DEPUTY HEADTEACHER (Curriculum)
(Permanent)
Leadership – L14-18
Required for September 2025
Greenbank School is a purpose-built school catering for 122 pupils, age 11 – 18 years. Students present with a range of learning needs including Autism, Communication, Social and Complex Needs.
Greenbank also has residential provision which is used as a short break facility for students who attend Greenbank School (Yr9-11).
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced middle / senior leader to make significant contributions in the strategic leadership and management of Curriculum, Quality of Education, Attainment and Safeguarding (DDSL) across school.
In addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher, other than a Headteacher, including those duties particularly assigned by the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher shall:
- Play a major role in the leadership and management of the school.
- Assist in the formulation of the aims and objectives of the school.
- Strategically plan to achieve the aspirations and goals of the school.
- Lead, inspire and motivate staff and pupils.
- Lead an effective team.
- Provide good role models.
- Drive improvements in teaching and learning through Quality Assurance tasks resulting in evidence-based staff development activity.
- Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguard Lead (DDSL)
- Drive, sustain and live the school ethos, values and vision.
- Ensure the sustained improvement of the school by contributing to the SDP and SEF, and attend professional meetings with the SIC implementing recommendations.
- Undertake any other professional, reasonable duties delegated by the Headteacher.
The Deputy Headteacher is expected to manage and lead the school and carry out delegated duties as requested by the Headteacher and School Governors.
The Deputy Headteacher post is non-residential.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES
- To work closely with other members of the Leadership Team in providing strategic leadership and management and ensuring effectiveness of whole school organisation.
- To provide curriculum leadership for the teaching team in relation to teachers’ responsibilities as curriculum co-ordinators ensuring that arrangements for the curriculum management, including assessment, recording and reporting, are planned and implemented effectively.
- Ensure that all pupils make the best possible progress in all areas of the school curriculum, including the National Curriculum and within the school’s residential provision, as appropriate to their personal, social and emotional development.
- To provide a systematic and effective system to support, promote, monitor and evaluate the quality of teaching performance and pupils’ learning and attainment.
- This will include contributing to the performance management reviews for teachers and staff appraisals.
- To provide professional development, leadership and management to all staff, ensuring that a relevant programme of professional development activities is facilitated.
- To fulfil the role of special education needs and disabilities co-ordinator [SENDCO] ensuring that the school’s Special Educational Needs [SEN] Policy is implemented and regularly reviewed with regard to its effectiveness.
- Lead and manage the effective transition of pupils to the next stage of their education. Liaise with external providers and parents with a particular focus on post 16 destinations.
- Manage the exams officer and leading examination annual inspections.
- To lead the whole school curriculum.
- To manage the relevant content of the website.
- To chair EHCP reviews as required and check the relevant Annual Review documentation.
- To deputise for the when Headteacher as required.
- To create the timetable and support the development of school MIS, learning packages and electronic progress files.
- To manage the ECT’s and managing apprenticeships for staff already employed by the school.
- To lead and oversee Quality Assurance of the provision to learners.
- To attend local and national Network Meetings as required.
- To lead Careers Education.
- Lead staff induction for the staff in your remit.
- To lead on the Pupil Premium Strategy and oversee statutory reporting on spending.
- To report to governors in relation to areas of responsibility.
- To deliver training whole school.
- To assist in staff recruitment procedures and be safer recruitment trained.
- To teach a reduced timetable commensurate with the role.
- To oversee AET progression framework and be an AET trainer.
- Lead on staff wellbeing.
- To manage own work/life balance.
Candidates wishing to visit school may do so by contacting Mrs D. Bennett, School Operations Manager admin@greenbank.chehsire.sch.uk
Greenbank School is fully committed to safeguarding the health, safety and well-being of all its pupils and as a safe school, all potential employees are subject to all the relevant checks and enhanced DBS before any offer of employment.
KCSiE guidance (September 2022) included in section 220 states ‘In addition, as part of the shortlisting process school will consider carrying out an online search as part of their due diligence on the shortlisted candidates.’ Candidates need to be aware of this. Within an expression of interest, applicants are encouraged to consider the person specification for this senior role.
Closing Date: 1:00pm, Thursday 24th April, 2025
Short listing / verification panel – Thursday 24th April, 2025
Applications should be emailed to Mr Michael McCann – Head teacher admin@greenbank.cheshire.sch.uk