What skills and experience we're looking forCore Purpose:The core purpose of this role is to provide professional leadership,.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
Core Purpose:
The core purpose of this role is to provide professional leadership, strategic direction, andmanagement in order to ensure the school’s continued success. To achieve this, the HeadTeacher will work in partnership with staff, governors, Special Schools Co-operative Trust,parents,children, the wider School and Deaf community and agencies to:
• Inspire the whole School community and effectively provide vision, leadership, and direction.
• Create and maintain an environment which promotes and secures outstanding teaching, effective learning, and high standards of achievement, behaviour and a passion for learning.
• Promote excellence, equality and high expectations of staff and pupils and carry out day to day management of the school including statutory compliance.
• Evaluate the School’s performance, identify priorities for continuous development, plan and implement school improvements.
• Deploy resources to achieve the school’s aims and priorities within the limits of the school budget.
• Work with the Birmingham Special Schools Co-operative Trust, promote the Trust’s values and contribute effectively to the purposes of the Trust, in conjunction with the other schools within the Trust.
What the school offers its staff
Developing self and working with others:
• Regularly review own practice, set personal targets, and take responsibility for own personal development.
• Develop and maintain effective strategies and procedures for staff induction, professional development, and performance reviews.
• Treat people equitably and with dignity and respect to create and maintain a positive Culture across the school.
• Ensure clear delegation of tasks and responsibilities, so that teams and individuals undertake effective planning, allocation, support, and evaluation of work.
• Develop an excellent working relationship with the Governing Body, school leadership team, engaging regularly in open discussion.
• Motivate and inspire the whole staff team, developing excellent, professional working relationships.
• Build a collaborative learning culture within the school and actively engage with other schools in the Co-operative Trust and beyond to build effective learning communities.
• Foster excellent relationships with local and national professional partners – particularly other schools using a Sign Bilingual approach so that children and staff may benefit from the development they offer.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.