge of statutory requirements relating to curriculum and assessment
- Experience of leading curriculum innovation
- Successful experience of developing effective learning behaviours
- Successful experience of integrating British values into school life
Leading and Managing Staff
- Ability to lead, manage and motivate across the school community
- Ability to establish positive working relationships
- Ability to plan, allocate, delegate, support and evaluate work undertaken by individuals and teams
- Successful experience of identifying the need for, and leading, in-service training
- Experience of working with Governors
- Significant experience of taking a lead role in performance management of staff including leading lesson observations
- Experience of dealing with staff when performance gives cause for concern
Managing Resources
- Experience of managing resources within an agreed budget
Personal Skills and Qualities
- Empathy with children
- Strong commitment to raising standards
- High expectations of self and others
- Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships, including with parents
- Ability to remain positive and enthusiastic, including when under pressure
- Good communication skills
- A belief in the potential of every pupil to achieve.
- Motivation to continually improve standards and achieve excellence.
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils and staff.
- Excellent attendance and punctuality
- Effective computing skills for both teaching and management
What the school offers its staff
A supportive and collaborative work environment where your contributions are valued and appreciated.
Opportunities for professional development and growth, including access to training programs and workshops.
A diverse and inclusive community committed to promoting equality and celebrating differences.
A chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of young learners and shape their educational journey.
The support of a large school in a small school through collaborative working with colleagues in the Partnership schools.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to enquiries@stpaulsce.lbhf.sch.uk
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Paul's CofE Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 192 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- St Paul's CofE Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- enquiries@stpaulsce.lbhf.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 748 4951
St Paul's is a one-form entry primary with strong relational links to St Paul's Church Hammersmith. Our school is located 5 minutes' walk from Hammersmith station, benefitting from both the tranquillity of the Thames and the buzz of central London.
We are proud of our school's reputation for inclusivity and kindness. Our Christian ethos and values are fundamental, informing everything from our relationships to the curriculum.
We are looking for an exceptional leader ready to take the next step in their career, someone who shares our values and our ambitions for our pupils and the wider community.
You will be a skilled communicator, able to form effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders and to make the most of the opportunities offered by such a partnership.
Arranging a visit to St Paul's CofE Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiries@stpaulsce.lbhf.sch.uk.
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