What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Purpose
• To support the Director of Education (Secondary) in the core mission of the Trust and in the delivery of the Trust’s education strategy.
• To promote high expectations for all pupils across Trust schools.
• To work alongside and support individual schools to improve their attendance and behaviour systems, processes, and procedures, identifying barriers and providing solutions to improve attendance and behaviour.
• To lead evidence-based intervention strategies to improve attendance and behaviour across varying school contexts.
• To manage and implement action plans to support schools to improve the attendance and behaviour of their pupils.
• To work with schools on the management of alternative provision.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Working with the Director of Education (Secondary), central team, directors, secondary headteachers, Local Governing Bodies and staff to deliver the Romero CAT vision, aims and objectives.
• Providing regular high-quality support and challenge for Headteachers and school leaders with particular regard to the attendance and behaviour of their pupils.
• Leading, supporting, and developing quality assurance procedures for attendance and behaviour at school and Trust level.
• Analysing school data and performance in terms of attendance and behaviour, and providing reports to the Trust board.
• Diagnosing issues, brokering support, monitoring impact and building outstanding leadership capacity within identified schools.
• Developing an understanding of the needs of all secondary schools and providing bespoke and effective support to targeted schools to enable continuous improvement.
• Leading a programme of attendance and behaviour professional learning across all areas and levels of the Trust.
• Supporting identified schools in need outside of our Trust as directed.
At a school level, the key tasks include:
• Rigorous focus on attendance and behaviour to ensure school and Trust-wide systems and strategies are making a measurable difference.
• Scrutiny of the impact of the work of schools on attendance and behaviour, highlighting any concerns, and making recommendations for solutions where improvement is not rapid enough.
• Supporting schools in the identification and sourcing of suitable alternative provision to meet the needs of individual pupils.
• Ensure academy improvement planning is ambitious, sharp, and focused on key priorities, and is monitored effectively.
• Help schools to prepare for external inspection.
• Undertake any other duties of a similar level and responsibility as may be required.
• Additional Duties
• Advise & support schools across the trust to ensure robust policies & procedures are in place as and when required.
Culture
• Responsible for the Health and Safety, security and welfare of self and colleagues in accordance with the trust’s policies and procedures, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Responsible for working in accordance with the Trust’s policy relating to the promotion of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity
Undertake any other duties appropriate to the grade of the post as requested by your Line Manager
What the school offers its staff
If you feel you have the right skills and attributes we are looking for, then we will be delighted to hear from you. If you would like to find out more about the position please contact the HR Department on 01282 855500 or careers@romerocat.com
Full details and application forms are available from our website:
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.