Job Title:  Deputy Head Teacher

Responsible to: Head Teacher

Core Purpose of the Deputy Head Teacher Post:

To play a major role under the direction of the Head Teacher in formulating the aims and objectives of the school, establishing policies, practices and structures; managing staff and resources to achieve the vision, aims and objectives of the school and monitoring progress towards each of these objectives.

Responsibility for leading the successful and continual delivery and development of the school’s educational services, monitoring its performance in line with OFSTED expectations and current best practices set out by DfE & legislation.

To be the senior leader with responsibility for the Quality of Education, Teaching & Learning and Curriculum development.

To create effective positive and proactive working relationships amongst staff groups, within Education, Students, Parents/Carers, External Stakeholders, and Professional practitioners.

Seek to enhance educational standards by the effective development and implementation of an aspirational and engaging curriculum across Key stage 2 3 and 4 that strengthens the abilities and ambitions of our students and prepares each child for a successful transition to adulthood with the outcomes to match.

To lead the education team by setting high expectations for student outcomes and promoting an inclusive and forward thinking approach to lifelong learning with a strong emphasis on the quality of teaching and learning and the progress of each student .

General Senior Leadership Team Responsibilities:

• To undertake strategic planning which supports the School Development Plan, Self Evaluation Plan and the vision of the school.
• To undertake monitoring and evaluation of functions which will:
• Highlight teachers’ professional strengths;
• Identify success;
• Track developments in the curriculum;
• Contribute towards improvements in school structures, systems and policies;
• Identify and evaluate areas where further development is needed and subsequent actions;
• Enhance the quality of students’ learning.
• To be available to respond to unplanned situations which arise in the daily running of the school
• To model and lead in the maintenance of good student behaviour and to support staff, especially in dealing with sudden situations and emergencies.
• To attend meetings of the Senior Leadership Team and other school management meetings. 
• To foster and support activities in the interest of the school
• To attend meetings of the Governing Body when requested
• To take an equitable share of unstructured time supervision (Before school, break, lunch, after school)
• To line manage and appraise designated senior and middle leaders to include specific subjects and other areas of responsibility.
• Develop a school ethos which enables everyone to work collaboratively, share knowledge and understanding, celebrate success and accept responsibility for outcomes.
• To manage delegated budgets and ensure all Cambian financial processes and procedures are followed correctly within allocated budgets

Key responsibilities:  Teaching and Learning

• To monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning across the school.
• To ensure that new teachers are supported and undertake an effective induction programme.
• To ensure that support is provided for individual teachers where this is needed, to ensure lessons consistently meet teacher standards.
• To demonstrate and articulate consistently high expectations of pedagogy and classroom practice to provide challenge and improvement.
• To organise and lead the whole school calendar of quality assurance activities.
• To deliver whole school training and lead whole school teaching and learning initiatives.
• To lead key post holders and support Subject Leaders in improving the quality of teaching and learning.
• Establish effective CPD programme to improve the overall quality of teaching and to ensure there is an effective induction process to support new teachers and Instructors.
• To ensure all students have an identified baseline level of entry from which to measure progress.
• To ensure that parents students and staff are informed of progress towards individual and whole school targets.
• Subject leaders are held accountable for levels of progress within their subject area.
• Subject leaders are challenged and supported to raise standards of achievement and progress in their subject areas.
• Prepare with others an