Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral & Designated Safeguarding Lead

PURPOSE OF THE POST:

Purpose:  

• Develop, alongside other leaders, the values and ethos of QEGSMAT and the school’s long term strategic planning and school improvement priorities.
• Help create and have a strong commitment to a clear vision for an effective school.
• Lead and implement all aspects of the strategic development and operational running of Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School alongside the Headteacher.
• Lead, develop and implement strategies to ensure every student is safe and can meet QEGS expectations, supporting and contributing to the development of high standards of personal development, behaviour and welfare including promoting high levels of safety and safeguarding. 
• Act as the Designated Safeguarding Lead, with appropriate training.
• Strategically lead and promote high attendance for all students, ensuring that key staff communicate, action and record interventions.
• Provide a consistent team approach to attendance, behaviour, rewards and support the promotion of a positive and aspirational culture.
• Model effective external relationships with the local and wider community and other stakeholders.
• Deputise for the Headteacher as required.
• Represent Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School as required in the wider community. 

Main Duties:

• Work with the Headteacher, to ensure the school provides outstanding curriculum and pastoral provision, with Quality Assurance systems fully in place to monitor CPD and drive school improvement.
• Strategically lead the production of timetables to meet the curriculum needs as required.
• Lead on training and oversee the CPD & Appraisal processes including INSET provision.
• Provide the Senior Leadership Team, Directors of Education, Executive Board, Local Governors, and Trustees with regular analysis, as required (performance, attendance, behaviour, rewards and safeguarding information and associated data).
• Provide effective line management of staff according to Trust policy ensuring staff and teams are supported and accountable. 
• Manage performance, as required.  
• Act as Senior Leadership Team link for one or more areas of the school. 
• Contribute to the whole school evaluation form ensuring it is concise, accurate and evaluative and supports school improvement.  
• Support the Headteacher on the recruitment, selection, appointment, motivation, and retention of staff. 
• Actively participate in all leadership and management meetings.
• Share responsibility for senior leadership and management for the school, ensuring continual improvement and higher quality and standards.  
• Drive and support the ethos of high expectations for staff and students to further improve outcomes and performance as part of the school commitment to inclusion and achievement for all.
• Support and contribute to the raising of standards in teaching, learning and assessment in line with QEGSMAT expectations and the QEGS classroom.
• Establish and sustain high-quality, expert teaching across all subjects and phases, built on an evidence- informed understanding of effective teaching and how students learn.
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by high levels of subject expertise and approaches which respect the distinct nature of subject disciplines or specialist domains.
• Ensure effective use is made of formative assessment.
• Establish and sustain high expectations of behaviour for all students, built upon relationships, rules and routines, which are understood clearly by all.
• Ensure the school holds ambitious expectations for all students with additional and special educational needs and disabilities.
• Establish and sustain a culture where practices enable all students to fully access the whole curriculum (including the wider curriculum offer) and learn effectively.
• Ensure that communication/consultation between the leadership team and staff is clear on all matters related to school improvement and performance, including the website, e-reporting, SEF, AIP, Safeguarding and Pupil Premium.
• Demand ambitious standards for all students, overcoming disadvantage and advancing equality, instilling a strong sense of accountability in staff for the impact of their work on students’ outcomes.
• Lead school assemblies and gatherings and events as necessary.
• Undertake an appropriate programme of teaching in accordance with the duties of a Main Scale Teacher.