Assistant Principal in Birmingham

Location: Birmingham

Salary: Hidden

Recruiter: Oasis Community Learning

Date Advertised: 2024-06-28

Job purpose:

The Assistant Principal will support the Principal through the leadership and day to day line management of the Deputy Principal, to lead and manage the Academies towards achieving good and outstanding outcomes for the students, their families, staff, and the local community of Oasis Academy Woodview.

Key responsibilities:

  • Teach minimum 0.6 of the timetable
  • Lead on the quality of teaching and learning, and behaviour for learning within a phase.
  • Develop a well-planned curriculum, working with other staff and external advice, to support the best possible learning for children within the primary phase
  • Support subject leaders with the responsibilities associated with leading a subject.
  • Develop accurate and manageable assessment methods to ensure all staff know how well their children are doing
  • Evaluate the children’s progress and the effectiveness of teaching
  • Contribute to the academies’ strategic programmes for improvement
  • Other responsibilities

    Strategic Direction and Development

  • Effectively support an agenda of significant and necessary change to raise standards in all areas of Academy life and support the transformation of the local community
  • Play a key role in creating an environment within the Academies where pupils and staff develop and maintain positive attitudes towards each other, teaching and learning, the environment, and the community
  • Liaise effectively with all stakeholders
  • Network with other Academies and high achieving schools through Oasis Community Learning and other relevant networks
  • Teaching and Learning

  • Teach minimum 0.6 of the timetable
  • Lead on, and develop, a phase within the Academy to best meet the needs of all pupils
  • Promote extra-curricular activities and out of hours learning which enhance learning opportunities
  • Promote and support innovative pedagogy
  • Leading and Managing Staff

  • Line manage all staff within a phase of the Academy
  • Be an effective Team Leader as part of the Performance Management Policy and procedures
  • Take responsibility, as part of the Academy Leadership Team, for the recruitment and retention of staff
  • Provide structured support for, and assessment of NQTs and ITE Trainees and other related Graduate Training programmes to enable them to meet the relevant professional teacher standards
  • Efficient and Effective Deployment of Staff and Resources

    Ensure a safe working and learning environment through effective deployment of staff, application of appropriate risk assessments and adherence to current Health & Safety

    Regulations.

    Other Duties

  • The post holder will be subject to performance objectives agreed annually with the panel from Oasis Community Learning and these objectives will be reviewed annually
  • The post holder is expected to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Principal through the leadership and day to day line management of the Deputy Principal
  • The duties of this post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed
  • The person undertaking this role is expected to work within the policies, ethos and aims of the Academy and to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Principal through the leadership and day to day line management of the Deputy Principal. The post holder will be expected to have an agreed flexible working pattern to ensure that all relevant functions are fulfilled through direct dialogue with employees, contractors, and community members.
  • The duties of this post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed.

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