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Principal Lead - Behaviour, Attendance, Safeguarding & Transition - Full-time

The Archbishop's School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-5426-157L
  • Posted:28/04/2021
  • Pay:L8 - L12
  • Start Date:September 2021
  • App Close Date:16/05/2021 at 23:00
  • Interviews:w/c 17th May 2021

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Do you have a track record of driving strategies forward? Raising standards of learning and teaching?

How would you like to become a part of our vibrant, caring, and supportive Christian Community?

If you are an experienced leader seeking a new and exciting challenge whereby you can utilise your existing skills, then look no further, we have the perfect opportunity for you.

The Archbishop's School is a mixed ability school who believe that every child has the potential be a successful learner, whatever their background, ability, interests or talents. We are committed to demonstrating this belief to our students, ensuring their success.

Located in the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury, our school will provide you with a rewarding environment. 

In this role will lead on:

• The management, implementation and review of our Behaviour for Learning Policy and all associated policies and systems, including Rewards, Sanctions systems and staff roles within each.

• Model strategies for behaviour for learning across the school, providing training, mentoring and coaching for other staff as required alongside SLT.

• The management of the attendance strategy within school, ensuring that attendance and punctuality is properly monitored by relevant staff and appropriate strategies are put in place.

• All safeguarding issues including Child Protection, ensuring a sound awareness and compliance of policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection.

Who are we looking for:

• An individual with experience at middle leadership or senior leadership level in an 11-18 school with a successful track record of teaching across the age and ability range.

• A skilled leader with previous experience of significant line management responsibility with the ability to build effective inter-disciplinary teams.

• A candidate with knowledge of implementing strategies to raise standards, with an aptitude and enthusiasm for effective analysis of data and its use in setting targets for improvement.

• Someone with experience of working effectively with outside agencies, the local community and a Governing Body.

If you think you have what it takes to lead this provision within the context of a Christian school community? We would love to hear from you.

The Archbishop's School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) with barred list check is required for all successful applicants.

Information about the school

The Archbishops School is a mixed ability school for students aged 11-19. We are a small, but successful and very popular Church of England Foundation School in the beautiful cathedral city of Canterbury. The Archbishop's School is rated GOOD by Ofsted. To read our most recent Ofsted report dated November 2023, please follow this link:https://www.archbishops-school.co.uk/501/ofsted-report

The school community is smaller than most secondary schools enabling us to provide a personalised approach to education. All students are well known, well cared for and receive the very best support and encouragement in their learning which engenders excellent progress in their academic, personal, social and spiritual development.

Our school ethos is “Enter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve”. This perfectly describes our mission: to provide the very best education for our students, whilst preparing them for school life in the twenty-first century with all the challenges this presents. They are able to make a positive contribution to society and share the love of God. As an innovative and forward-thinking school, we celebrate all of our students' achievements and are extremely proud of the people they become.

As a school, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are expected to share this commitment.

In line with KCSIE 2023 guidance, as part of the shortlisting process, The Archbishop’s School reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidates suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early and proceed to interview upon receipt of a number of suitably qualified applications. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. In accordance with our safeguarding practices, we are unable to accept CV’s. We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

The Archbishop’s School embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.

Job Contact Information

Fax: 01227 768535

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.