THE DETAILS:
- Location: Glyn Ebwy, Blaenau Gwent, NP23 6AA
- Subject: Headteacher
- Hours: Full Time
- Contract: Permanent
- Salary Type: Annually
- Language: English
- Closing Date: 12 September, 2021 12:00 PM
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Headteacher - Sofrydd Primary School
Description and Person Specification
POST IDENTIFICATION
Post Title: Headteacher
Grade: Leadership
Directorate: Education
Division: Schools
Location: Sofrydd Primary School
Responsible to: The Governing Body of Sofrydd Primary School
INTRODUCTION
This job description complements the standards, values and dispositions identified in the Professional Standards for Teaching and Leadership 2018. The Headteacher will align to, demonstrate and promote the overarching values and dispositions defined within the Professional Standards of:
1) Professional entitlement
2) Welsh language and culture
3) Rights of learners
4) Literacy, numeracy and digital competence
5) The professional learner
6) The system role
The post holder is required to undertake the professional responsibilities of a Headteacher as specified in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
JOB PURPOSE
To develop a clear vision for the school, in partnership with all school stakeholders, providing the professional leadership required to enable all staff to support learners achieve their full potential. This should be achieved in accordance with the policies of the governing body, and the priorities set out in both local and national education strategies.
KEY AREAS
Pedagogy
1. Be accountable for supporting the pedagogy of others by creating and sustaining the conditions to realise the four purposes for learners and achieve the best for them in terms of well-being, standards and progress.
2. Be accountable for developing strategies, structures and systems, with all school stakeholders, to ensure that the school is working effectively towards realising the school’s shared vision and achieving sustained school improvement, to enable the achievement of the four purposes of learning, taking account of national and local circumstances, policies and initiatives.
3. Motivate and work with others to create and sustain a school ethos and learning environment conducive to effective learning.
4. Ensure the organisation and delivery of the curriculum and implementation of a range of pedagogic approaches within the school, to support high quality teaching and learning and the delivery of the curriculum in Wales.
5. Ensure a consistent and continual school wide focus on all learners’ wellbeing, experience and achievement, establishing a culture that values learners’ views in informing all stages of learning and school experience.
6. Be responsible for the development of policies and practices, in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders, that promote the Welsh language and culture and that develop learners’ bilingual skills as appropriate.
7. Enable the development of the four purposes for learning through the creation of structures and systems that support planning and emphasise the disciplines of different areas of learning in context, to secure highly effective teaching and learning.
8. Develop and implement effective systems to monitor and evaluate the impact of learning experiences and learners’ progress to bring about sustained improvement.
9. Demonstrate accountability for learner wellbeing and outcomes by working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the wellbeing and achievement of all learners is valued and evident throughout the school.
10. Develop inclusive strategies, structures policies and systems, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, that enable all learners to gain full access to opportunities to achieve and ensure their individual learning needs are met.
11. Promote and ensure equity in academic, vocational and experiential learning routes.
12. Develop and articulate a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the school’s performance, to a range of partners, including parents and governors, ensuring this incorporates learner wellbeing and progress.
13. Manage the effective communication and implementation of recommendations arising from reports, including the outcomes of school self-evaluation and external inspection by Estyn, in order to drive and sustain school improvement.
14. Collaborate with all school stakeholders to build a school climate and learning culture which reflects the richness and diversity of the school’s community, including Welsh Language and culture.
*Contribute, as appropriate, to the teaching in the school.
Collaboration
15. Establish a climate of mutual support and effective collaboration both within and beyond the school to develop, enhance and share effective pedagogy.
16. Establish a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other educational establishments, to build effective learning communities.
17. Promote and facilitate effective collaboration with employers, business, government and other educational professionals to encourage innovative approaches and support and improve every day practice of the learning organisation.
18. Establish and build partnerships within school and across schools to share best practice and support school improvement for mutual benefit in terms of high quality and flexible support to develop professional practice.
19. Work with the governing body, so that it is able to meet its responsibilities in supporting effective learning and teaching and sustained school improvement.
20. Welcome strong governance and actively support the governing body to understand its role and deliver its functions effectively.
21. Establish effective and open relationships with parents, carers and the wider local community to actively engage them with learners’ wellbeing, experience and progress and ensure the school plays a central role in the community.
22. Collaborate with other agencies, including the local authority, in providing for wellbeing of learners and their families.
23. Develop a school-wide commitment to continuous improvement and sustainable development through actively promoting and facilitating collaborative opportunities for all staff, accurately identifying areas of concern and taking appropriate action to support and secure improved performance.
Professional Learning
24. Create an environment in which professional learning is valued, has impact upon pedagogy and supports professional growth across the learning community within and beyond the school.
25. Ensure sustained and focused professional learning for all staff, including self, framing professional growth within pedagogic practice, learner experiences and outcomes.
26. Develop a culture that supports growth and leadership at all levels by developing and nurturing leadership potential in others, and contributing to opportunities available, to build the leadership capacity of the school.
27. Establish professional networks and communities to enable the school to play an active role in the widest education community contributing to the training of future teachers and other adults who work with learners and developing practice orientated research.
Innovation
28. Coordinate innovation with all relevant stakeholders, to ensure the school embraces and benefits from evidence-based approaches to innovation aligned to the long-term vision for Wales.
29. Establish a long-term programme of evidence-based approaches to innovation that aim to meet challenges, manage change and take learning forward effectively to improve wellbeing and outcomes.
30. Create a culture where expertise, experience and pedagogical practice is continually developed and shared within and across schools.
31. Develop a culture where evidence derived from innovative practice is used to evaluate the impact of changes, both within and beyond the school community.
Leadership
32. Work with the school community to bring coherence, clarity and a shared commitment to realising the pedagogical vision for the benefit of learners, colleagues and the wider community in Wales.
33. Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure that strategic planning reflects the diversity, values, experience and context of the school and the community at large.
34. Ensure, with the support and input of the governing body, the school is compliant with all internal, local and national policies.
35. Create a culture in which others can grow professionally.
36. Develop and nurture leadership potential in others at all levels to build the leadership capacity of the school and inspire future leaders.
37. Develop, empower and sustain effective individuals and teams through distributed leadership, encouraging reflective practice.
38. Build effective networks to share professional knowledge, research and practical expertise that enables both the school and other schools to benefit through mutual collaboration.
Managing the school
39. Produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and polices for the development of the school and its facilities, in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
40. With the support of the governing body, manage and organise the school environment efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum and health and safety regulations.
41. Make effective use of the support and challenge provided by the local authority, regional consortium and other relevant bodies.
42. Work with the governing body to manage the school’s financial and human resources effectively and efficiently to achieve the school’s education priorities and goals.
43. Monitor, evaluate and review, in collaboration with the governing body, the range, quality and use of all available resources to improve the quality of education for all learners and to secure value for money.
44. Work with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that ensure a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all learners and staff and secure high standards of behaviour and attendance, resulting in successful conditions for learning.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
See attached
POST IDENTIFICATION
Post Title: Headteacher
Grade: Leadership
Directorate: Education
Division: Schools
Location: Sofrydd Primary School
Responsible to: The Governing Body of Sofrydd Primary School
INTRODUCTION
This job description complements the standards, values and dispositions identified in the Professional Standards for Teaching and Leadership 2018. The Headteacher will align to, demonstrate and promote the overarching values and dispositions defined within the Professional Standards of:
1) Professional entitlement
2) Welsh language and culture
3) Rights of learners
4) Literacy, numeracy and digital competence
5) The professional learner
6) The system role
The post holder is required to undertake the professional responsibilities of a Headteacher as specified in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
JOB PURPOSE
To develop a clear vision for the school, in partnership with all school stakeholders, providing the professional leadership required to enable all staff to support learners achieve their full potential. This should be achieved in accordance with the policies of the governing body, and the priorities set out in both local and national education strategies.
KEY AREAS
Pedagogy
1. Be accountable for supporting the pedagogy of others by creating and sustaining the conditions to realise the four purposes for learners and achieve the best for them in terms of well-being, standards and progress.
2. Be accountable for developing strategies, structures and systems, with all school stakeholders, to ensure that the school is working effectively towards realising the school’s shared vision and achieving sustained school improvement, to enable the achievement of the four purposes of learning, taking account of national and local circumstances, policies and initiatives.
3. Motivate and work with others to create and sustain a school ethos and learning environment conducive to effective learning.
4. Ensure the organisation and delivery of the curriculum and implementation of a range of pedagogic approaches within the school, to support high quality teaching and learning and the delivery of the curriculum in Wales.
5. Ensure a consistent and continual school wide focus on all learners’ wellbeing, experience and achievement, establishing a culture that values learners’ views in informing all stages of learning and school experience.
6. Be responsible for the development of policies and practices, in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders, that promote the Welsh language and culture and that develop learners’ bilingual skills as appropriate.
7. Enable the development of the four purposes for learning through the creation of structures and systems that support planning and emphasise the disciplines of different areas of learning in context, to secure highly effective teaching and learning.
8. Develop and implement effective systems to monitor and evaluate the impact of learning experiences and learners’ progress to bring about sustained improvement.
9. Demonstrate accountability for learner wellbeing and outcomes by working with all relevant stakeholders to ensure the wellbeing and achievement of all learners is valued and evident throughout the school.
10. Develop inclusive strategies, structures policies and systems, in collaboration with relevant stakeholders, that enable all learners to gain full access to opportunities to achieve and ensure their individual learning needs are met.
11. Promote and ensure equity in academic, vocational and experiential learning routes.
12. Develop and articulate a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the school’s performance, to a range of partners, including parents and governors, ensuring this incorporates learner wellbeing and progress.
13. Manage the effective communication and implementation of recommendations arising from reports, including the outcomes of school self-evaluation and external inspection by Estyn, in order to drive and sustain school improvement.
14. Collaborate with all school stakeholders to build a school climate and learning culture which reflects the richness and diversity of the school’s community, including Welsh Language and culture.
*Contribute, as appropriate, to the teaching in the school.
Collaboration
15. Establish a climate of mutual support and effective collaboration both within and beyond the school to develop, enhance and share effective pedagogy.
16. Establish a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other educational establishments, to build effective learning communities.
17. Promote and facilitate effective collaboration with employers, business, government and other educational professionals to encourage innovative approaches and support and improve every day practice of the learning organisation.
18. Establish and build partnerships within school and across schools to share best practice and support school improvement for mutual benefit in terms of high quality and flexible support to develop professional practice.
19. Work with the governing body, so that it is able to meet its responsibilities in supporting effective learning and teaching and sustained school improvement.
20. Welcome strong governance and actively support the governing body to understand its role and deliver its functions effectively.
21. Establish effective and open relationships with parents, carers and the wider local community to actively engage them with learners’ wellbeing, experience and progress and ensure the school plays a central role in the community.
22. Collaborate with other agencies, including the local authority, in providing for wellbeing of learners and their families.
23. Develop a school-wide commitment to continuous improvement and sustainable development through actively promoting and facilitating collaborative opportunities for all staff, accurately identifying areas of concern and taking appropriate action to support and secure improved performance.
Professional Learning
24. Create an environment in which professional learning is valued, has impact upon pedagogy and supports professional growth across the learning community within and beyond the school.
25. Ensure sustained and focused professional learning for all staff, including self, framing professional growth within pedagogic practice, learner experiences and outcomes.
26. Develop a culture that supports growth and leadership at all levels by developing and nurturing leadership potential in others, and contributing to opportunities available, to build the leadership capacity of the school.
27. Establish professional networks and communities to enable the school to play an active role in the widest education community contributing to the training of future teachers and other adults who work with learners and developing practice orientated research.
Innovation
28. Coordinate innovation with all relevant stakeholders, to ensure the school embraces and benefits from evidence-based approaches to innovation aligned to the long-term vision for Wales.
29. Establish a long-term programme of evidence-based approaches to innovation that aim to meet challenges, manage change and take learning forward effectively to improve wellbeing and outcomes.
30. Create a culture where expertise, experience and pedagogical practice is continually developed and shared within and across schools.
31. Develop a culture where evidence derived from innovative practice is used to evaluate the impact of changes, both within and beyond the school community.
Leadership
32. Work with the school community to bring coherence, clarity and a shared commitment to realising the pedagogical vision for the benefit of learners, colleagues and the wider community in Wales.
33. Work with relevant stakeholders to ensure that strategic planning reflects the diversity, values, experience and context of the school and the community at large.
34. Ensure, with the support and input of the governing body, the school is compliant with all internal, local and national policies.
35. Create a culture in which others can grow professionally.
36. Develop and nurture leadership potential in others at all levels to build the leadership capacity of the school and inspire future leaders.
37. Develop, empower and sustain effective individuals and teams through distributed leadership, encouraging reflective practice.
38. Build effective networks to share professional knowledge, research and practical expertise that enables both the school and other schools to benefit through mutual collaboration.
Managing the school
39. Produce and implement clear, evidence-based improvement plans and polices for the development of the school and its facilities, in collaboration with the relevant stakeholders.
40. With the support of the governing body, manage and organise the school environment efficiently and effectively to ensure that it meets the needs of the curriculum and health and safety regulations.
41. Make effective use of the support and challenge provided by the local authority, regional consortium and other relevant bodies.
42. Work with the governing body to manage the school’s financial and human resources effectively and efficiently to achieve the school’s education priorities and goals.
43. Monitor, evaluate and review, in collaboration with the governing body, the range, quality and use of all available resources to improve the quality of education for all learners and to secure value for money.
44. Work with relevant stakeholders to develop and implement strategies that ensure a safe, calm and well-ordered environment for all learners and staff and secure high standards of behaviour and attendance, resulting in successful conditions for learning.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
See attached