Job Description

for Executive Headteacher

Boddington CE Academy, St Loys CE Academy and Culworth CE Academy

The Executive Headteacher will promote and model the trust's values and successfully adhere to the Board of Trustee's and Academy Committee's policies in line with the Trust scheme of delegation. The Headteacher will create a learning environments within each school in which the resources of the academy are effectively managed to secure the achievement of both children and staff in each school setting.

The strands of responsibility, as set out in the trust scheme of delegation, for academy committees are as follows:

Vision and Values

Educational Outcomes and standards (School and Trust improvement)

Compliance

Church School

Strengthening of the community

As academy leads, Headteachers will operate under these areas of responsibility as well as:

Safeguarding

Leadership and Management of the each school team

Job Details

Salary : L8 -13

Contract: Full time Permanent

Responsible for: All staff and pupils in St Loys, Boddington and Culworth Primary Academies

Reporting to: Chief Executive Officer of Evolve church Academy Trust

Vision and Values

Work with the academy committee, to determine a school vision and associated values, that is influenced by overarching trust core principals.

Ensure wide communication and visibility of school vision and values

Model professional behaviours that promote school values

Ensure that the school behaviour policy and procedures are lived out and applied and that high expectations for behaviour are in place.

Educational Outcomes and standards

Create and manage a school development plan that incorporates agreed elements of trust wide improvement priorities and school specific priorities.

Monitor the quality of teaching, with reference to core elements of pedagogy as outlined by the trust in the teaching and learning document.

Be responsible for managing and nurturing the development of the teacher team through the trust developed appraisal system.

Implement a curriculum that is planned and developed through trust wide collaborative working as well as containing elements of school specific design where appropriate.

Ensure school wide implementation of the trust agreed approach to adaptive teaching, formative assessment and live feedback.

Report on educational standards to the CEO

Form part of a trust wide team for school improvement that focuses on working collaboratively to achieve improving standards in all areas of the curriculum.

Share innovative thinking around the curriculum with other headteachers and support with the delivery of CPD is areas of single school led initiatives. (Example of zones of regulation, live marking)

Engage in and source networking CPD opportunities that support the development of initiatives to improve standards.

Support a core subject network group in their work to develop and monitor their subject area/phase across the trust.

Compliance

Ensure that any trust wide policies are implemented across each school setting, according to their intention and that the staff have a working knowledge of these.

Ensure that any school-based variations to trust policies or policies that are entirely school specific, are embedded, adhered to and know.

Ensure that statutory policies can be seen on the school website.

Working with the trust lead for SEND, facilitate a high quality provision for pupils within the school with SEND.

Ensure that SEND related policy is applied consistently within the school.

Monitor the outcomes for pupils with SEND, in partnership with the trust lead for SEND, and ensure that there is equality in the school's offer to all pupil's, including those with SEND.

Ensure that disadvantaged pupils receive the funding that they are entitled to and that this is published in Pupil Premium reporting on the school website.

Ensure that trust safeguarding systems and procedures are developed and consistently maintained in school.

Regularly discuss safeguarding with staff, in meetings and in general conversation, to ensure that knowledge and understanding of KCSIE and trust policy is developed.

Report on safeguarding provision and outcomes to the academy committee.

Ensure that the school admission arrangements are in place, are published on the school website and are consulted upon every seven years.

Work with academy committee to ensure the accurate and consistent application of the trust wide admissions policy with specific school elements.

Develop the use of MS 365 platform as a means of maximising the school's compliance with GDPR regulations.

Ensure that general school systems comply with the trust Data Protection Policy.

Report health and safety review and audit outcomes to the academy committee, ensuring transparency with regards to site maintenance. (See Exec Head role for site maintenance actioning).

Ensure that the school is operating in line with its equalities statement and report this to the academy committee.

Plan for Sports Premium investment and ensure that plans are published on the school website.

Analyse and report the impact of Sports Premium investment

Church School

Linked to vision and values, ensure that the school develops and embeds strong Christian values as part of a church school ethos.

Engage with diocesan support to work on specific priorities to improve the school as a Church of England School.

Work with the lead for RE to ensure engagement in the diocesan offer for continued professional development.

Ensure that prior SIAMS actions are addressed and improved upon.

Monitor standards and achievement in RE and the impact of the curriculum.

Ensure that the school's Christian Vision for Education is visible and lived out in the curriculum.

Ensure that Collective Worship is delivered to a high standard and that it's impact can be seen in the school lives of the children.

Create and maintain a strong link between the academy committee and the school as a Christian institution and work with the committee to strengthen this.

Strengthening of the community

Be active at the centre of the school community, nurturing a togetherness and a sense of family through community and school interaction.

Communicate with the parent community on school issues and ensure that the school has a listening ear.

Oversee an active and engaged school approach to supporting the friends committee.

Work with the local parish to inform on the school in the community.

Report on school news in local/parish publications

Safeguarding

Be responsible for ensuring smooth application of school/trust safeguarding systems, including annual training for all staff at school level.

Ensure that DSL and DDSL's are appointed and that training is up to date.

Ensure that there is a visibility of safeguarding intentions and that the is implemented and is effective in achieving this for children.

Draw specific attention to online safety and communicate expectations around this to the parent community.

Leadership and Management of the School Team

Create a positive team culture within the schools that is enthusiastic and aspirational, harnessing opportunities for sharing good practice and workload.

Supportively manage any issues of staff absence in accordance to the Staff Attendance and Absent Management Policy, reporting to the academy committee and the CEO.

Meet with the assistant headteachers (teacher at St Loys) to ensure that operational, day to day elements of the school are functioning well and address any issues.

Line manage senior leaders within the three schools, providing effective support and challenge to help them secure best outcomes for pupils.

Carry out appraisal in line with the trust procedures.

Support the CFO in the management of school budgets and resources

Should you wish to apply please go to

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For school visits or to discuss further please contact David Rosevear on drosevear@evolvecat.org

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 61,534.00-69,596.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension On-site parking
Work Location: In person