Head of Campus - Deputy Headteacher
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AGThis job expired on 30 March 2020 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2020
Closing date
30 March 2020 at 9am
Date listed
27 February 2020
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- Lead Practitioners range 22 to Lead Practitioners range 26, £76,618 to £83,699
Head of Campus - Deputy Headteacher job summary
The core purpose of the Head of Campus/Deputy Headteacher role is to assist the Headteacher in leading the school to achieve its strategic plans and implement the vision. They are responsible for the health and safety of all stakeholders whilst in the school’s care and ensuring that the conditions are in place to ensure every student is supported to achieve to their full potential.
This job description is not a comprehensive definition of the post. It will be reviewed on a regular basis
particularly as the school continues to evolve into its dual campus model and may be subject to modification or amendment at any time. Each Head of Campus Deputy Headteacher may be rotated across campuses
depending on the schools needs and priorities.
Core Responsibilities
• Manage one of the school’s campuses on a daily basis (specific campus allocation for September will be agreed following interview process).
• Work closely with other SLT colleagues to ensure there is parity across both campuses.
• Operate as the Designated Safeguarding Lead for one campus.
• Support and assist the Headteacher in her absence.
• Be responsible for implementing health and safety policies.
• Role model the school vision and values on a daily basis.
• Work with staff, Governors and students to create and maintain the ethos, vision and aims of the school.
• Report to Governors as required.
• Provide clear strategic direction for the school that achieves the highest educational provision.
• Ensure that the school benefits from a rigorous self evaluation process that significantly contributes to raising standards.
• Be an outstanding teacher.
• Role model and coach others into effective models of leadership.
• Play a lead role in the development of other staff.
• Have high expectations and lead by example.
• Maintain a secure, caring, welcoming, happy, stimulating and challenging learning environment.
• Keep under review the work and organisation of the school and monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of it, challenging leadership at all levels when required.
• Ensure key policies are up to date, relevant and compliant to ensure they are live working documents.
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• Effectively line manage other SLT colleagues, middle leaders and core staff ensuring they all work effectively to achieve the school’s aims.
• Ensure guidance and support it provided to students, staff and parents.
• Ensure that appropriate educational initiatives are incorporated effectively across the campus and whole school to continually drive whole school improvement and parity.
• Ensure that staff work within the school’s policies and lead on personnel issues where directed by the Headteacher.
• To lead the School’s current Inclusion and Pastoral strategic development.
• To facilitate, design and deliver integrated services across the curriculum and inclusion spectrum, to meet the needs of students, especially those with SEND.
• To lead on the implementation and monitoring of the school’s Behaviour for Learning and Exclusion policies.
• To co-ordinate links and developmental planning with external partners as appropriate.
• To line manage the Assistant Head teachers for Behaviour and Student Welfare.
• To line manage at least one subject department.
• To line manage the SENCO and Deputy DSL.
• Perform supervisory duties around the school.
All SLT members will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from the Headteacher or Governors to undertake work that is not specified within this job description.
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.
About Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 2325 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- jobs@barkingabbeyschool.co.uk
Welcome to Barking Abbey school and thank you for expressing an interest in applying for a position here.
For me there are three simple things that I want us to achieve at Barking Abbey school.
First, our motto ‘Give and Expect the best’ leads us to want to be the best in everything we do. We have some of the best results in the area, we have pupils at the best universities, we have the most pupils on apprenticeships in the entire country, we have basketball players in the best leagues and so much more. We have all of this because we push our pupils and each other to excel. All of us try to be our best every day.
Second, I firmly believe that if you can’t see it you can’t be it. We want to give our pupils the chance to see successful people of every religion, colour and background whilst they are at school. Whatever their dreams
we want to support them and provide the networks and contacts to help them to achieve.
Finally, we want our pupils to have a voice in the world. To be confident enough to express their views and also to have the knowledge to be able to make an effective contribution. The more you know the more
powerful you can be in the world.
Sir Tim Brighouse said “If a teacher makes the weather the school creates the climate.” and I firmly believe this. It is our role as a leadership team to create the best possible learning environment for our teachers
to teach in. In return we expect the best possible teaching from them and our results show this over time.
We have created systems and structures that support high quality learning, whilst minimising workload and maximising impact.
Our recent Ofsted report indicated that the school could be judged outstanding and so we are expecting them back to confirm this view. The report states; “Pupils learn and achieve very well. Pupils across both sites
are happy and safe at Barking Abbey School. Pupils are motivated to work hard and enjoy positive working relationships with staff. Students new to the sixth form commented on how welcoming, inclusive and diverse
the community is. Teachers feel listened to and well supported.” (Ofsted, December 2022)
If you share our ethos and values and absolutely believe in the potential of all young people then we can offer you the chance to make a difference and change our community for the better, and look forward to receiving
your application form and welcoming you to our school.
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