Assistant Head of Primary

General Responsibilities:

The Assistant Head of Primary (Curriculum and Data) is to take a central role in assisting the Head of Primary to develop our school by its shared values and our school development plans.

The Assistant Head of Primary (Curriculum and Data) is to work across the primary age range, as an experienced curriculum and team leader, a leader in teaching and learning, a leader of a core subject, and a key person in curriculum development. The Assistant Head of Primary will be a model professional setting an excellent example to teaching and support staff. They will work closely with the Head of School in actively and demonstrably promoting enrichment, entitlement, and achievement through building and implementing agreed school policies. 

The Assistant Head of Primary will lead by example of their practice, and by positively encouraging and supporting all members of staff. 

Specific Responsibilities:

The Assistant Head of Primary (Curriculum and Data) will be a non-teaching post but will be expected to model teaching and learning in classrooms. They will teach classes to model good practice, develop relationships, support training and development, ensure ‘quality teaching first’, and secure the smooth running of the school.

The Assistant Head of Primary (Curriculum and Data) will be a model professional, setting an excellent example to teaching and support staff. They will work in close partnership with the Head of School in actively and demonstrably promoting enrichment, entitlement, and achievement through building and implementing agreed school policies. The Assistant Head of Primary will lead by example of their practice, and by positively encouraging and supporting all members of staff. They will ensure that the school offers high-quality, exciting, engaging, well-resourced, differentiated, and well-matched curriculum for all children.

Leadership and Management:

• Have responsibilities in the effective day-to-day management of the school and school community including recruiting and inducting staff, developing and implementing policies, leading assemblies and staff meetings, arranging cover for absent staff or staff on training, hosting and organizing whole school events such as open days and parents evening, and responding to the views, needs, and requests of children, staff, parents, governors, and visitors.
• Work in the development, implementation, and review of school improvement plans including regular monitoring and evaluation of standards and quality of provision supporting school governance by attending meetings where appropriate.
• Work with the whole staff to develop a strong learning environment that has at its center, high expectations of learning, work, performance, academic achievement, and behavior. 
• Work on the school’s achievement reviews and target-setting processes by taking a major role in assessment and actively supporting and securing the school's success in international benchmarking tests, and internal assessments including those at the end of each key stage.
• Support the Head of Primary to ensure that all teaching learning and assessment policies and protocols are in place and up to date.
• Assist in the line management of classroom-based personnel including timetabling and allocation of classes, duties, and tasks, managing and developing roles to ensure the provision of high-quality interventions and support for children’s progress, achievement, well-being, and good behavior. 
• Work with the leadership team in setting, nurturing, promoting, and maintaining a very high standard of behavior and mutual respect throughout the school ensuring that all staff plays an active role in the pursuit of these standards.
• Assist in the line management of classroom-based personnel to ensure the provision of high-quality interventions and support for children’s progress, achievement, well-being, and good behavior.

Teaching and Learning:

• Determine, organize, and implement a diverse, flexible curriculum and implement an effective assessment framework.
• Have an excellent track record of teaching across the primary age range and be able to model this to colleagues, have experience observing colleagues, giving effective feedback, and implementing effective development plans that demonstrate positive impact. 
• Ensure that learning is at the center of strategic planning and resource management. Promote models of excellent classroom practice through whole class and group teaching, coaching, mentoring, and supported self-evaluation for teaching and learning staff.
• Support the creation of responsive and effective approaches to teaching and learning and ensure a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all pupils can have a voice, achieve success become highly engaged in their learning, and be enabled to actively support the learning of others.
• Design, develop, and implement systems for the collection of useful, timely, and accurate assessment data to track the progress of individuals and groups of children to inform planning, evaluate performance, track progress, and secure raised achievement across KS2.  This will include agreeing and articulating high expectations and setting stretching targets for the whole community.
• Ensure the effectiveness of teaching and learning including teachers’ planning, monitoring planning, work sampling and scrutiny, lesson observations, supporting auditing and reporting outcomes, successful or otherwise, and planning next steps and future actions.
• Take a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils. 

Strengthening Community:

• Promote and model good relationships with parents, which are based on partnerships to support and improve pupils’ learning and achievement.
• Contribute to the development of the school as a community within the community; strengthening partnerships with families, our local and wider community, and other schools.
• Contribute to the development of the school by promoting innovation.
• Contribute to policies and practices which promote child protection and safeguarding.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Any other duties that the Head of Primary may from time to time ask the post-holder to perform.
• To support and promote the school’s ethos, aims, and core values to promote the welfare, progress, and continued development of the school and its children.