Vice Principal

About The Role

As Vice Principal, your exact role and specific responsibilities will be agreed annually and will change to allow you the opportunity to gain experience in all aspects of academy leadership in preparation for Headship. You will lead in an area such as safeguarding, curriculum development, systems and procedures, timetabling, monitoring standards and teacher effectiveness, tracking and analysis of results/data, behaviour management, external relations and community links, staff development, training and induction.

As a member of the senior leadership team, you will also be centrally involved in the overall leadership and management of the academy and will help to establish a school culture that is both nurturing and rigorous.

• Support colleagues, including all other members of the leadership team, in their work for the development and improvement of the academy, in order to achieve high standards of behaviour and attainment.
• Support and contribute to the development and implementation of the academy’s vision and strategy.
• Take responsibility for day‑to‑day management of the school alongside the principal and SLT, and in the principal’s absence, take full responsibility for the school.
• In partnership with the principal and the rest of the leadership team as either a DSL or DDSL, ensure the safeguarding of all pupils and that the safety and wellbeing of pupils and staff is promoted and always maintained.

• Share responsibility for the management of the academy and to contribute to the consultative and decision‑making processes.
• Support whole‑school aims, objectives and policy decisions, contribute to their establishment and initiation and sustain their implementation and review.
• Actively promote the academy and liaise with external agencies as necessary, representing the principal, the academy or Ark as appropriate.
• Provide information, advice and perspective to the governing body and any legitimate external enquiry or evaluation.
• Support the principal in the responsibility for the implementation of performance appraisal for all staff, including line management of particular staff.

• Support the principal in fostering a strong sense of academy community and ethos among both staff and students.
• Promote consistent implementation of behaviour policy and system of rewards and sanctions, characterised by orderly behaviour, caring and respectful relationships, and no shouting.
• Act as a positive role model for staff and students.
• Be active in issues of staff and student welfare and demonstrate a commitment to equality of opportunity for all members of academy staff.

• Support the training and development of teaching staff so as to improve the quality of teaching and raise the level of challenge in lessons.
• Use regular assessments to monitor progress and set targets, and respond accordingly to the results of such monitoring.
• Support the principal in leading whole‑school planning and assessment through accurate record‑keeping and sophisticated data analysis.
• Ensure that all pupils achieve at chronological age level or, if well below level, make significant and continuing progress towards achieving at level.
• Maintain a teaching timetable of approximately 0.5 FTE and deliver outstanding lessons that motivate, inspire and improve student attainment.
• Maintain regular and productive communication with parents to report on progress, sanctions, rewards and other communications.

• Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people.
• Ensure compliance with Ark’s data protection rules and procedures.
• Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy.
• Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network to establish good practice throughout the network, offering support where required.

This job description is not an exhaustive list, and you will be expected to carry out any other reasonable tasks as directed by your line manager.

• Qualified to degree level and above.
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