Job details
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Full-time equivalent salary
- £59,601 to £68,559
Headteacher job summary
Shaping the Future :
Establish and implement a strategic plan that inspires and motivates all stakeholders, which ensures pupils achieve high standards and develop in all aspects of their education and also
reflects the needs of the school and its community.
Create and communicate shared values and translate the LAT vision into clear objectives that promote and sustain school improvement.
Ensure that the school moves forward to the benefit of its pupils and wider community.
Motivate and inspire stakeholders to create a strong culture of learning within an inclusive environment.
Leading Learning and Teaching
Set high expectations and challenging targets, monitoring effectiveness and evaluating outcomes in collaboration with the LAT’s Quality Assurance Consultant.
Ensure the schools focuses on pupils’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning.
Establish creative, effective approaches to learning and teaching, responsive to the needs of the pupil community.
Ensure a culture that supports and facilitates pupil engagement in, and ownership of, their own learning.
Implement strategies to secure high standards of behaviour and attendance.
Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies, challenging underperformance and ensuring corrective action.
Managing the Organisation
Set appropriate priorities for expenditure, allocating funds and ensuring financial control, in accordance with governing body policies.
Work with the LAT and the LAC to recruit, induct and develop high quality staff within safer recruitment guidelines.
Manage, deploy and develop staff to secure the quality of education and pupils’ achievement.
Manage and monitor use of resources in order to secure the quality of education and pupils’ achievement.
Ensure best value deployment and use of human, financial and material resources.
Manage accommodation to ensure that it meets the needs of pupils, the curriculum and health and safety regulations.
Regularly evaluate and report on the allocation of roles, responsibilities, finance and resources to ensure these underpin the best possible learning environment and highest standards.
Safeguarding
Take responsibility for ensuring that all staff understand and follow safeguarding policies.
Ensure that all teaching and support staff are fully inducted in and made aware of the school safeguarding procedure including knowing the names of the designated CP officer (DCPO) and the Deputy DCPO.
Be responsible for monitoring that all policies and procedures are followed by all teaching and support staff.
Ensure that the designated lead for CP is given the appropriate resources to carry out the duties of that role effectively.
Developing Self and Others
Build a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other LAT schools to build effective learning communities and partnerships.
Ensure effective planning, co-ordination, support and evaluation, ensuring clear delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities.
Develop and maintain effective strategies and procedures for the induction, professional development and performance review for all staff.
Set high expectations for all and address underperformance using the relevant process and procedures to do so.
To act as a role model for the highest professional standards.
Regularly self-evaluate, set personal targets and take responsibility for own personal professional development so as to be well equipped to deal with the increasingly complex role of leadership of the school community.
Ensure both self and others achieve an appropriate work/life balance.
Build effective professional working relationships with all staff so as to motivate them and enable them to carry out their respective roles effectively.
Securing Accountability
Be legally and contractually accountable to the LAT and LAC, and work with them to meet their responsibilities.
Develop an ethos that enable everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept responsibility for outcomes.
Ensure individual staff accountabilities are clearly defined, understood and agreed and are subject to rigorous review and evaluation through performance management.
Develop and present an accurate account of the school performance for a range of audiences including governors, parents and carers, the LDBS adviser, the LAT Quality Assurance officer and the CEO of the LAT. This group may also include Ofsted.
Strengthening Community
Establish strong working relationships across the school and with other LAT schools.
Co-operate and work with relevant agencies and partners to ensure the well-being of children.
Ensure learning experiences for pupils are linked and integrated with the wider community, local, national and global.
Build a school culture and curriculum that takes account of the richness and diversity of the school’ community.
Create and promote positive strategies for challenging all forms of prejudice and harassment.
Promote the concept of lifelong learning and family engagement with learning through partnership.
Manage effective relationships with all stakeholders and partners.
Further information about the job
The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can
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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 Meridian Angel Primary School
- School type
- Free School, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 156 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
We are looking to appoint, for September (or January), an ambitious class teacher to support our efforts as
we build on our ‘Good’ Ofsted judgement (July 2023) and drive towards Outstanding.
About us
Meridian Angel Primary School is a lovely little one form entry school on the edge of the London Borough
of Enfield. We are a warm, welcoming school, where children, staff and families are encouraged to believe
in themselves and be aspirational about their future lives. Also, we enjoy excellent facilities within a
modern, spacious building, we have a car park, and we are situated next to Meridian Water Train Station.
Our values of Hope, Friendship and Resilience are integral to school life and all we do. We offer a friendly,
nurturing, and supportive learning environment; we are part of the LDBS Academies Trust.
We are looking for a teacher who:
is passionate about making a difference to children’s future lives through excellent teaching
demonstrates high standards and expectations of themselves and the children
shows enthusiasm and creativity to inspire our children to love learning
is ambitious and wants to progress in their career
has excellent interpersonal skills and is a strong team player
is committed to working with parents and the wider community
is willing to embrace and promote the school’s Christian ethos and values.
We can offer:
a warm and welcoming learning and working environment
pupils who are enthusiastic and eager to learn
a supportive staff and leadership team
a commitment to your professional development and wellbeing
a modern, spacious school site, including a large outdoor space and ample staff parking
a school with positive links with a local church, St Peters
access to the LDBS Academies Trust staff community, including networking opportunities and access to
shared resources.
Are you ready to join our Meridian Angel family?
If you are looking to be developed in a friendly, child-centred school which also puts its staff and their
professional development at its heart, we would love to hear from you! Visits to the school are welcomed
and encouraged. Please contact the school to make an appointment.