What skills and experience we're looking forQualifications and Training• Qualified Teacher Status• Evidence of recent and rel.....
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Training
• Qualified Teacher Status
• Evidence of recent and relevant continuing professional development including leadership
• Degree
Relevant Experience
• Recent experience as a successful senior leader in the primary phase
• Proven outstanding teaching ability
• Curriculum leadership experience
• Proven experience of leading the raising of standards in teaching and learning
• Strategic leadership in building and maintaining effective relationships with Governors, parents, the community and LA
• Strategic planning and resource management
• Experience in leading school improvement planning and self-evaluation
• Experience of leading and managing successful change
• Experience of full primary age range
• Experience of managing Personnel and Health/ Safety issues
Knowledge & Understanding of:
• Models of effective teaching and learning
• Models of behaviour and attendance management
• Up to date knowledge of the National Curriculum (& EYFS curriculum)
• Safeguarding requirements
• Current educational priorities, legislation, research and developments
• Strategies to promote individual and team development
• School improvement strategies to include raising attainment, data analysis, target setting and appraisal
• Financial planning and budget management
• Successful management strategies for monitoring the quality of teaching and learning, pupil outcomes and the quality of provision
• Developed vision and philosophy to include inclusion, ethos, communication, behaviour, school improvement and diversity
• School self-evaluation and its relationship with the process of school development and improvement
• The work of other agencies and opportunities for successful collaboration with them
• Working with, and understanding the role of school Governors
Professional Skills
• Outstanding strategic leadership skills
• Ability to lead, monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and learning
• Collaborative partnership working to secure the commitment and support of the wider community
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (including written, oral, ICT and presentation)
• The delivery (use and impact) of new technologies to support teaching and learning
• Highly developed organisational, self-management and time management skills
• Ability to motivate, enthuse and empower staff and pupils
• Proven ability to think creatively to anticipate and to identify problems and needs and to construct solutions
Personal Qualities
• Resilient, empathetic, approachable, have strong interpersonal skills and passionate about inclusion.
• Open to innovation and willingness to take onboard different views.
What the school offers its staff
At Long Toft, we are proud of the welcoming, nurturing environment that we have created: it really is a wonderfully vibrant and dynamic place to work and learn. We are blessed with a large site with excellent facilities from our sports hall, outdoor learning areas and extensive grounds to our beautiful reading room and refurbished staffroom. Our site has been constantly updated and maintained to a high level to ensure that it provides a stimulating and inclusive learning environment.
Inclusion is at the heart of Long Toft: we serve a complex community with a high level of deprivation and we provide a range of additional support for our children and parents to develop their resilience. We have our own internal inclusion panel, pastoral team and mental health coach and run a range of programs such as Thrive and parenting programs. We also have a highly developed Life Skills Curriculum and a vast amount of enrichment activities, sports and after school clubs to ensure that our children have many opportunities to develop their emotional intelligence, confidence, mindfulness and skills for life.
Naturally, we could not achieve what we do without working in partnership with parents and community groups and we have excellent working relationships with outside agencies and the Local Authority. We also work in close collaboration with 3 other local schools, taking part in peer reviews, sharing expertise and training and occasionally organising staff secondments. In short, though we are proud of our achievements we are never complacent and are always looking for new ideas and strategies to improve.
If you are an ambitious, resilient, reflective leader committed to continuous development and improvement for everyone in your care, we would encourage you to consider this post.
Should you decide to apply you will have a warm welcome! This is a very important appointment for us as we look towards a bright future for our children and community.
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.
