Head of Education Job Description
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WARGRAVE HOUSE SCHOOL
JOB DESCRIPTION
Name: ___________________________________________________
Job Title:
Head of Education
Reporting Relationships:
Director of Services Governing Body
Responsible for:
Educational Services Staff
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST 1. To be responsible for the day to day running of all aspects of the education provision of the school. To be responsible for the 24 hour education programmes throughout the school. To ensure the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures relating to the provision of education and care of pupils for all staff at the school. To meet the conditions of employment of headteachers as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and any subsequent additions or variations of the same. To manage the school in accordance with the National Standards for Headteachers together with the National Minimum Standards for Care as laid down by Ofsted Care. To ensure strict adherence to the school’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy. To ensure that the mission statement, aims and objectives of the school are known and implemented by staff.
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GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To participate in the formulation and development of future strategy for the organisation in conjunction with the Director of Services, Governors and the Board of Trustees.
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To ensure that at all times the health, education, welfare and safety of the pupils is maintained. To maintain and develop a system of assessment reporting and recording as appropriate to each child and across the full range of development. To formulate and update a detailed training and employment programme to suit the requirements of the school in terms of individual needs and abilities of pupils. To carry out professional duties in accordance with and subject to current legislation. To have responsibility for health and safety within the school. To ensure adherence to well established and maintained boundaries of behaviour (staff and pupils). To communicate courteously, clearly, accurately and regularly with parents, Local Authorities, the local community and other outside agencies.
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SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Management 1. Ensure the existence of an appropriate coherent philosophy which all staff accept, understand and put into practice. Together with the Head of Residential Services to formulate and implement a general structure of care, in accordance with policy and objectives for the school. To agree each year the dates of school closure. To maintain a high level of care, safety, housekeeping and general discipline. To keep under review the work and organisation of the school. To update and agree a detailed educational policy to suit the needs of the school. Together with the Director of Services to draw up a detailed school development/improvement plan indicating the short and long term aims and objectives of the school. This plan should be costed, timed and identify key personnel.
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In the short-term absence of the Director of Services, to take full responsibility for the school. To liaise with the Chair of Trustees in the event of long-term absence of the Director of Services.
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Leading Learning and Teaching 1. To ensure the formulation and delivery of appropriate Individual education, care, behavioural and skills programmes at appropriate levels for all pupils. To monitor and progress, maintain records and issue periodical reports on pupil progress. To consult with the staff, consultant psychiatrist and trustees about the exclusion of a pupil. To discharge duties as laid out in the current Education Acts. To ensure that all pupils in attendance at the school take part in daily collective worship as per current legislation. To ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on pupils’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning. To ensure that learning is at the centre of strategic planning and resource management. To establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to learning and teaching. To ensure a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all pupils can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning. To demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole school community. To implement strategies which secure high standards of behaviour and attendance. To determine, organise and implement a diverse, flexible curriculum and implement an effective assessment framework. To take a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils. To monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies.
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To challenge underperformance at all levels and ensure effective corrective action and follow-up.
Care of Pupils 1. To be responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children resident at the school. To devise with the staff a full programme of out of school activities for boarding and respite pupils, designed to complement and extend the educational programme (sometimes referred to as ‘the 24 hour curriculum’). To liaise, as appropriate, with the parents of pupils concerning their wellbeing and continuing development. To liaise with external agencies (eg Local Authority, GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists etc) in determining individual requirements. To organise and participate in the selection of pupils for the school, the Director of Services normally having the determining voice. To ensure that full and comprehensive records are maintained for each pupil admitted to the school. To be responsible for obtaining from appropriate sources detailed records of each pupil awaiting admission. To arrange with sponsoring authorities, parents and all other interested parties, regular reviews on all pupils and amend their programmes as appropriate. To ensure that, wherever necessary and subject to parental permission, pupils receive appropriate medication and that a record of such treatment is accurately and regularly maintained and monitored. To provide a system for pupils to raise issues of concern to them and ensure that the school’s complaints procedure Is adhered to at all times. Safeguard pupils’ health by providing a good balanced diet according to individual needs, including appropriate medical care where necessary.
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Parents/Guardians 1. To maintain a friendly, sympathetic, informative and professional relationship with all parents and guardians.
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To provide opportunities for parents and guardians of pupils at the school to be consulted on a regular basis. To make periodic reports to parents and encourage residential pupils to maintain contact with their home where possible. Encourage parents or guardians to feel free to visit the school.
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Staff 1. To ascertain staffing requirements and consult with the Director of Services. To establish open relationships with all staff whilst maintaining essential professional authority. To hold regular staff meetings. To define staff duties and ensure that detailed job descriptions are prepared and agreed with individual members of staff and are kept updated. To deploy and manage all Educational Services staff of the school and allocate particular duties to them in a manner consistent with their conditions of employment. To provide cover for absent teachers. To ensure appropriate in-service training programmes are delivered. To ensure that all members of staff are fully aware of the care, safety, training and occupational objectives for each pupil. To be responsible for the implementation of policies as agreed by the Board of Trustees and ensure that all staff are familiar with these procedures. To ensure regular staff supervision and appraisal. To evaluate the standards of teaching and learning in the school, and to ensure that proper standards of professional performance are established and maintained. To adhere to the school’s policy on recruitment and selection of staff and liaise with the Director of Services on such issues. Carry out the induction process for those newly appointed staff for whom you are immediately responsible in accordance with the school’s current induction programme. Ensure that staff know how they contribute to the school’s success, checking and reinforcing this whenever possible.
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Identify the training and development needs of those staff for whom you are responsible and ensure that the training and development needs are identified at their annual appraisal. Communicate to staff the school’s commitment to develop employees and allocate time to meet training needs.
Premises and Resources 1. To have knowledge of the up to date plans of the building and grounds which show usage and details of prevention, detection and equipment for the fighting of fire. Ensure that systems operate which minimise the risk of damage to premises and resources. Take steps to ensure that the health, safety and hygiene of pupils and staff is safeguarded. Create as far as possible and maintain a homely environment which is age appropriate and permits privacy for individual pupils. Arrange for a range of pupils’ work to be displayed around the school and changed at regular intervals. Together with the Director of Services, regularly review the contribution which the premises, grounds and resources make towards achieving the school aims and objectives. To assist in the development and improvement of the premises, grounds and resources to maximise their potential in meeting the needs of all pupils. Acquire the knowledge necessary to perform all the above functions.
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Common Responsibilities 1. 2. 3. 4. Carry out any other duties as requested by the Director of Services. Attend staff meetings and parents’ evenings/workshops as required. Attend Governing Body and Board of Trustees meetings as required. Maintain confidentiality for all areas of the school, its staff and its operations. To attend appropriate courses, conferences and seminars. To ensure that your conduct within and outside the establishment does not conflict with professional expectations of Wargrave House School.
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Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the post and its grading.
CARE STANDARDS ACT 2000 It is a requirement upon all staff to report (to the Child Protection Officer, Director of Services or Board of Trustees, or to the National Care Standards Commission or other approved inspectorate with which the school has an agreement for inspection under the Children Act 1989, or to the local social services authority or to the police) any concerns they may have about practices in the school, or the behaviour of colleagues, which they consider likely to put at risk of abuse or other serious harm. The school provides a guarantee that the procedures will be invoked in ways that do not prejudice any whistle blower’s own position and prospects if they have reported an allegation or concern in good faith. It is a requirement that your job description makes it clear that failure by a member of staff to report actual or reasonably suspected physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect of a child is a disciplinary offence. CONFIDENTIALITY Maintain confidentiality for all areas of Wargrave House School, its staff and its work. The nature of the work within the school entrusts people with confidential information about the students, their families and staff. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct. Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and is subject to amendment in consultation with the postholder.
Signed and accepted Date
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Name: ___________________________________________________
Job Title:
Head of Education
Reporting Relationships:
Director of Services Governing Body
Responsible for:
Educational Services Staff
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE POST 1. To be responsible for the day to day running of all aspects of the education provision of the school. To be responsible for the 24 hour education programmes throughout the school. To ensure the formulation and implementation of policies and procedures relating to the provision of education and care of pupils for all staff at the school. To meet the conditions of employment of headteachers as set out in the current School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions document and any subsequent additions or variations of the same. To manage the school in accordance with the National Standards for Headteachers together with the National Minimum Standards for Care as laid down by Ofsted Care. To ensure strict adherence to the school’s Child and Vulnerable Adult Protection Policy. To ensure that the mission statement, aims and objectives of the school are known and implemented by staff.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES 1. To participate in the formulation and development of future strategy for the organisation in conjunction with the Director of Services, Governors and the Board of Trustees.
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To ensure that at all times the health, education, welfare and safety of the pupils is maintained. To maintain and develop a system of assessment reporting and recording as appropriate to each child and across the full range of development. To formulate and update a detailed training and employment programme to suit the requirements of the school in terms of individual needs and abilities of pupils. To carry out professional duties in accordance with and subject to current legislation. To have responsibility for health and safety within the school. To ensure adherence to well established and maintained boundaries of behaviour (staff and pupils). To communicate courteously, clearly, accurately and regularly with parents, Local Authorities, the local community and other outside agencies.
3.
4.
5.
6. 7.
8.
SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Management 1. Ensure the existence of an appropriate coherent philosophy which all staff accept, understand and put into practice. Together with the Head of Residential Services to formulate and implement a general structure of care, in accordance with policy and objectives for the school. To agree each year the dates of school closure. To maintain a high level of care, safety, housekeeping and general discipline. To keep under review the work and organisation of the school. To update and agree a detailed educational policy to suit the needs of the school. Together with the Director of Services to draw up a detailed school development/improvement plan indicating the short and long term aims and objectives of the school. This plan should be costed, timed and identify key personnel.
2.
3. 4.
5. 6.
7.
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8.
In the short-term absence of the Director of Services, to take full responsibility for the school. To liaise with the Chair of Trustees in the event of long-term absence of the Director of Services.
9.
Leading Learning and Teaching 1. To ensure the formulation and delivery of appropriate Individual education, care, behavioural and skills programmes at appropriate levels for all pupils. To monitor and progress, maintain records and issue periodical reports on pupil progress. To consult with the staff, consultant psychiatrist and trustees about the exclusion of a pupil. To discharge duties as laid out in the current Education Acts. To ensure that all pupils in attendance at the school take part in daily collective worship as per current legislation. To ensure a consistent and continuous school-wide focus on pupils’ achievement, using data and benchmarks to monitor progress in every child’s learning. To ensure that learning is at the centre of strategic planning and resource management. To establish creative, responsive and effective approaches to learning and teaching. To ensure a culture and ethos of challenge and support where all pupils can achieve success and become engaged in their own learning. To demonstrate and articulate high expectations and set stretching targets for the whole school community. To implement strategies which secure high standards of behaviour and attendance. To determine, organise and implement a diverse, flexible curriculum and implement an effective assessment framework. To take a strategic role in the development of new and emerging technologies to enhance and extend the learning experience of pupils. To monitor, evaluate and review classroom practice and promote improvement strategies.
2.
3.
4. 5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
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15.
To challenge underperformance at all levels and ensure effective corrective action and follow-up.
Care of Pupils 1. To be responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of all children resident at the school. To devise with the staff a full programme of out of school activities for boarding and respite pupils, designed to complement and extend the educational programme (sometimes referred to as ‘the 24 hour curriculum’). To liaise, as appropriate, with the parents of pupils concerning their wellbeing and continuing development. To liaise with external agencies (eg Local Authority, GPs, psychiatrists, psychologists etc) in determining individual requirements. To organise and participate in the selection of pupils for the school, the Director of Services normally having the determining voice. To ensure that full and comprehensive records are maintained for each pupil admitted to the school. To be responsible for obtaining from appropriate sources detailed records of each pupil awaiting admission. To arrange with sponsoring authorities, parents and all other interested parties, regular reviews on all pupils and amend their programmes as appropriate. To ensure that, wherever necessary and subject to parental permission, pupils receive appropriate medication and that a record of such treatment is accurately and regularly maintained and monitored. To provide a system for pupils to raise issues of concern to them and ensure that the school’s complaints procedure Is adhered to at all times. Safeguard pupils’ health by providing a good balanced diet according to individual needs, including appropriate medical care where necessary.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
Parents/Guardians 1. To maintain a friendly, sympathetic, informative and professional relationship with all parents and guardians.
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2.
To provide opportunities for parents and guardians of pupils at the school to be consulted on a regular basis. To make periodic reports to parents and encourage residential pupils to maintain contact with their home where possible. Encourage parents or guardians to feel free to visit the school.
3.
Staff 1. To ascertain staffing requirements and consult with the Director of Services. To establish open relationships with all staff whilst maintaining essential professional authority. To hold regular staff meetings. To define staff duties and ensure that detailed job descriptions are prepared and agreed with individual members of staff and are kept updated. To deploy and manage all Educational Services staff of the school and allocate particular duties to them in a manner consistent with their conditions of employment. To provide cover for absent teachers. To ensure appropriate in-service training programmes are delivered. To ensure that all members of staff are fully aware of the care, safety, training and occupational objectives for each pupil. To be responsible for the implementation of policies as agreed by the Board of Trustees and ensure that all staff are familiar with these procedures. To ensure regular staff supervision and appraisal. To evaluate the standards of teaching and learning in the school, and to ensure that proper standards of professional performance are established and maintained. To adhere to the school’s policy on recruitment and selection of staff and liaise with the Director of Services on such issues. Carry out the induction process for those newly appointed staff for whom you are immediately responsible in accordance with the school’s current induction programme. Ensure that staff know how they contribute to the school’s success, checking and reinforcing this whenever possible.
2.
3. 4.
5.
6. 7. 8.
9.
10. 11.
12.
13.
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14.
Identify the training and development needs of those staff for whom you are responsible and ensure that the training and development needs are identified at their annual appraisal. Communicate to staff the school’s commitment to develop employees and allocate time to meet training needs.
Premises and Resources 1. To have knowledge of the up to date plans of the building and grounds which show usage and details of prevention, detection and equipment for the fighting of fire. Ensure that systems operate which minimise the risk of damage to premises and resources. Take steps to ensure that the health, safety and hygiene of pupils and staff is safeguarded. Create as far as possible and maintain a homely environment which is age appropriate and permits privacy for individual pupils. Arrange for a range of pupils’ work to be displayed around the school and changed at regular intervals. Together with the Director of Services, regularly review the contribution which the premises, grounds and resources make towards achieving the school aims and objectives. To assist in the development and improvement of the premises, grounds and resources to maximise their potential in meeting the needs of all pupils. Acquire the knowledge necessary to perform all the above functions.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Common Responsibilities 1. 2. 3. 4. Carry out any other duties as requested by the Director of Services. Attend staff meetings and parents’ evenings/workshops as required. Attend Governing Body and Board of Trustees meetings as required. Maintain confidentiality for all areas of the school, its staff and its operations. To attend appropriate courses, conferences and seminars. To ensure that your conduct within and outside the establishment does not conflict with professional expectations of Wargrave House School.
5. 6.
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7.
Carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job, the title of the post and its grading.
CARE STANDARDS ACT 2000 It is a requirement upon all staff to report (to the Child Protection Officer, Director of Services or Board of Trustees, or to the National Care Standards Commission or other approved inspectorate with which the school has an agreement for inspection under the Children Act 1989, or to the local social services authority or to the police) any concerns they may have about practices in the school, or the behaviour of colleagues, which they consider likely to put at risk of abuse or other serious harm. The school provides a guarantee that the procedures will be invoked in ways that do not prejudice any whistle blower’s own position and prospects if they have reported an allegation or concern in good faith. It is a requirement that your job description makes it clear that failure by a member of staff to report actual or reasonably suspected physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect of a child is a disciplinary offence. CONFIDENTIALITY Maintain confidentiality for all areas of Wargrave House School, its staff and its work. The nature of the work within the school entrusts people with confidential information about the students, their families and staff. Any breach of this confidentiality will constitute gross misconduct. Note: This job description reflects the present requirements of the post. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and is subject to amendment in consultation with the postholder.
Signed and accepted Date
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