Headteacher

About this role

Ethics and
Professional Conduct

• To maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour and develop a culture
  of staff professionalism.
• To promote effective relationships with all pupils, staff, governors,
  parents, other schools, the local community, the local authority and other external bodies to
  enhance the positive image of the school and the development of the education
  system as a whole.

School Culture and Ethos

• To treat everyone fairly and equitably, with dignity and respect, so as
  to create and maintain a shared school culture and positive climate which
  motivates pupils, staff and all other members of the school community.
• To nurture success in all children and staff.
• To create a culture of high expectations and aspirations that lead to an
  excellent education for all pupils.
• To demonstrate an
  uncompromising drive for excellence in all aspects of the school’s life so that
  all pupils achieve the highest levels of learning and personal development.
• Working with all stakeholders, including York Diocese, to create a vision
  for the school that provides direction for all aspects of the life of the
  school.
• To ensure
  that parents, pupils, staff and governors are committed to the school’s vision
  of excellence.
• Establish
  effective curriculum leadership, developing subject leaders with high levels of
  relevant expertise with access to networks and communities.
• To
  establish a positive ethos throughout the school so that pupils take pride in
  their school, their work and their behaviour.
• To provide
  support, professional development, guidance and challenge to all staff,
  embracing opportunities to engage critically with educational research in order
  to provide the very best for all pupils.
• To ensure
  that staff have access to high-quality professional development opportunities
  that align to individual needs and that of the whole school development
  planning process.

Leadership and Management

• To be
  responsible for the day-to-day management, organisation and administration of
  the school, modelling effective work-life balance and managing the workload of
  others.
• To ensure
  the rigorous implementation of well-focused improvement plans, based on robust
  self-evaluation.
• To monitor
  and evaluate standards of teaching, learning, resource usage and management
  effectiveness and implement appropriate strategies for change.
• To lead
  and manage change effectively.
• To work
  with the governing body to enable it to meet its responsibilities and present
  to it, on a regular basis, an accurate account of the school’s performance.
• To
  establish and maintain the policies and procedures that ensure the safety of
  all pupils, staff members and visitors to the site.
• To ensure
  that the school fulfils all statutory duties, including those relating and not
  limited to attendance, safeguarding, finances, sustainability, curriculum,
  equality and health and safety.

Curriculum, Teaching and Assessment

• To ensure
  that statutory requirements for the curriculum are met, that curriculum
  provision is appropriate and relevant to the needs of all pupils and provides equal
  opportunity for all.
• To ensure
  that the curriculum is ambitious, promotes and sustains a thirst for knowledge
  and understanding and a love of learning.
• To ensure
  that excellent teaching within a broad and balanced curriculum, accompanied by
  effective provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development,
  assists all pupils to prepare for life in modern Britain.
• To
  understand what good and outstanding teaching and learning looks like and to be
  able to communicate this effectively to all staff and governors.
• To ensure
  that assessment is appropriate and proportionate, and that assessment
  information is used effectively by leaders and governors to improve teaching
  and the curriculum.
• To ensure
  that parents and carers are regularly provided with sufficient information to
  understand how well their children are doing and what they can do to help
  improve learning.

Behaviour

• To be
  responsible for establishing and maintaining the processes and policy that
  secure the safeguarding and welfare of every child.
• To
  maintain a culture where respect for others and courtesy are the norm.

Church school

• To
  confidently articulate, live out and promote a vision for the school rooted in
  distinctively Christian values.
• To
  articulate a Christian vision that impacts positively upon standards of
  achievement, the distinctively Christian character of the school and the
  well-being of the whole school community.
• To work
  closely with the local Churches and the Diocese to promote an understanding of
  the Christian faith and respect for other faiths and cultures.