Deputy Head of School
Palace Fields Primary Academy, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 2QW8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
13 May 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 April 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours Per Week.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £49,574 - £54,816
Pay scale
- L3 - L7
What skills and experience we're looking for
Overall purpose of the post:
The deputy Head of School, under the direction of the head of school, will take a major role in:
- Formulating the aims and objectives of the school.
- Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives.
- Managing staff and resources to that end.
- Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives.
- If the head of school is absent the deputy head of school will deputise.
Duties and Responsibilities:
School culture and behaviour
Under the direction of the head of school, the deputy head of school will:
- Create a culture where pupils experience a positive and enriching school life.
- Uphold educational standards in order to prepare pupils from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life.
- Ensure a culture of staff professionalism.
- Encourage high standards of behaviour from pupils, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and pupils and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school.
- Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy.
Teaching, curriculum and assessment
Under the direction of the head of school, the deputy head of school will:
- Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence.
- Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise.
- Effectively use formative assessment to inform strategy and decisions.
- Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum.
- Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities.
- Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing pupils’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum.
Organisational management and school improvement
Under the direction of the head of school, the deputy head of school will:
- Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board and through consultation with the school community.
- Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively.
- Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care.
- Manage staff well with due attention to workload.
- Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk.
- Allocate financial resources appropriately, efficiently and effectively.
- Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context.
- Make sure these school improvement strategies are effectively implemented.
Professional development
Under the direction of the head of school, the deputy head of school will:
- Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high standard professional development opportunities.
- Keep up to date with developments in education.
- Seek training and continuing professional development to meet needs.
Governance, accountability and working in partnership
Under the direction of the head of school, the deputy head of school will:
- Understand and welcome the role of effective governance, including accepting responsibility.
- Ensure that staff understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account.
- Ensure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties.
- Work successfully with other schools and organisations.
- Maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all pupils.
Qualities:
The deputy head of school will:
- Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct.
- Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community.
- Serve in the best interests of the school’s pupils.
What the school offers its staff
At Palace Fields Primary School we believe that it is our responsibility to empower our children to overcome barriers, be able to compete with the best and to shape the future.
Palace Fields Primary School is a values driven school community with the expectation that everyone promotes our 5 core values of Ambition, Creativity, Ownership, Resilience and Nurture (ACORN) in order that we can continually learn and grow together.
Further details about the role
PERSON SPECIFICATION – Deputy head of school
CATEGORY/ITEM - ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE
Qualifications, Knowledge & Experience:
Qualified teacher status - E
Degree - E
Successful leadership and management experience
in a school. D
Teaching experience in both Key Stages. E
Involvement in school self-evaluation and development. E
Demonstrable experience of successful line management and staff development. E
Understanding of high-quality teaching, and the ability to modal this for others and support others to improve. E
Understanding of school finances and financial management. E
Effective communication and interpersonal skills. E
Skills, abilities and personal qualities:
Data analysis skills, and the ability to use
data to set targets and identify weaknesses. D
Ability to communicate a vision and inspire others. E
Ability to build effective working relationships. E
A commitment to getting the best outcomes for all
pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school. E
Ability to work under pressure and prioritise
effectively E
Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times. E
Commitment to safeguarding and equality, ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways that exploit the position. E
Suitability to work with children:
Enhanced DBS clearance is required for this position E
Commitment to safeguarding
The Heath Family Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to all the relevant pre-employment checks set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education, including an enhanced DBS certificate with a barred-list check, references and online searches. The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@theheathfamily.org.uk
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Palace Fields Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 166 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Palace Fields Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- LConnor@PFP.theheathfamily.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01928 716521
Palace Fields Primary School is a medium–sized school with 170 children currently on roll, organised into 8 classes (Years N - 6 and a Resource Base class). The majority of children come from within the local area of Palace Fields.
As a staff we have a culture of high expectations and are committed to making a difference within the lives of our children. We are looking for someone to join our highly committed and motivated team as we continue our school journey of growth and development.
Our values of Ambition, Creativity, Ownership, Resilience and Nurture underpin the school and we are seeking to appoint someone who will be totally aligned to these.
We are passionate about every member of our school community “Learning and Growing together”. Not only do we think it is important for our children to be learning but also the staff. We place a high priority on CPD here at Palace Fields Primary School with a range of on-going opportunities provided for staff at all levels.
Being part of The Heath Family (NW) also brings additional opportunities to the role as we work together with our partner schools to collaborate; sharing good practice and providing mutual support.
Arranging a visit to Palace Fields Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email LConnor@PFP.theheathfamily.org.uk.
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