Assistant Principal
Harris Clapham Sixth Form, London, SW4 8DXThis job expired on 23 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September
Closing date
23 March 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
- Deputy headteacher
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Directed
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Leadership Scale (Inner London)
Additional allowances
+ Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for an Assistant Principal to assist the Head of School and Executive Principal in the strategic and operational management, development and leadership of Harris Clapham Sixth Form, and ensure the achievement of our ethos, aims and objectives within the context of the Academy's strategic and development plans.
You will support and work closely with the Head of School and academy leadership group and will gain experience in and be able to contribute to all aspects of academy improvement. You will be an experienced senior leader or talented middle leader, ready to develop your suite of leadership skills. You will be flexible in growing in new areas of responsibility, and ideally have experience of working in a similar inner-city context. You will be deeply committed to improving academic outcomes for students from disadvantaged backgrounds, broadening horizons and inspiring our students to strive for, and achieve, great things.
The successful candidate will have:
- QTS (or equivalent)
- Degree or equivalent
- Extensive teaching experience, including significant sixth form teaching
- Securing excellent outcomes in A level and/or vocational Level 3 courses
- Successful management experience as Head of Department (that offers Level 3 courses) or currently member of the SLT
- Experience of writing self-evaluation, monitoring reports
- Experience of observing teaching and giving feedback
- Experience of improvement planning and securing improvement
- Experience of implementing a range of strategies to raise student achievement, with evidence of success
- Contribution to impact on the quality of learning and teaching and curriculum
- Experience of developing and sustaining positive relationships with students, parents, staff, and the Governing Body to build consensus support and capacity
- Proven track record of managing and implementing change in relation to teaching practices and standards
- A track record of success in leadership and management
What the school offers its staff
We want our students to be hugely ambitious, to dream bigger and to realise their aspirations, with the help of great teaching, a rigorous curriculum and a fantastic extra-curricular offer that broadens horizons and sparks curiosity. As well as our curriculum and enrichment offer, our students undertake a cultural perspective each term which opens up new worlds and ways of thinking. Above all, we really believe our students are capable of anything, and we are relentless in supporting them to pursue their ambitions.
Our opportunities for leadership development ensure that our students can make their mark on the world and to have the confidence and integrity to stand up for what they believe in. Our PRSHE curriculum supports our students to develop resilience and empathy, as well as building fantastic university and career skills for their brilliant futures.
We are a community who work together for the greater good of our academy; there is a culture of mutual respect and kindness between staff and students that I am immensely proud of.
Our academy is brand new and benefits from being a state-of-the-art building. It has been especially designed to deliver a Sixth Form education, including an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related subjects.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS,a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan including access to a virtual GP, electric car scheme, and many other benefits.
Further details about the role
Main Areas of Responsibility are likely to include:
- work with the Head of School and academy leadership group to achieve the shared vision for the academy
- play a major role in formulating the aims and objectives of the academy in establishing the policies through which they will be achieved and in monitoring progress towards their achievement
- lead the development and maintenance of a high-quality positive learning environment to raise standards
- take responsibility for overseeing curriculum planning and development in assigned faculties
- ensure students choose appropriate courses and benefit from induction, high-quality advice and guidance
- support colleagues and subject leaders in developing schemes of learning, short- and medium-term
- ensure the entitlement of all students to have equal access to and participation in all aspects of the curriculum
- assist in monitoring, evaluating and reviewing classroom practice and promote improvement strategies
- support subject leaders in ensuring high performance across the curriculum and throughout all subjects ensuring effective corrective action and follow-up.
- establish, and maintain, the highest possible standards of behaviour, attendance and personal development for students
- demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set aspirational targets for the whole Academy community
- be a role model in embodying our values of courage, confidence and commitment
*The specific remit of the post will be decided on the strengths of the individual but could include remits such as: curriculum and timetabling; assessment reporting and recording; SEND; professional development; exams; behavior and attitudes; academic literacy; UCAS and careers.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
About Harris Clapham Sixth Form
- School type
- Free School, ages 16 to 19
- Education phase
- View all Sixth form and collegejobs
- School size
- 285 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 16 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Harris Clapham Sixth Form website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- info@harrisclaphamsixthform.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0204 542 4900
We want our students to be hugely ambitious, to dream bigger and to realise their aspirations, with the help of great teaching, a rigorous curriculum and a fantastic extra-curricular offer that broadens horizons and sparks curiosity. As well as our curriculum and enrichment offer, our students undertake a cultural perspective each term which opens up new worlds and ways of thinking. Above all, we really believe our students are capable of anything, and we are relentless in supporting them to pursue their ambitions.
Our opportunities for leadership development ensure that our students can make their mark on the world and to have the confidence and integrity to stand up for what they believe in. Our PRSHE curriculum supports our students to develop resilience and empathy, as well as building fantastic university and career skills for their brilliant futures.
We are a community who work together for the greater good of our academy; there is a culture of mutual respect and kindness between staff and students that I am immensely proud of.
Our academy is brand new and benefits from being a state-of-the-art building. It has been especially designed to deliver a Sixth Form education, including an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related subjects.
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