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Assistant Headteacher

Job Introduction

What do you value most about working alongside students, staff and families to ensure that young people thrive, and have the best possible futures? At Amery Hill School, we are seeking an Assistant Headteacher to join our cohesive and highly experienced senior leadership team, and to help us ensure that our students truly receive an ‘Education for Life’.

We know that a relentless focus on inclusion and exceptional pastoral care is central to our students’ success, wellbeing and achievement, and we believe that this should be purposeful, relational and aspirational. Our school benefits from respectful and engaged students, a strong culture of inclusion and high expectations, and experienced and supportive staff at all levels. Every day we celebrate seeing students grow in confidence, and watch them demonstrate our ICARE values, whatever their starting point. We are unashamedly restless in our pursuit of the very best ways to ensure excellent progress, behaviour, attendance and wellbeing, and firmly believe that every child should feel known and valued.

If you are an ambitious and reflective leader, committed to continual improvement and making a tangible difference to young people’s lives, you will relish the opportunities available at Amery Hill School and the chance to champion the aspects of school leadership that you value most.

This role will have a clear focus on inclusion, pastoral leadership, and safeguarding. It is a role with a wide remit, though, which initially is planned to include line management of three year groups; line management of subject areas; and leadership of the school’s Pupil Premium Strategy, alongside other responsibilities. The post holder will become part of our strong safeguarding team, as one of our Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads, and, in time, may assume the role of Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school.

Duties and Responsibilities

School Culture

Sustain and develop our school culture, so that students experience a positive and enriching school life
Uphold educational standards in order to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
Ensure high standards of behaviour from students, built on expectations and routines that are understood by staff and students and clearly modelled by all adults in the school
Lead consistent and fair approaches to behaviour management, in line with the school’s Behaviour for Excellence Policy
Promote and evaluate the effectiveness of the school’s Behaviour for Excellence Policy and strategies

Encourage high levels of student attendance and help to uphold a school culture of safety, enjoyment, and engagement with learning, to support attendance
Monitor student attendance and ensure it is continuously improving Analyse whole-school data, including that on attendance, behaviour, suspensions and wellbeing to inform future improvement strategies
Have ambitious expectations, which are shared with all staff, for all students - with a particular focus on those who are disadvantaged, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning and / or wellbeing
Lead and promote a culture, and practices, that allow all students, including those who are disadvantaged, those with SEND, those who are known (or previously known) to social care and those who may face other barriers to their learning, to access the curriculum, and to make excellent progress
Ensure that the school works effectively with parents, carers and professionals to identify where specific interventions are needed, and provide support and adaptation where appropriate

Teaching, Curriculum and Assessment

Develop and sustain high-quality teaching across subjects and key stages
Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum
Develop and sustain curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities
Ensure the use of valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing students’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum

Organisational Leadership and School Improvement

Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively and efficiently
Ensure staff and students’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of our ongoing duty of care

Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk
Ensure effective use of budgets and resources
Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context

Ensure school improvement strategies are effectively implemented

Leadership of Staff and Professional Development

Performance-manage middle leaders / other staff, including carrying out appraisals and holding staff to account for their performance

Lead and manage staff effectively, with due attention to workload
Provide staff with training and support so they can play a part in enhancing all aspects of students’ personal development
Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high-quality professional development opportunities
Keep fully up to date with developments in education, both on a local and national level
Seek training and continuing professional development to meet their own needs

Governance, Accountability and Working in Partnership

Work with the Board of Trustees, as appropriate
Ensure the school effectively and efficiently operates within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties
Work positively and successfully with other schools and organisations
Build and maintain excellent working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all students

For further information visit our Website at http://www.ameryhill.hants.sch.uk

We are committed to safeguarding, follow a strict recruitment process and carry out enhanced DBS checks.

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