Head of Primary - Academic Year 22-23

About the Role

We are looking for outstanding Head of Primary to join our existing team from
September ‎2022
The Head of Primary will work with the Principal, Head of Secondary and Head
of Operations to maintain an environment that promotes and secures excellent
teaching, effective learning, high standards of achievement and excellent
behaviour.
We are seeking someone who:
* Is warm, caring and aspirational and would like to join us on the next step of our journey
* An outstanding primary school practitioner
* An inspirational and motivational leader with high expectations
* Someone with a proven record of accomplishment in raising standards
* Has the ability to analyse data, develop strategic plans, set targets and monitor and evaluate progress towards these.
* Someone who is well motivated, innovative, and able to inspire and support others
* Has a clear vision for education that can be articulated with confidence.
* Has a detailed and up to date knowledge of the Primary curriculum and features of effective teaching.
* Makes decisions that always have impact
* Has a passion for teaching and learning as well as the wellbeing of children, staff and parents
* Is an active listener and a reflective leader; communicating effectively with children, staff and parents
* Creates a culture where staff are motivated, trusted, and encouraged to take the initiative and make decisions, and where they will feel supported to develop their own skills as leaders.
* Has a successful track record of senior leadership within education, likely to have included primary headship experience or similar.
* Has excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to meet challenges with optimism.
The Head of Primary will:
* Contribute to the development of whole school strategic planning
* Lead the development of the Primary and Early Years
* Engage students and staff in the development of subject and individual goals and targets in the Primary and Early Years School
* Communicate and implement the Primary and Early Years school development plan
* Aligning resource selection and allocation to priority goals. This includes the provision of appropriate expertise through involvement in staff appointments
* Contribute to whole school decisions about resource allocation
* Ensure all policy documents are available to new staff joining the school or to those who might require them
* Direct involvement in the support and evaluation of teaching through regular classroom visits and provision of formative and summative feedback to teachers
* Direct oversight of curriculum through school wide coordination across subjects and year levels and alignment to school goals
* In consultation with the Principal develop and implement effective Primary and Early Years School departmental development plans to reflect thematic curriculum design
* Contribute to school wide curriculum development
* Support and evaluate quality of teaching in the Primary and Early Years School
* Promote and engage in the teacher appraisal process across the school
* Identify professional learning needs in the Primary and Early Years School and plan to meet them
* Leadership that not only promotes but directly participates with teachers in formal or informal professional learning
* Identify teacher professional learning needs in the Primary and Early Years School
* Promote and model teacher professional learning in content and pedagogy
* Provide a safe physical and emotional environment in the Primary and Early Years School
* Lead the development and maintenance of a collegial and supportive culture in the school that encourages risk taking and openness
* Develop and implement procedures to support good classroom engagement and behaviour
* Ensure that communications with students and parents are positive and effective, and consistent with school wide expectations
* Hold regular meetings of teachers to deal with matters of interest and significance relating to the work of the Primary and Early Years School
* Construct and regularly update the whole-school calendar
* To monitor that all new staff are inducted in a cohesive and effective manner ensuring all staff are settled and aware of the particular responsibilities
* Ensure that all staff in are familiar with school wide systems and processes as applicable
* Lead aspects of external accreditation
* Be responsible for Primary and Early Years School admissions
* Be responsible for student welfare and behaviour in the Primary and Early Years School
* Provide leadership and management of the Primary and Early Years School management team
* Develop and oversee assessment and reporting in the Primary and Early Years School
The successful applicants will have the following:
* Degree certification in addition to a certified teaching qualification, such as B.Ed, PGCE, PGDE or equivalent essential. Experience of teaching in a UK curriculum school essential
* Experience of senior leadership essential
* NPQH or equivalent desirable
* Experience of CIS accreditation desirable
Application and Interview:
CV and Cover letter to be in by Sunday, 20th March ‎2022 (candidates are
encouraged to apply as early as possible, as we reserve the right to appoint
the right person prior to the closing date).
The safeguarding of our students is at the core of all that we do. all
appointments are conditional on:
* Acceptable police checks (or equivalent) from the country of origin and from all counties in which you have worked.
* Appropriate references from your current and two previous employers, corroborated by personal phone calls made to each.

The Role

All positions attract an excellent remuneration package including:
Competitive salary, individual fully furnished accommodation, tuition fee
concession for dependants, private medical insurance and annual airfares to
country of residence