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Core Purpose
- Lead the curriculum to meet the needs of our learners.
- Lead and develop the academy data systems and prepare data packs for internal and external scrutiny.
- Drive initiatives to develop outstanding progress of identified groups of learners.
- Plan the academy timetable to meet the curriculum intent.
- Line manage senior and middle leaders.
- Ensure the academy’s assessment and reporting systems support the curriculum intent.
- Ensure high standards are maintained across the academy.
Reporting to: Principal
Responsible for: Teaching staff and other relevant personnel within the academy.
Liaising with: Governors, Executive Principal, Principal, Senior Leaders, Faculty/Subject Leaders, Student Support Services and relevant staff with cross-academy responsibilities, relevant non-teaching support staff, external agencies and parents.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Quality of Education
- Liaise with the Principal to establish curriculum intent, implementation and impact.
- Set targets for students and monitor their progress over time, reviewing targets as necessary.
- Identify underperforming individuals or groups of students and implement intervention as appropriate.
- Establish and lead the academy’s assessment protocol including the scheduling of internal and external examinations.
- Ensure the academy’s revision strategy supports student outcomes.
- Plan the academy timetable to meet the curriculum intent.
- Approve new courses and programmes of study, monitor their implementation and effectiveness.
- Prepare and organise subject option choices for Year 8.
- Monitor faculty and subject schemes of learning to ensure quality delivery of the curriculum.
- Manage setting across the academy.
- Develop and lead the academy’s systems for reporting to parents.
- Leadership and Management
- Assist the Principal in setting whole academy targets for improvement on an annual basis.
- Lead and develop systems for data sharing to ensure that it is used in the most effective way to secure improvement.
- Assist the Principal in preparing the staffing analysis and curriculum led financial plan (CLFP).
- Organise the Open Evening for prospective parents, liaising with the primary schools, students, parents and staff at the academy for all arrangements.
- With the Leadership Group monitor academy effectiveness, efficiency and standards by observing teaching and learning and through regular reviews, meetings with middle leaders to ensure effective delivery of the academy’s improvement plan.
- Assist the Principal in the process of Academy self-evaluation.
- Report and contribute to Trust-wide strategic groups.
- Appraise staff and line manage key areas.
- Deputise for the Principal in the Principal’s absence.
- Promote a positive image of the academy.
- Behaviour and Attitudes/Personal Development
- a) Ensure high standards are maintained across the academy
- b) Monitor and assist in the supervision arrangements at break times and lunchtimes, at the start and end of the academy day.
- c) Ensure a safe and secure environment for staff, students and visitors.
Duties:
The School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document describes duties which may be required to be undertaken by teachers in the course of their employment. It is the contractual duty of the postholder to ensure that his or her professional duties are discharged effectively. In recognition of the particular duties to be undertaken by the holder of this job the allowance specified above is payable.
The Job Description is a description of the job to be undertaken and performed to the satisfaction of the Principal by the postholder. It does not form part of the contract of employment
NOTE:
The duties and responsibilities of this post may vary from time to time according to the changing demands of the academy. This job description may be reviewed at the reasonable discretion of the Principal in the light of those changing requirements and in consultation with the postholder. In any event the Principal reserves the right to review and amend the job description.
Mildenhall College Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment by observing the academy’s Safeguarding policies and procedures.
Date of Issue: April 2019
Date of Revision:
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