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Horsforth School: Specialist Science College<br />

Job Description<br />

HORSFORTH SCHOOL: DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER: COMMUNITY<br />

7 Opportunity and Achievement for All<br />

www.horsforth.leeds.sch.uk<br />

ROLE DESCRIPTION<br />

A GENERAL ROLE AND CHARACTERISTICS OF LEADERSHIP TEAM<br />

MEMBERS<br />

As strategic leaders with whole-school responsibilities Leadership Team members share the<br />

following roles including a contract which goes beyond the 1265 hours working time applicable<br />

to teachers on the Main Pay Scale:<br />

Demonstrating a commitment to teamwork and collegiality.<br />

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Being very effective classroom practitioners and undertaking an appropriate teaching load<br />

(performance should exceed Threshold standards).<br />

Demonstrating a commitment to raising student attainment and staff expectations in every<br />

aspect of school life.<br />

Monitoring the quality of learning and teaching to raise levels of departmental and student<br />

attainment.<br />

Being visible and high profile: reinforcing standards of student behaviour and the school’s<br />

core values and ethos (including supervision, duties and assemblies).<br />

Conducting themselves as professional role models for all staff and students: offering<br />

leadership, direction and support based upon effective communications and inter-personal<br />

skills.<br />

Being involved in policy formulation, implementation and review.<br />

Being comfortable in a culture which expects them, and others, to have clear performance<br />

targets for self and school improvement.<br />

Thriving in situations in which they, and other colleagues, learn and develop professionally.<br />

Presenting the school to parents and the community in a positive light in order to enhance<br />

its already positive image.<br />

Having major line management responsibilities, oversight of the work of other colleagues,<br />

and direct responsibility for specific objectives in the School Improvement Plan including<br />

carrying our Performance Management reviews.<br />

Supporting and reporting to appropriate Governing Body committees and the full<br />

Governing Body on specific aspects of the School.<br />

Undertaking a Leadership Team link role within a number of curriculum areas and year<br />

teams in order to monitor, review and support the work of individual departments and<br />

progress leaders.<br />

The Leadership Team will comprise of the Head, two Deputies and four Assistant<br />

Heads. A central working principle of our Leadership Team is that colleagues<br />

support each other, operating as ‘teams within the team’ to ensure clear and<br />

strong leadership.

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