JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE:Head Teacher

MAIN LOCATION:Bladon House School

RESPONSIBLE TO:Chief Operations Officer (COO)

MAIN TERMS:£73 - £80,000pa dependant on skills and experience

37.5 hours per week (minimum) plus on call

Teachers Pension Scheme

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

-To lead the school and allied children’s home to deliver outstanding outcomes for children, young people and their families

-Produce an annual budget in agreement with the Company Board and to manage the financial performance of the school in order to meet agreed targets

-Research, develop, innovate and promote an outstanding provision of Care, Education and Therapy at the School – to meet the needs of all pupils

-Appropriate assessment and recruitment of pupils/residents to the School’s services

-To meet all legislative requirements involved in the management of a school and children’s home and to produce a school development plan that meets the standards required by OFSTED

-To ensure the achievement of excellent educational standards for those with SEN

-To provide professional leadership to all staff

-To promote and safeguard the welfare of children

-To be on call to support the residential children as part of the school’s SLMT.

KEY TASKS

To deliver outstanding outcomes and a financially successful school the key tasks are:

  1. Promoting the school and actively pursuing referrals and converting into placements as appropriate.
  1. To promote and maintain positive relationships with all Local Education Authorities, other placing authorities, pupil families and all agencies that have a relationship with the school.
  1. To take the lead on the pupil assessment process, carrying out assessments and disseminating information downwards as appropriate.
  1. Produce a rolling 3 year school development and business plan to continually enhance the provision offered and to define the future strategy of the school.
  1. Overseeing and ensuring there is an appropriate curriculum for the school.
  1. Evaluating the standards of education, residential child care and therapeutic programmes regularly.
  1. To manage the recruitment, induction, training, supervision and appraisal of all staff – delegating as appropriate.
  1. Complete and keep up to date the OFSTED self evaluation process, including preparing the school for Education inspections.
  1. Monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies; aim for outstanding standards of learning and teaching at all times.
  1. To ensure accurate records of staff, children and all those records required by inspectors are continually maintained.
  1. Provide a safe environment for all staff, pupils, visitors and contractors, ensuring that all requirements are met regarding health and safety, environmental health and fire regulations.
  1. Maintain, evaluate and ensure good professional standards and values of staff.
  1. Manage an effective management team within the school with clearly defined areas of delegation of authority and accountability.
  1. Provide on call cover and call out assistance as required.
  1. Effective communication with the Chief Operations Officer and members of Head Office, completing a regular monthly report.
  1. To be responsible for the maintenance, security and effective management of school and residential buildings and their contents. Ensure that maintenance needs are promptly reported and actioned.
  1. Ensure that all staff are aware of and promote equality, respect diversity and challenge stereotypes to promote the rights of children and young people.
  1. Develop links with the local community and key partners of the school.
  1. Provide effective organisation of the whole school and seek ways of improving organisational structures and functions based on rigorous self evaluation.
  1. Engage in and ensure systematic and rigorous self evaluation of the work of the school and ensure that effective self evaluation informs school improvement priorities.
  1. Ensure that all school policies and procedures are adhered to and evidence that they are reflected in the practice within the school.
  1. As with all SENAD staff, take joint responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults, adhering to all safeguarding policies and safe recruitment practices.
  1. Manage your own personal, professional development.
  1. Undertake any other duties as might reasonably be expected of a Head Teacher.

You as an employee are required by The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 to:

Take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and others who may be affected by what you do or don’t do;

Cooperate with the Company to ensure compliance with the law;

And Under the Management of Health and Safety at Work Act 1999 you as an employee are required to :

Inform your employer of any work situation which you consider represents a serious and imminent danger and any shortcoming in the employer’s protection arrangements for health and safety.

Ensure you do not misuse or interfere with equipment provided for your safety or the safety of others.

VF/HR/Apr15