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Deputy Head Teacher

Birkdale High School, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 3DT

This job expired on 3 March 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  3 March 2020 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  14 February 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £60,895 to £67,183

Deputy Head Teacher job summary

JOB DESCRIPTION
BIRKDALE HIGH SCHOOL

Post Title Deputy Headteacher

Reporting to: Headteacher
Working time: Full time – Permanent
Salary/Grade: PT 17-21: £60,895 - £67,183
DBS Disclosure level: Enhanced with barred list information and prohibition orders check

Main purpose

• To strategically lead on developments in agreed responsibility areas

• You are required to carry out such professional duties that the Headteacher may reasonably ask you to undertake.

As strategic managers with whole-school responsibilities, Leadership Group members share the following roles including a contract, which goes beyond the 1265 hours working time applicable to teachers.

Roles and Essential Characteristics

• To support the Headteacher in transforming leadership at all levels of the Academy.
• To lead on agreed aspects of Academy improvement and development planning.
• To work with all SLT in promoting the Academy’s vision and aims, developing and implementing policy, and monitoring and evaluating progress.
• To have major line management responsibilities, oversight of the work of other colleagues, and direct responsibility for specific objectives in the School Improvement Plan including carrying out Performance Management reviews.
• With the Headteacher, to build leadership capacity within the senior and middle leadership teams and provide opportunities for them to flourish.
• To demonstrate commitment to raising student attainment and staff expectations in every aspect of academy life in particular to monitor and create a behaviour for learning culture to raise levels of departmental and student attainment.
• To be a role model to all staff and students demonstrating positive leadership behaviours.
• To be highly visible and high profile: reinforcing standards of student behaviour and the academy’s core values and ethos (including supervision, duties and assemblies).
• To be a line manager who is approachable and who develops others by supporting and challenging them to be the best they can be, including through meeting formally, regularly (at least once per fortnight) and sharing the minutes of those meetings with the Middle Leader and the Headteacher.
• To take the initiative and be accountable for your decisions and your areas of responsibility and for those you line manage.
• To monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the agreed responsibility areas and to develop strategic action plans that have measurable impact.
• To lead on aspects of Academy self-evaluation and preparation for inspection.

• To be an outstanding classroom practitioner undertaking an appropriate teaching load (performance should meet or exceed Threshold standards).
• To be of exemplary professional conduct and a role model for all staff and students: offering leadership, direction and support based upon effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• To present the academy to parents and the community in a positive light in order to enhance its positive image.
• To report regularly to appropriate Governing Body committees and/or the full Governing Body on specific aspects of the School Improvement Plan.

Responsibilities

The post holder will report directly to the Headteacher and will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team working alongside four Assistant Headteachers.

• To lead the agreed responsibility area section of the School Improvement Plan and to work towards the achievement of whole school targets related to attainment at key stage 3, key stage 4 and key groups such as Pupil Premium, More able and SEND students.
• To demonstrate how you plan to bring about change and improvement over time, moving towards an agreed vision with clear success criteria and outcomes.
• To lead, design, develop and embed the development of the academy’s policies for the agreed responsibility area.
• To monitor and regularly evaluate impact and revise actions to ensure improved student experience and outcomes.
• To lead and monitor the work of allocated Middle Leaders.
• To be responsible for operational management of strategies to improve the agreed responsibility area.
• To be responsible for a delegated budget in relation to the agreed responsibility area, producing robust analysis on the impact of strategies implemented.
• To lead the agreed responsibility area team in ensuring actions are timely and robust.
• To prepare reports for the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team and Governors relating to the agreed responsibility area.
• To develop further partnerships with external agencies and organisations and liaise with other stakeholders in the community.
• To work with leaders within the community to develop partnerships with respect to the agreed responsibility area.
• To monitor and evaluate standards against the most recent OFSTED report and update the relevant sections for self-evaluation.
• To lead staff professional development and INSET related to the agreed responsibility area.
• To liaise and meet outside agencies relevant to improving aspirations within the Academy.
• To lead assemblies which promote a strong work ethos and focus on achievement through excellent resilience and improved progress.
• To promote the academy in the local and wider community.
• To undertake other duties and relevant tasks which may occasionally be required.
The job description is not a finalised definition of the post. It will be reviewed at key points based on your skills, experience and interests and may be subject to amendment from time to time after consultation with the post holder and without changing the level of responsibility of the post.

 
Other Specific Duties:

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Headteacher to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

DATE:

February 2020

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 Birkdale High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 890 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Birkdale High School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@birkdalehigh.co.uk
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Birkdale High School is a popular and successful all-boys 11-16 comprehensive Academy with an excellent reputation, outstanding pastoral care and academic results consistently above the national average for boys.

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