Deputy Headteacher - Birmingham, United Kingdom - We Manage Jobs(WMJobs)

Description

Job start date: 1 September 2024

Hours per week: Full time

Uffculme School
Queensbridge Road
Birmingham
B13 8QB
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Contract type: Permanent

MISSION

To enable all young people to lead a meaningful and enjoyable lives.

VISION

We will have an enhanced recognition as a centre for excellent practice of autism, training and supporting others.

We will be integrating with the wider community to enhance lifelong learning for students with autism both locally and beyond.

Main purpose of the job

• carry out the duties of this post in line with the remit outlined in the current School Teachers' Pay and Conditions Document including the conditions of employment for deputy headteachers and the school's own policy

• under the overall direction of the headteacher play a lead role in:

• formulating the aims and objectives of the school and establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved for the personal development, behaviour, attitudes and welfare of all students
• being responsible for the Pastoral Team, including the SENCOs, family resource workers and behaviour teams
• to commission and be accountable for external therapy services
• to ensure that safeguarding is effective and compliant across all sites

• take shared responsibility for the school in the absence of the headteacher, with the Deputy Headteacher, Curriculum, following an agreed system

• lead in the dissemination and training in areas of responsibility including enabling school-based initiatives as required

• lead in working with the TLR postholders to monitor the personal development, behaviour, and welfare of students, holding staff to account, as appropriate

• carry out the professional duties of a teacher as required

• take responsibility for child protection issues as appropriate

• take responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children within the school

Duties and responsibilities

Shaping the future

• in partnership with the headteacher and governors establish and implement an ambitious vision and ethos for the future of the school

• play a leading role in the school improvement and school self-evaluation planning process

• in partnership with the headteacher, manage school resources under areas of responsibility

• devise, implement and monitor action plans and other policy developments

• lead by example to motivate and work with others

• in partnership with the headteacher, lead by example when implementing and managing change initiatives

• promote a culture of inclusion within the school community where all views are valued and taken into account

Leading on Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare.

• be an excellent role model and expert on how to manage pupil behaviour, improve attendance and ensure the well-being of all students at Uffculme School

• provide strategic leadership for personal development, behaviour, and welfare

• work with the headteacher to raise standards through staff appraisal

• work with other senior leaders on the development and delivery of training and support for staff

• work in partnership with the headteacher and core SLT in managing the school through strategic planning and the formulation of policy and delivery of strategy, ensuring management decisions are implemented

• ensure that the school is always fully compliant in all areas of safeguarding, including the SCR

• integrate the use of data into all levels of strategic and operational management of the behaviour and safety of students

• ensure the systematic teaching of basic skills and recording of impact is consistently high across the school and providing appropriate support where necessary

• ensure through leading by example the active involvement of students and staff in their own learning

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.