A School of Character and Opportunity Job Purpose: Safeguarding and Welfare: Provide a duty of care to ensure the protection and safety of both students and staff through effective safeguarding policies and procedures. Equality and Anti-Discrimination: To promote transparency and equality of opportunity, ensuring that discriminatory practices are avoided. This includes ensuring that the school fulfils its statutory duties regarding the SEND Code of Practice. Financial Management: Manage financial resources efficiently and effectively, ensuring probity in the use of public funds and adherence to the trust's financial policies. Pupil Behaviour: Establish and sustain high standards of pupil behaviour, based on clear rules and routines understood by staff and students. Staff Management: Ensure staff are managed well, their professional responsibilities are understood and met, and they receive appropriate professional development. Leadership and Strategic Implementation: Implement the school’s strategic vision, setting high expectations and developing evidenceinformed strategies for school improvement. Risk Management: Establish systems and processes for identifying, managing, and mitigating risks within the school. Accountability: Work with the governing body to implement strategy and take responsibility for the school's operational outcomes. Including acting as Accounting Officer with delegated authority from the school’s governing body. Headteacher Job Description This job description forms part of the contract of employment of the successful applicant. The appointment is subject to the conditions of employment of Teachers contained in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and other current educational and employment legislation. Responsible to: School Governing Body Responsible for: Senior Leadership Team, Business Support Leader Leadership and Management of Student Achievement, Progress, Equality and Safety: Ensure that safety, wellbeing of children and young people is at the heart of the school’s functions. Ensure that an aspirational culture and ethos of challenge, and support where the whole school community invest in each other to be the very best we can be. This includes implementing strategies that epitomize the school’s high expectations of all pupils, including those who denoted as SEND and/or disadvantaged. Ensure a consistent and continuous focus on all students, particularly those who are denoted as SEND and/or disadvantaged enjoyment of and ability to access a strong education, supporting them to be confident and successful learners who contribute positively to society as responsible citizens. Ensure the school implements inclusive formal and informal curriculum that enables all students, particularly those who are denoted as SEND and/or disadvantaged to flourish and achieve success. Ensure that evidenced informed inclusive teaching and learning approaches are used effectively to support students’ academic attainment and progress. “The school believes that the entitlement should be the same for all pupils and has high expectations for all within their community. All staff are seen as leaders of inclusion.” Challenge Partners, 2025
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