Strategic Direction and Development of the School

·         Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on providing a world-class education for the pupils they serve.

·         Sustain wide, current knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally, nationally, and globally, and pursue continuous professional development.

·         Work with political and financial astuteness, within a clear set of principles centred on the school’s vision, ably translating local and national policy into the school’s context.

·         Communicate compellingly the school’s vision and drive the strategic leadership, empowering all pupils and staff to excel.

·         Ensure that the school’s systems, organisation, and processes are well considered, efficient and fit for purpose, upholding the principles of transparency, integrity, and probity.

·         Exercise strategic, curriculum-led financial planning to ensure the equitable deployment of budgets and resources, in the best interests of pupils’ achievements and the school’s sustainability.

·         Create outward-facing schools in NEST, which collaborate with other schools and organisations - in a climate of mutual challenge - to champion best practice and secure excellent achievements for all                        pupils.

·         Challenge educational orthodoxies in the best interests of achieving excellence, harnessing the findings of well evidenced research to frame self- regulating and self-improving schools

Leadership and Management of Pupil Achievement, Progress and Safety

·       Demand ambitious standards for all pupils, overcoming disadvantage and advancing equality, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on pupils’ outcomes.

·       Ensure that pupil safety is at the centre of all of the school’s functions, in particular strategic planning, and resource management.

·       Provide a safe, calm, and well-ordered environment for all pupils and staff, focused on safeguarding pupils and developing their exemplary behaviour in school and in the wider society.

·       Ensure an aspirational culture and ethos of challenge and support where all children can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning and the learning of others.

·       Ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on pupils’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every student’s learning.

·       Create and maintain an environment which promotes good behaviour, discipline and celebrates success

·       Ensure collaboration with other agencies in providing for the intellectual, spiritual, moral, cultural, physical, social, and emotional wellbeing of the children.

Leading and Managing Staff in the Delivery of High-Quality Learning and Teaching

Leading and Managing Staff in the Delivery of High-Quality Learning and Teaching

·         Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity - drawing on their own scholarship, expertise, and skills, and that of those around them.

·         Lead, motivate, support, challenge and develop staff to secure improvement.

·         Ensure that all staff are engaged with the school’s key strategic priorities and the development of the school’s aims and objectives, through effective communication across the whole school community,                  whether they be teaching or support staff.

·         Secure excellent teaching through an analytical understanding of how pupils learn and of the core features of successful classroom practice and curriculum design, leading to rich curriculum opportunities              and pupils’ well-being.

·         Maximise the contribution of staff to improve the quality of education provided and standards achieved. Ensure that outstanding teaching is the primary objective for all teachers.

·         Create an ethos within which all staff are motivated and supported to develop their own skills and subject knowledge, and to support each other.

·         Identify emerging talents, coaching current and aspiring leaders in a climate where excellence is the standard, leading to clear succession planning within School and Nexus Education Schools Trust.

·         Implement and sustain rigorous procedures for monitoring the performance of all staff including objective setting and personal development plans.

·         Successful experience of monitoring, evaluating, and improving the quality of teaching and learning.

·         Acknowledge the responsibilities and celebrate the achievement of individuals and teams.

·         Hold all staff to account for their professional conduct and practice.

·         Establish rigorous, fair, and transparent systems and measures for managing the performance of all staff, addressing any under-performance, supporting staff to improve, and valuing excellent practice.

·         Distribute leadership throughout the organisation, forging teams of colleagues who have distinct roles and responsibilities and hold each other to account for their decision making.

·         Shape the current and future quality of the teaching profession through high quality training and sustained professional development for all staff in school and across NEST.

Leadership and Management of the Curriculum

·         Understanding of the principles of effective teaching and learning and the ability to promote a culture or learning throughout the school.

·         Understanding of the principles of how to engage children through an exciting child centred curriculum.

·         Successful experience of reviewing and developing the curriculum.

·         Understanding of the role and impact of assessment in children’s learning.

·         Successful experience of promoting the personal, social, moral, cultural, and spiritual development of pupils.

·         Understanding of the factors which create barriers to learning and ability to implement appropriate strategies for reducing inequalities and promoting social inclusion.

 ·        Determine and ensure implementation of a diverse, flexible curriculum to ensure high quality experiences for pupils of all backgrounds and abilities.