Assistant Headteacher

The role:

All staff will be responsible to their Heads of Department, the Headteacher and Senior Leadership Team of the school for ensuring the general good order and discipline of the school, and in the implementation of all policies. All staff are expected to have a clear understanding of the vision, aims, and ethos of the school, and an awareness of its role in the community. It is essential that the academic and pastoral frameworks of the school are seen as inter-related. All teacher’s job descriptions define the responsibilities of the postholder as being:

• Under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher to carry out the professional duties of a school teacher as set out in the School Teachers’ Pay & Conditions Document (STPCD)
• To meet the National Professional Teacher Standards and working towards or meeting the National Headteacher standards
• To fulfil expectations of teachers with TLRs as outlined in The Education (STPC, No.2) Order 2005
• To comply with Health and Safety at Work Legislation

In addition to the above, a person appointed as a deputy or assistant headteacher in a school, in addition to carrying out the professional duties of a teacher other than a headteacher including those duties particularly assigned by the headteacher, must play a major role under the overall direction of the headteacher in (STPCD):

• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
• Establishing the policies through which they are to be achieved
• Managing the staff and resources to that end
• Monitoring progress towards their achievement
• And undertake any professional duties of the Headteacher reasonably delegated by the Headteacher