Assistant Headteacher

Endeavour Federation are looking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Assistant Headteacher preferably with prior experience in a leadership role for our Castlefield Campus. As part of our welcoming team, you will enthuse and motivate students to strive for success while maintaining a healthy learning environment for all children within the school. The role will involve overseeing Personal Development and Careers and teaching Functional Skills English and Maths to build on the relational approach to learning to improve the pupils success.

Job overview

You’ll have a clear and compelling vision and a strong belief in the importance of education, supporting the Headteacher alongside SLT in active leadership duties to direct the school’s wider mission. You’ll enable learners to become ambitious, capable and well-rounded citizens with the successful application of assessment, data and feedback.

Job requirements

• Qualified Teacher Status and a proven track record of leadership success and achievement at middle-management level or higher
• Key, up-to-date knowledge of curriculum/assessment requirements and developments across the whole school
• Excellent interpersonal and communicative skills with both staff and students
• Effective provision of teaching, learning and assessment strategies
• Ability to utilise data to monitor and sustain whole-school attainment and progress

Role

• Working with all staff in establishing clear targets for students’ achievement outcomes and evaluating progress and achievement by all students.
• To lead and manage the development and delivery of the school's curriculum;
• To lead and manage the allocation of staff and timetabling for students.
•  To take responsibility for managing the schools e-Safety policy and ensure that systems are robust and staff and pupils understand their responsibilities;
• To contribute to the development and delivery of the federation vision and values;
• To be a role model to all staff demonstrating positive leadership behaviours, confidentiality and discretion.

Key tasks and responsibilities

• Support and challenge colleagues using assessment data to promote student progress and set ambitious targets;
• Monitor pupil progress and provide data to support the schools line management process;
• To ensure appropriate support and interventions are put in place, as necessary, to secure pupil outcomes;
• To ensure that pupils experience continuity of learning and effective progression to maximise academic potential;
• To be the main contact for staff who phone in sick. To ensure that, where appropriate, their role is covered and suitable work is provided by the member of staff who is off work;
• To manage the staff attendance management process, including carrying out return to work interviews and organising Attendance Management Reviews with One Education where staff have hit triggers;
• Maintain the timetable on a daily basis;
• Maintain the schools e-Safety log;
• To act as examinations officer and ensure that entries are managed according to the schedule published by the examination boards.
• To ensure that all pupils are entered for all subjects unless agreed by SLT.

Leading and Managing Staff

• To line manage staff as outlined in the accountability framework so as to ensure the effective delivery of the curriculum, in line with school policies, and securing high quality teaching and learning throughout and across the subjects;
  
• To carry out appraisals of staff so as to secure outstanding academic performance and effectively plan and deliver professional development activities to promote high quality teaching
• and learning.
• Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources
• To participate in the recruitment and deployment of teaching and support staff;
• To deploy accommodation effectively to meet teaching and learning needs, including those for individual pupils and ensure accommodation promotes high quality teaching and learning;
• To participate in arrangements made in accordance with the Regulations for the appraisal of staff.

Quality Assurance

• To monitor and evaluate your own performance;
• To effectively implement appropriate quality control systems;
• To monitor the work of teachers and ensure evaluative reports are produced in line with the schools evaluation policy.|

Why join us?

As a leader within Castlefield Campus, you’ll be joining a dedicated and ambitious culture, with many opportunities to reinforce and build upon your professional development, and will be an active part of a transparent, accountable and responsible leadership team that prioritises excellent teaching and direction in all areas for the benefit of learners and staff alike.