Deputy Head Academic - Junior School

The Deputy Head Academic will have a deep understanding of early years, key stage one and key stage two pedagogy and have responsibility for developing effective, inspiring teaching and learning ensuring the highest standards of academic progress and attainment across Reception to Year 6. They will work closely with the Deputy Head Academic in the Senior School to ensure smooth transition to the senior school. 

The role will include but not be limited to the following responsibilities and duties:

Responsibilities

• In consultation with the Head of Junior School and Senior Leadership Team, lead and have strategic oversight on the academic vision and strategy for the Junior School 
• Play an active role in the Junior School Leadership Team, contributing to vision, strategy and policy for Rec – Y6 
• To be responsible to the Head of Junior School for day-to-day internal management, organisation, operation and administration. 
• Work closely with Head of Junior School to develop an outstanding curriculum that is ambitious academically and ensure that the vision of the school is maintained. 
• Work closely with Deputy Head Pastoral to provide outstanding pastoral care alongside co-curricular opportunities, and character and values development - to ensure all girls in the lower school flourish at school and beyond. 
• Line manage teachers and middle leaders. Mentor ECTs as necessary.
• Lead continuous professional development in the Junior School 
• Lead on curriculum time allocations for each subject throughout the junior school, including the production of balanced teaching timetables.
• Be responsible for effective communication with teaching staff, learning support assistants, caretaking staff, catering staff and ground staff 
• Establish a collaborative working working relationship with parents. 
• Work collaboratively with the Boys Prep The role Teaching and Learning 
• Promote excellence and innovation in teaching and learning in the Junior School to ensure pupil experience is of a consistently high standard, implementing the teaching and learning policy through exemplar practice, including lesson observations and regular subject monitoring. 
• Work closely with the Head of Junior School, Inclusion lead and subject specialists to ensure all girls achieve their full potential in the Junior School. 
• Be responsible for raising standards through implementing, monitoring and evaluation of strategies, policies and initiatives identified by the Head of Junior School and Senior Leadership Team in the Senior School. 
• Ensure effective tracking of progress and attainment data and ensure effective and compliant reporting to parents. Co-curricular
•  Collaborate with the Phase leaders to ensure an ambitious co-curricular offer and external visits programme to ensure depth and breadth of the curriculum, as well as other events that use shared facilities, time off curriculum or involve parents in school. 4+, 7+ and Occasional Places 
• Work closely with the Admissions team to manage and lead the 4+, 7+ and occasional places admissions process.
• Work closely with the Admissions team to manage occasional places. 
• Design an effective, efficient admission process that aligns with the whole school vision for academic excellence alongside character and value development. 

Undertake other reasonable duties as required by the Head of Junior School

Further details can be found in the candidate pack.

What we are offering: 

• A competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the School
• Additional life insurance cover
• Financial assistance for obtaining further qualifications
• Extensive professional development training opportunities
• Discount on school fees for children at any of the Elstree Schools
• Generous Private Pension scheme 
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme 
• Free lunch and refreshments 
• Free onsite parking or access to travel on the schools extensive coach network
•  Provision of a laptop 
• Free access to sports facilities and well-being programmes for staff 
• Access to the Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice scheme and all other Habs benefits

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. 

Haberdashers’ Girls' School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.