Phase Leader - Key Stage 1

Job purpose:

To

lead and manage pupil development and educational progress, and to lead staff

within Key S1

Principal

accountabilities:

Demonstrate exemplary

classroom practice and be a role model to all staff within your phase including

implementations of policy, CARE core values and behaviour expectations.

Monitor standards

of teaching (teachers and support staff), provide feedback, and identify

and implement strategies for improvement where needs are identified.

With Senior

Leaders, implement performance management for your staff which develops

their skills set and capability, holding your staff accountable to high

expectations.

Lead and manage

pupil development and progression via excellent pupil progress systems,

planning oversight (with subject specialists) and appropriate but ambitious

target-setting.

Provide the

school’s leadership (including Governors) with headline pupil performance

information and data.

Contribute to

school self-evaluation and improvement planning, and plan and implement

strategies where improvement needs are identified.

Lead staff through

Pupil Progress and Accountability meetings by:

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Monitoring

systems to assess and record pupil progress and achievement

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Monitoring

pupil standards and achievement against annual targets and track progress

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Working

with SENDCos to devise effective intervention strategies

Support transition

arrangements (pre/post Key Stage)

Develop the role

of support staff in promoting pupils’ progress across Key Stage by:

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Identifying

CPD needs and developing opportunities within the phase (alongside DHT/HT)

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Supporting

the HT and DHT with thorough inductions, providing support and monitoring new

staff and support staff, including those needing extra support (alongside DHT)

Develop and role

model excellent relationships with parents/carers and other stakeholders

in school.

Knowledge and Skills:

principles and

practices of effective teaching and learning

school improvement

strategies and the process of school self-evaluation

principles and

practices of monitoring/assessment/evaluation

principles and

practices of pupil management

influencing/coaching/communication

skills

working in/leading

teams/partnerships to deliver improvements

processes and systems

for quality assurance

principles and

practices of effective leadership and management of change