Assistant Principal – Behaviour and Attendance

Job description

• Evidence of recent professional
development
• Successful
leadership and management experience in a school
• Experience
of managing significant change effectively
• Experience
of leading on child protection and safeguarding within a school
• Involvement
in school self-evaluation and development planning
• Demonstrable
experience of successful line management and staff development
• Proven
and consistent track record of school improvement
• An understanding of current educational
developments and a clear grasp of issues relating to education.
• Knowledge of behaviour leadership at whole
school level
• Comprehensive knowledge of up-to-date
guidance and support regarding behaviour strategies.
• Skills and knowledge to deal with student
safety and behaviour.
• A clear working knowledge of how to manage
innovation and change.
• Proven ability to analyse data, evaluate
performance and plan for improvement.
• Demonstrable knowledge of a range of
effective behaviour management strategies.
• An understanding of the need to utilise
school resources effectively, with an awareness of best value principles.
• Experience of Performance Management for
support and/or teaching staff.
• Effective communication and interpersonal
skills and to build effective working relationships
• Be creative and have highly developed
problem solving, negotiation and decision-making skills and the ability to
produce practical and innovative solutions
• Excellent time management and organisation
skills, including working under pressure and to deadlines
• An ability to work in collaborative
partnership with the full range of people, other school/academies and
organisations associated with the Academy – staff, parents, governors,
community, business, Diocese, Trust and LA.
• Ability to set high and clear expectations
and hold others to account for their performance, delivering clear messages
to ensure (at least) good pupil progress including an ability to lead, manage
and support teams.
• Well-developed social and communication
skills.
• Tact, sensitivity, integrity, good
judgement.
• Confidence, independence and flexibility.
• A
commitment to the well-being of staff.
• A commitment to and ability to lead Academy
improvement and manage change.
• An ability to lead and manage school
standards.
• Confident with data and IT.
• Good organisational skills with the ability
to prioritise work and meet deadlines.
• Ability to lead school based INSET and
parent information meetings.
• Demonstrable coaching/mentoring skills to
support the development of other staff.
• A commitment to equal opportunities.
• The ability to give and receive effective feedback and act to improve
personal performance.
• Stamina, motivation and dedication.
• High Expectations and Aspirations.
• Ability to work under pressure
and prioritise effectively.
• Commitment to maintaining
confidentiality at all times.
• Commitment to safeguarding and
equality, ensuring that personal beliefs are not expressed in ways that
exploit the position.
• Build positive and respectful
relationships across the school community
• Uphold public trust in school
leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional
conduct
• Serve in the best interests of
the school’s pupils
• A commitment to inclusive comprehensive
education and a belief that education and hard work can transform lives.
• Exemplify and promote the ethos and values
of the school and the eight ways these are lived out at Bluecoat Wollaton.
• An empathy for children from a wide variety
of social and cultural backgrounds, but someone who doesn’t tolerate low
expectations.
• Uphold public trust in school
leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional
conduct.
• Be committed to and in strong support of the
important Christian values of the Trust’s religious foundation, no matter
your own faith background.
• A commitment to and ability to lead Academy
improvement and manage change.
• Commitment. A willingness to work hard, with
enthusiasm and vision.
• Demonstrates creativity, flexibility,
enthusiasm and a keenness to embrace new ideas and challenges.
• A commitment to getting the best
outcomes for all pupils and promoting the ethos and values of the school