We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic professionals, who have high expectations of themselves and their pupils and are committed to improving the lives of our children to join our warm and welcoming team.
Our partnership with The Park Federation Academy Trust means there are a host of professional development opportunities that will further your own skills, knowledge and expertise.
Term time only: Yes
Salary Type: Leadership
Salary details: L 8 - 12
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Interviews to be held: As and when we receive successful applications.
About us
Hannah Ball Academy is a one form entry primary school in the heart of High Wycombe. Our small and friendly school serves a diverse community and offers a broad, balanced and evolving curriculum. We are a reflective and forward-thinking school with a hardworking and dedicated team of staff, fantastic children, and a supportive governing body. We have close links with neighbouring primary schools and we actively encourage shared good practice, with an emphasis on high-quality continuing professional development. We are seeking an enthusiastic and inspirational person to join our warm and welcoming team.
This is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to take that next step in their career and to demonstrate a positive impact on outcomes for children. You will be working within a warm, vibrant, and caring school at the heart of its community.
If you are an excellent practitioner, keen to transform children’s lives, then we would love to hear from you.
Our children love their school. It represents a safe, happy, and stimulating environment for them. Our school ethos is “Together We Inspire, Aspire and Achieve” and it is integral to the way we organise, work and deliver our curriculum.
In addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher and working in partnership with the Strategic Team you will, as Vice Principal, under the overall direction of the Principal, be responsible for:
1. Raising standards of Teaching & Learning
2. Supporting the Principal with the overall management and leadership of the school including:
1. Formulating the aims and objectives for the school;
2. Establishing the policies through which they shall be achieved;
3. Managing staff and resources to that end;
4. Monitoring progress towards their achievement.
• To undertake any professional duties of the Principal reasonably delegated;
Responsible for overseeing and monitoring data and assessment and contributing to data review meetings throughout the year.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. To be responsible and accountable for the progress and attainment of all pupils in their academic learning, especially in Reading, Writing and Mathematics;
2. To be responsible for the care and wellbeing of the children;
3. To be responsible and accountable for the quality of teaching;
4. To be able to identify, drive and secure needed improvements in standards of teaching and learning;
5. To ensure the effective and efficient running of the department on a day-to-day basis, including behaviour management and safeguarding;
6. To ensure the learning environment is stimulating, orderly and safe;
7. To be the figurehead and spokesperson for their department at academy, inter-agency and public events;
8. To line manage and performance manage the Year Team Leaders;
9. To ensure that all academy policies, including performance management, are implemented;
10. To liaise with the other departments of the academy and to take the lead with the transition of pupils in to and out of the department;
11. To ensure the work of the Directors and Subject Managers is harnessed for the benefit of all the pupils in the department;
12. To liaise with staff from other schools and academies when appropriate;
13. To ensure, with the Director of Curriculum and Assessment Manager, that assessments are completed appropriately and on time;
14. To liaise with the parents and carers when necessary;
15. To account to the senior team, Academy Council, Board of Directors, and external agencies (including Ofsted) for all aspects of provision and performance in their department;
16. To play an active role within the senior team e.g. contribute ideas that will improve performance, take the lead in implementation of academy policies;
17. To fulfil corporate responsibilities for the senior team;
18. To provide peer support and development to fellow Deputy and Vice Principals;
19. To provide support to the Principal;
20. To deputise for the Principal and Deputy Principal in their absence;
21. To manage and to account for any devolved budgets;
22. To be responsible for his or her own professional development;
23. To carry out any other reasonable duties identified by the Principal and/or Chief Executive and Federation Principal that are commensurate with the seniority of this post.
This job description may be reviewed at the end of the academic year or earlier if necessary. In addition, it may be amended at any time after consultation.
About you
We are looking for an individual who:
1. has experience of working within an all-through primary school;
2. is a dedicated professional with high expectations and a commitment to school improvements ambitious and determined to succeed and secure positive outcomes for our pupils;
3. understands the importance of effective partnerships with students, carers, colleagues and governors;
4. has outstanding behaviour management skills;
5. has high levels of drive, energy and integrity;
6. puts the children at the heart of all they do;
7. is highly motivated and able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice.
For the right candidate, we will offer:
1. extensive support and CPD;
2. the opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the Multi-Academy Trust;
3. a welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
4. an ambitious and dynamic Senior Leadership Team;
5. a dedicated Governing Body;
6. supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
7. an employee assistance programme (EAP).
Other information
We strongly encourage you to visit the school to see for yourself the potential that the school could offer you.
To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
In accordance with the commitment of The Park Federation Academy Trust to follow and adhere to the Department for Education guidance entitled “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, it is the individual’s responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in the Academy. A satisfactory DBS check is required for this post.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
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