Deputy Principal

Oasis Academy Limeside, Oldham

Academy-based

**Salary**:L6 - L10 + Teachers' Pension Scheme**

Basis**:Full-time, Permanent**

Start Date**:September 2024**

Applications Close**:12:00 on Tuesday, July 2, 2024**

Interviews**:w/c 8th July 2024**

**POST**: Deputy Principal

**RESPONSIBLE TO**:Principal and Oasis Academies Directorate

**GRADE: L6 - L10 **+Teachers Pension Scheme***

**DISCLOSURE LEVEL**:Enhanced

**KEY RELATIONSHIPS**:Principal and** **Academy Leadership Team; relevant teaching and other associated staff; LA representatives; partner professionals; parents; local community; Oasis Academy Councillors; other Oasis Academies and Oasis Community Learning central staff.

**LOCATION**:Oasis Academy Limeside

**WORKING PATTERN**:Full-time and as described in the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document

**JOB PURPOSE**:

- The strategic leadership and management of learning and pupil development
- Curriculum development and innovation so that it meets the needs and aspirations of the pupils
- Strategic development of appropriate technologies to enable learning
- Leading and managing the systems and processes for pupil care and guidance so that every child is fully included and their needs academic, personal, social and emotional needs and well-being are addressed
- Leading and managing effective assessment, recording and reporting systems for pupil progress
- Monitor and evaluate the Academy’s progress
- Professional development of teachers and associated staff, including supporting them to make effective use of a wide range of data
- The post holder will be expected to work in close collaboration and liaison with the Principal and to deputise for the Principal in his/her absence as required.
- The post holder is expected to support the Academy’s aims, vision and ethos, have a thorough knowledge of the Academy’s policies and procedures and to reinforce these with all stakeholders where required.
- The post holder is expected to monitor and evaluate the specific areas for which s/he is responsible above in the context of the Academy’s ethos and vision.
- The post holder shall have the professional duties of a Deputy Principal teacher in accordance with the current DfE’s School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document

and wider responsibilities relating to strategic direction and development, teaching

and learning, leading and managing staff and efficient and effective deployment of staff

and resources in consultation with the Principal.

**AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY**:
The Deputy Principal will:
Support the Principal, through the line management of Middle Leaders and other staff, to lead and manage the Academy towards achieving good and outstanding outcomes for the students, their families, staff and the local community.
- Provide information, objective advice and support to the Academy Council to make informed decisions about the development of the Academy and enable it to meet its responsibilities for securing effective teaching and learning and improved standards of achievement
- Support the Principal, through the line management of the Middle Leaders and other staff, in creating and developing an organisation in which staff recognise that they are accountable for the success of the Academy
- Ensure that an effective information flow is maintained within the Academy in line with the vision, ethos and values of Oasis Community Learning
- Present a coherent and accurate account of the Academy’s performance in a form appropriate to a range of audiences
- Ensure that parents and pupils are well informed about their achievement and attainment and are able to understand targets for improvement and how to achieve them
- Develop and encourage effective relationships between the Academy and the local community and ensue that national and global community links are forged through meaningful relationships, working closely with other schools, settings, and organisations on a local, national and global basis

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- **Strategic Direction and Development**
- Be a strategic, supportive and pro-active member of the Academy Leadership Team
- Play a key role in the development of the Academy as it becomes an innovative, high performing, and emotionally intelligent organisation
- Effectively manage an agenda of significant and necessary change to raise standards in all areas of Academy life and support the transformation of the local community
- Take the lead and manage specified areas of improvement and development
- Make a significant contribution to the strategic development of all areas of the Academy, whether or not holding a direct responsibility for the strategic feature (strategic responsibilities will be reviewed regularly and in support of professional development needs
- Develop and maintain Academy policies and practices which promote high achievement and inclusion through effective teaching and learning across the Academy
- Play a key role in creating an environment w