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Headteacher

Kemsley Primary Academy, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2RP

This job expired on 11 September 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2020

• Closing date

  11 September 2019 at 1am

• Date listed

  29 July 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Lead Practitioners range 15 to Lead Practitioners range 21, £56,434 to £65,384

Headteacher job summary

Job Description – Headteacher
Post: Headteacher
Salary: L15 – L21
Responsible to: Deputy Director of Education (cluster 8)

Core Purpose
The Headteacher shall carry out the professional duties as described in the School Teachers Pay and Conditions Document and would be expected to have considered these in relation to the Academy.
The Headteacher is accountable to the Local Governing Body and Deputy Director of Education for ensuring the educational success of the school within the framework of the Academy’s strategic plans and assuring that the safety of pupils is high priority at all times. The Headteacher will provide professional leadership and management to the school and must establish a culture that promotes excellence, equality and high expectations of all pupils.
To be accountable to the Deputy Director of Education for:
 The effective implementation and embedding of the agreed school vision, principles and policies within the school.

Providing leadership across all aspects of the internal organisation: professional leadership, management and control of the academy;  Assuring that child protection and safeguarding of pupils are given the highest priority at all times;
 Upholding the Trust’s policy in respect of child protection and safeguarding matters;
 Creating a culture of constant improvement and being an inspirational leader, committed to the highest achievement for all in all areas of the school’s work;
 The Headteacher will have line management responsibilities for the Deputy Headteachers/Assistant Headteachers in the school;
 Promote excellence in teaching and learning, ensuring a continuous and consistent focus on pupils’ achievement and development (whole-person as well as academic);
 Ensuring that a high quality educational experience is available for all children and young people;
 Creating a positive culture of support and high expectations, in order to achieve the school’s Strategic School Development Plan, raise standards and improve the quality of teaching;
 Ensuring that teaching in all year groups is improving;
 Ensuring that all children make good progress including where there are barriers to learning, through clear, consistent and excellent systems and provision for all, actively promoting inclusion;  Ensuring effective and appropriate pastoral support is available to children in the academy;
Through robust and effective monitoring and evaluation, identify and act on areas of improvement in relation to the curriculum and assessment;  Keeping informed of developments within the National Curriculum and other relevant curriculum development sources, to ensure that the curriculum is rich, relevant and inspirational and contributes to outstanding educational and whole-person outcomes;  Ensuring creativity, innovation and the use of appropriate new technologies to achieve excellence;  Developing an inclusive and supportive approach so that the academy is a place where all young people and the wider school community feel welcome.

Developing Self and Working with Others

 Treat everyone within the academy fairly and equitably;
 Develop a culture of personal responsibility that recognises both excellence and supports appropriate strategies to deal with under-performance in accordance with Trust Appraisal and Capability policies and procedures;
 Ensure a high standard of professional development for all staff and for self, including attending all mandatory training events;
 Work with the SLT to recruit and retain staff of the highest quality, in line with Trust policy and safer recruitment procedures;
 Work with senior colleagues to deploy all staff effectively in order to improve the quality of education provided;
 Regularly monitor the budget for the school and the use of resources;
 Manage and organise the school environment efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum and health and safety regulations;
 Ensure that the allocation and use of accommodation within the school provides a positive learning environment that promotes the highest achievement for all;
 Work with REAch2, the Deputy Director of Education, SLT and School Business Manager to maximise the level of external funding that is attracted to support the academy’s development;
 Promote, embed, secure and monitor all agreed school policies.

Securing Accountability

 Work with the Local Governing Body (LGB) to enable them to meet their responsibilities;
 Ensure that individual staff accountabilities are clearly defined, understood and agreed and are subject to rigorous review and evaluation;
 To develop a school ethos which will enable everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept responsibility for outcomes;
 Develop and present a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the academy’s performance to a range of audiences including governors, parents and carers;

Reflect on personal contribution to school achievements and take account of feedback from others.

Strengthening Community

 Build a school culture and curriculum which takes account of the richness and diversity of the academy’s communities;
 Ensure learning experiences for pupils are linked into and integrated with the wider community and within the REAch2 community of schools;
 Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and carers to support and improve pupils’ achievement and personal development.
Reflect on personal contribution to school achievements and take account of feedback from others.

Strengthening Community

 Build a school culture and curriculum which takes account of the richness and diversity of the academy’s communities;
 Ensure learning experiences for pupils are linked into and integrated with the wider community and within the REAch2 community of schools;
 Create and maintain an effective partnership with parents and carers to support and improve pupils’ achievement and personal development.

Shaping the Future (Strategic Leadership)

 Work with the SLT and the LGB to develop the shared vision and strategic plan for the academy, which is responsive to the community it serves. At the core of this should be the educational and personal development of the pupils;
 Work with the Deputy Director of Education, Governors and staff to define and implement the academy’s vision and strategic direction so that it is understood and acted upon by all stakeholders;
 Work within the school community to translate the vision into agreed objectives and operational plans, which will drive forward and sustain school improvement;
 Ensure the sustained raising of aspiration, achievement and attainment, is met through an inclusive, sustainable and innovative lifelong education environment;
 Ensure the school achieves its performance targets;
 Demonstrate the vision and values of the school in everyday work and practice;
 Motivate and work with others to create a shared culture and positive climate;
 Promote the academy and develop effective and productive relationships with a wide range of stakeholders;
 Secure the commitment of parents and the wider community to the vision and direction of the academy;
 Challenge, motivate and empower others to attain ambitious outcomes;
 Working with the Deputy Director of Education, develop strategies for school readiness in Early Years and a positive transition across Key Stages and into both primary and secondary
education for children and parents.
Leading Learning and Teaching
 Drive and inspire a passion for learning in every member of the school community;
 Provide a model of outstanding practice to all staff in teaching and school leadership;

 Secure and sustain effective teaching and learning throughout the academy by ensuring sound strategies are in place for monitoring and evaluating the quality of teaching and standards of pupils’ achievement, using benchmarks and setting targets for rapid improvement of all children including those in vulnerable groups;
 To build a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other schools within the wider REAch2 family to build effective learning communities;
 Work with all staff to build effective teams;
 Sustain their own enthusiasm and motivation and develop and sustain that of other staff;
 To ensure effective planning, allocation, support and evaluation of work undertaken by teams and individuals, ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities;
 Develop and maintain effective strategies and procedures for staff induction, professional development and appraisal as below;
 Effective and consistent implementation of the Teachers’ Appraisal Policy and other systems of quality assurance and professional development of teachers;
 Motivate and enable all staff to carry out their respective roles to the highest standard, through high quality continuing professional development based on assessment of needs and identified through the appraisal process;
 Develop and maintain respect across all stakeholders, inspiring individuals to contribute positively to shared ideas and plans for the academy and the wider REAch2 family;
 Under the direction of the Deputy Director of Education, develop capacity, through coaching and mentoring members of the SLT;
 Keep abreast of educational developments and best management practice in order to introduce appropriate innovation and contribute to joint practice development.

Managing the Organisation

 Produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and policies for the development of the school and its facilities;
 Advise Governors on the formulation of the annual budget in order that the school secures its objectives;
 Receive and approve the academy budget in order to ensure that the academy meets its objectives;
 Manage the academy’s financial and human resources effectively and efficiently to achieve the school’s educational goals and priorities;
 Seek opportunities to invite parents and carers, community figures and those from the wider REAch2 family, business or other organisations into the school to enhance and enrich the school and its value to the wider community.

Equal opportunities

 Take responsibility, appropriate to the post, for tackling unlawful discrimination amongst all groups in line with the Equalities Act 2010.

Safeguarding children and Safer Recruitment

 Have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow all associated child protection and safeguarding policies as adopted by the academy;
 Ensure that all policies and procedures adopted by the LGB are fully implemented and followed by all staff;
 Act in the role of designated safeguarding lead and fulfil all associated duties as outlined in keeping Children Safe in Education 2018 (or any subsequent updates);
 Ensure that sufficient resources and time are allocated to enable the designated person and other staff to discharge their responsibilities, including taking part in strategy discussions and other inter-agency meetings, and contributing to the assessment of children;
 Ensure that all staff and volunteers feel able to raise concerns about poor or unsafe practice in regard to children, and such concerns are addressed sensitively and effectively in a timely manner in accordance with agreed whistle blowing practices.

Health and Safety

 Work in compliance with the academy’s Health and Safety policies and under the Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), ensuring the safety of all parties with whom contact is made, such as members of the public, in premises or sites controlled by the academy;
 Ensure compliance with procedures is observed at all times under the provision of safe systems of work through a safe and healthy environment and including such information, training, instruction and supervision as necessary to accomplish those goals.

Data Protection

 To ensure compliance with the Data Protection Act (2018) and the Freedom of Information Act (2000).

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 Kemsley Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 232 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Kemsley Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: jo.gouldthorpe@reach2.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kemsley-primary-academy (opens in new tab)

Kemsley Primary Academy is a member of the REAch2 Trust; a national family of primary academies committed to raising standards and achieving excellent for all pupils whatever their background or circumstance. Staff within REAch2 belong to a national community of professionals, and benefit from a wide range of networks and development opportunities across the Trust. The Trust provides a strong culture of collaboration and support, together with high expectations for staff and pupils alike.

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