Seva Education is offering an innovative solution to meeting the needs of students with special educational needs and disabilities.
Main purpose
The assistant headteacher will support the headteacher and deputy headteacher in:
- Communicating the school's vision and supporting the headteacher's strategic leadership
- The day-to-day management of the school
- Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
- Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
- Managing staff and resources
- Monitoring progress towards meeting the school's aims and objectives
The assistant headteacher will also have a timetabled teaching commitment.
They may also be required to undertake any of the duties delegated by the headteacher.
Qualities
The assistant headteacher will:
- Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behavior and professional conduct
- Build positive and respectful relationships across the school community
- Serve in the best interests of the school's students
Duties and responsibilities
School culture and behavior
Under the direction of the headteacher or deputy headteacher, the assistant headteacher will:
- Create a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life
- Uphold educational standards in order to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
- Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
- Encourage high standards of behavior from students, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and students and clearly demonstrated by all adults in school
- Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, including the use of Team Teach de-escalation techniques, in line with the school's behaviour policy
- Encourage high levels of student attendance and help to uphold a school culture of safety, enjoyment, and engagement with learning to support attendance.
- Safeguarding Children and Adults
Seva Care Group ensures all employees have a responsibility to support the School in its duties by:
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Attending mandatory training on Safeguarding children.
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Being familiar with individual and the School's requirements under relevant legislation.
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Adhering to all relevant national and local policies, procedures, practice guidance and professional codes.
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Reporting any concerns to the appropriate authority.
Whilst every effort has been taken to explain the duties and responsibilities of the post, certain individual tasks may not be identified.
Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake any task of a similar level that is not specified in the job description.