Vice Principal: Person Specification

Ryecroft Primary Academy

Assessed by:
No. / Essential/Desirable / Application Form / Interview / task
Qualifications
1 / Qualified Teacher Status / E / X
2 / Degree (or equivalent) / E / X
3 / Evidence of relevant professional development / E / X
4 / Higher degree or post-graduate curriculum or leadership and management qualification eg. NPQSL, SLE / D / X
5 / Designated Safeguarding Lead / D / X
6 / Safer Recruitment Training / D / X
Experience
7 / Understands the significant role the Vice Principal plays in raising pupil achievement / E / X / X
8 / Recent substantial and successful experience as a middle or senior leader in primary education / E / X / X
9 / Evidence of making a significant positive impact on the development and improvement of a school / E / X / X
10 / Has an excellent knowledge of strategies to enhance teaching and learning opportunities within the academy / E / X / X
11 / A team leader who can ensure the involvement and commitments of all team members / E / X
12 / Evidence of promoting effective relationships between staff, children, Governors, parents, multi-agency partners and the wider community / E / X / X
13 / Experience of coaching and mentoring - both formally and informally to ensure the development of others / E / X / X
14 / Experience of monitoring and evaluating teaching and learning and target setting including the ability to accurately analyse data / E / X / X
15 / Evidence of demanding high performance and challenge / confronting under performance / E / X / X
16 / Experience of Section 5 and 8 inspections at a senior level / D / X / X
17 / Successful experience of collaborative working with the school community in raising the school profile / D / X / X
Abilities, skills and knowledge
18 / Appropriate behaviour, attitude and commitment towards safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people including:
  • Motivation to work with children and young people
  • Ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
  • Emotional resilience in working with challenging behaviours
  • Constructive attitude to use authority and maintaining discipline
/ E / X / X
19 / A clear understanding of what constitutes good practice in delivering a high quality education for all / E / X / X
20 / Evidence of knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues, dealing with complex cases and working in partnership with other agencies / E / X / X
21 / Knowledge of strategies to achieve effective learning, teaching, assessment and engagement of pupils including the use of new technologies / E / X / X
22 / Successful, sustained experience of teaching in Key Stage 2 which has resulted in consistently good progress and outcomes for children / E / X / X
23 / A minimum of 5 years teaching experience within the primary setting / E / X
24 / Demonstrable evidence of raising standards for children within Statutory Assessment Years / E / X / X
25 / Understanding and experience of the use of Performance Management to ensure accountability in a school / E / X / X
26 / Excellent oral and written communication with a wide variety of audiences across professional and social boundaries within the Academy and in the community / E / X / X
27 / Experience of teaching in more than one school / D / X
28 / Management and monitoring of financial resources / D / X / X
29 / Experience of working within a Trust / D / X
Personal Qualities
30 / Stamina, resilience, reliability and integrity / E / X / X
31 / An understanding of the value of a successful work-life balance for self and others / E / X / X
32 / A high level of interpersonal skills with the ability to empathise with different points of view and win respect / E / X / X
33 / Commitment to support the Trust’s agenda for safeguarding and equality and diversity / E / X / X
34 / A strong work ethic / E / X / X

The following methods of assessment will be used:

1 / Interview
2 / Presentation (details provided upon shortlisting)
3 / Activities designed to provide evidence to assess against the Person Specification
4 / Assembly
5 / Lesson Observation (details provided upon shortlisting)

Additional Requirements

The following criteria must be judged as satisfactory when pre-employment checks are completed:

1 / Enhanced DBS Certificate
2 / Additional criminal record checks if applicant has lived outside the UK
3 / Section 128 prohibition checks
4 / Qualifications essential to the post eg. Qualified Teacher Status
5 / Two reference from current and previous employers (or education establishment if applicant not in employment). Current employer must be the headteacher/principal.
6 / Medical clearance