Principal

**Principal - Christ’s College**
**Reporting to: Chief Education Officer**

The college has been on a journey of improvement and the forward momentum of the college, and the positive, can-do attitude of staff, students, and local committee make this a very exciting challenge for a new Principal. We want someone who can lead us with care, compassion and conviction, and be integral to our community. As the leader of the school community, you will model and promote positive attitudes and relationships amongst staff, children, local committee members and parents in keeping with the trust’s vision and values. You will be an outstanding practitioner with strong leadership skills and a proven track record for raising progress and attainment.

**Main Purpose of the job**: To carry out the duties of a headteacher recognising the unique features of our school. This is in accordance with the Headteachers’ Standards (2020).

**Strategic direction and development of the college**
Work with the local committee to review and develop the strategic vision for the school in its community, and analyse and plan for the future needs and further development of the school

Provide vision and direction to secure effective teaching, successful learning and achievement by pupils and sustained improvement in their social, moral, cultural, spiritual, and physical development to prepare them for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of later life.

Ensure that a School Development Plan, based on robust self-evaluation, is in place and is delivered and impacts on school improvement

Enable the local committee to challenge and support the school effectively to enable it to meet its responsibilities, by attending meetings and providing timely and relevant information on:

- Progress against School Development Plan
- Pupil attainment, progress and achievement and quality of teaching and learning
- Action arising from any recent audits
- Child safeguarding, bullying, exclusions, and attendance
- Such other matters as the local committee needs to be informed about to be effective Working with your SBM, propose to the trust a balanced budget that meets the needs and addresses the priorities within the School Development Plan across the planning period. Ensure creativity, continuous improvement and the use of appropriate technologies to achieve excellence and a broad curriculum, equipping pupils well for their next stage of education
- Promote the vision and values of the school and demonstrate them in everyday work and practice to allow both children and adults to flourish
- Promote an inclusive environment and positive and respectful relationships across the school community

**Leading teaching and learning**

Work with staff and the local committee to secure and sustain effective learning throughout the school

Monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching and standards of pupils’ achievement across the school, using benchmarks and rigorous analysis of data to identify priorities for school development and setting targets for improvement

Establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to learning and teaching

Demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole school community

Implement strategies which secure high standards of behaviour and attendance

Ensure a diverse, creative, flexible curriculum

Implement an effective assessment framework

Embody excellent leadership together with confident, clear and sensitive oral and written communication skills

Work in partnership with staff, the wider community and other service providers to maintain and extend the curriculum and sustain a variety of after school provision.

**Managing the college**
Ensure staff and pupils’ safety and welfare through effective approaches to safeguarding, as part of duty of care

Create an organisational structure which reflects the school’s vision and values and enables the management systems, structures and processes to work effectively in line with legal requirements

Recruit, retain, develop and deploy staff effectively in order to maintain the highest quality of education and to achieve the vision and goals of the school

Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk

Develop and present a coherent, understandable and accurate account of the school’s performance to a range of audiences including the Trust, parents and carers, to ensure that they are well informed about the curriculum, attainment and progress and about the contribution that they can make to achieving the college’s targets.

**Leading and Managing Staff**

Plan, allocate, support and evaluate the work undertaken by all staff, ensuring clear and appropriate delegation of tasks and devolution of responsibilities

Work closely with the administrative staff to ensure the smooth running of the school

Put in place effective means of communication with staff that provides them with support, and the in