Vice Principal

**Summary**
Harris Primary Academy Purley Way is looking for a Vice Principal who will closely monitor our children’s learning as we continuously close achievement gaps and raise standards for all pupils above those expected nationally.

You will ensure the high quality of all provision, including contributing actively towards the formulation of all school policies and procedures and ensuring their consistent implementation across the academy. You will also lead on teaching and learning across the academy, as well as leading on leadership development, contributing significantly to the academy’s Improvement Plan and playing a major role in determining strategy for the academy.

**About Us**
Harris Primary Academy Purley Way has been open since 2016 and is Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' in all areas. At full capacity there will be 17 classes from Reception to Year 6. We opened with a Reception cohort and are growing by a year group at a time with currently over 400 pupils on roll from Reception to Year 6.

The whole community strive for Harris Primary Academy Purley Way to be the best it can possibly be which is encapsulated by our vision statement: “Excellence for All”. Our core values of: Positivity, Ambition and Growth, underpin everything that happens in our academy and we have high expectations that these are followed and modelled by all staff, parents and children.

**Main Areas of Responsibility** Strategic Direction and Development**:

- Be an integral part in leading the vision, ethos and policies of the academy which secures effective teaching and successful learning and promotes high levels of achievement and self-esteem for all pupils irrespective of background, ethnicity, gender or disability;
- Help lead and manage the creation and implementation of the academy Improvement Plan which identifies priorities and targets for ensuring pupils achieve high standards and make good progress, increasing teachers’ effectiveness and securing school improvement and to take responsibility for appropriately delegated aspects of it;
- Establish the policies through which the academy’s aims and objectives shall be achieved; in particular those pertaining to Teaching, Learning and Assessment and evaluating the effectiveness of these in view of pupil progress;
- Contribute to relevant sections of the Academy Evaluation Form;
- Ensure the effective and proficient use of pupil data from a variety of sources, both internal and external, in the process of target setting;
- Take a lead role in enhancing standards of teaching and learning and value enthusiasm and innovation in others to raise standards of individual pupil achievement;
- Lead on curriculum development, involving decisions on timetabling and staffing in conjunction with the Principal;
- Develop and maintain good relationships with parents, carers and outside agencies and the local community.
- Engage in the process of appointing new staff including the interview process.

**Teaching and Learning**:

- Undertake an appropriate teaching commitment and be one of our most effective and inspirational teachers;
- Liaise with all teachers to ensure pupils experience a programme that is personalised to their particular needs, identified through a robust assessment programme;
- Act as a role model for other teachers, model effective strategies in all aspects of school life;
- Monitor, evaluate and report on teaching and learning;
- Ensure that the curriculum is rich, vibrant, reflects the many different facets of our community and prepares pupils for the transition to secondary school so that they are able to fully participate in the secondary curriculum;
- Lead pupil progress systems and reviews across the academy, ensuring all pupils work and achieve to the maximum of their potential.
- Liaise with other academies/schools and providers to ensure continuity of support and learning when transferring pupils

**Recording and Assessment**:

- Monitor the effectiveness of assessment procedures throughout the academy through pupil progress reviews;
- Monitor teaching, planning, feedback opportunities, attendance, progress and attainment of pupils;
- Monitor pupils’ standards and achievement against academy targets and National Benchmark
- Ensure that appropriate attainment exists for individual pupils and identified groups of pupils

**Leadership**:

- Play a full part in the life of the academy, to support its aims and ethos and encourage staff, pupils, parents and carers to follow this example;
- Have oversight of professional development across the whole school, working with teams and individuals to develop training opportunities and ensure good practice is developed and shared;
- Manage delegated budgets effectively;
- Line manage members of the teaching staff and other support staff as appropriate;
- Monitor progress, analysing results and taking appropriate action including liaising with the Leadership Team
- Ensure effective recruitment, deployment and