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Class Teacher & Phase Leader

Roebuck Academy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8RG

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• Start date details

  October/January 2025

• Closing date

  30 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 September 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,000.00 - £41,333.00 Annually (Actual) TLR 2A £3214.00

Class Teacher & Phase Leader job summary

Job Purpose

In addition to carrying out the duties of a teacher as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document: Conditions of employment of Teachers other than Headteachers, the Phase Leader will play a role in the distributed leadership and management of the school.

The Phase Leader will work in partnership with the Headteacher, Deputy Headteachers and Senior Leadership Team (SLT) as a member of the Extended Leadership Team (ELT).

Main expectations of the role

Strategic Direction and Development

Working within the ELT, contribute to a strategic view for the school in its community and analyse and plan for its future needs and further development

Communicate the school’s vision and objectives to all members of the school community and support the effective delivery of the school’s aims

Support all staff within the phase in achieving the priorities and targets which the school sets for itself and to provide them with support and guidance

Ensure that parents/carers are well informed about the school curriculum, its targets, children’s attainment and progress and their part in the process of improvement

Enable the views of both parents/carers and children to be heard and considered as part of school strategic direction and development

Ensure the smooth running of the phase by assisting with general organisational and administrative tasks

Be responsible for the organisation of school trips within the phase and be the professional lead of the residential school journey (if required within the phase)

Demonstrate high standards of personal integrity, loyalty, discretion and professionalism

Publicly support all decisions of the ELT, SLT and Governing Body

Teaching and Learning

• Provide an example of excellence as a leading classroom practitioner within the phase, inspiring and motivating other staff
• Working closely with the SLT, sustain high expectations and excellent practice in teaching and learning throughout the phase
• Motivate, challenge and support staff within the phase to enable them to achieve high 2 standards Support the SLT in the monitoring of the quality of teaching and learning and children’s achievement, including the analysis of performance data
• Monitor and review assessment data from class teachers within the phase before submission deadlines to SLT
• Be responsible for behaviour management throughout the phase

Leading and Managing Staff

• Working with the SLT, lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop all staff within the phase to secure continual improvement including his/her own CPD
• Lead in Performance Management of staff within the phase, as directed
• Co-ordinate staff to ensure effective organisation of special events e.g. Harvest, year group productions, curriculum events etc
• Lead phase meetings, keeping minutes of agreed actions
• Promote staff wellbeing
• Lead a core subject across all phases

Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources

• In consultation with SLT, deploy people and resources efficiently and effectively within the phase to meet specific objectives in line with the school’s plan and financial context

Additional responsibilities

To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people within the school

• Comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
• To carry out any other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Senior Leadership Team or Governing Body.
• Duties will inevitably develop and change over time and therefore employees should expect periodic variations to job descriptions.

Monitoring and evaluation

• Ensure that planning, assessment, target setting, recording and reporting systems are implemented in line with academy policy.
• Provide feedback to teachers and disseminate examples of excellent planning and teaching.
• Monitor standards across the phase through observation, assessments, moderation and data analysis, and use this information to action required support – including setting targets for continuous improvement.

Other

• Safeguard the health and safety of self and others in accordance with the academy’s Health and Safety Policy.
• Undertake decision making and policy development across the school.
• Lead team in ensuring effective communication with parents/carers, SLT, governors and the wider community.
• Attend and contribute to SLT meetings.
• Show a commitment to work outside directed time when required.
• Contribute to and provide evidence for the school Self-Evaluation Summary.
• Contribute and lead on specific areas of the School Development Plan.
• Implement and develop key initiatives across the school as required.
• Develop personally and professionally through reflection and development of own practice through professional development programmes and own reading, keeping abreast of new initiatives.

SUPERVISION

The jobholder is managed by the Headteacher and is a member of the school’s Extended Leadership Team.The jobholder manages and leads a team of staff across the Phase in the academy.

.JOB CONTEXT

The Phase Leader will be part of a wider senior leadership team, comprising of other phase leaders for different phases of the school.

The school welcomes teachers of high professional standard and shares the responsibility with each teacher for continual review and the development of expertise

All teachers make a valuable contribution to the school’s development and, therefore, to the progress of all pupils. All teachers except those who are newly qualified, will have a lead responsibility for a curriculum area across the whole school and will be supported in that role by their line manager.

For newly qualified teachers, subject leadership will be taken by his/her line manager during the first year of employment at the school.

Teachers in the upper pay scale can be expected to make a particular contribution to building team commitment in line with the statutory requirement to meet threshold standards.

In particular, teachers at UPS will:

provide a role model for professional practice in the school

make a distinctive contribution compared with other teachers

contribute effectively to the wider team.

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.

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About Roebuck Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 462 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Roebuck Academy website (opens in new tab)
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