Secondary Head The Aquila School Dubai

Job Detail

Job ID 11094
Career Level Intermediate
Experience Fresh
Gender Female|Male

Job Description

The Aquila School is looking to hire suitably skilled and devoted candidate for role of Secondary Head for August 2024. The person appointed for this job will be responsible for skillfully establish secondary provision within a common ethos as they are very much one school. The wide ranging tasks and responsibilities include leading on teaching and learning, staff training, performance management, accountability for outcomes for pupils, recruitment, deployment of staff and resources, data analysis, school improvement planning, school self evaluation, reporting, planning for the future, getting ready for moving into a new building for secondary, marketing, admissions, retaining existing families, liaising with families, organising school events and logistics, pastoral care and safeguarding in other words if it happens in secondary it is down to you with the support of a growing leadership team.

Responsibilities of Secondary Head

Core purposes:

To share the leadership of the school to ensure it remains a successful, stimulating and inclusive learning community.
To be accountable for ensuring that children are inspired, motivated and equipped to make as much progress with their learning as possible through ‘real learning’.
To work collaboratively with colleagues and families to make The Aquila School the school of choice within the community.

Key duties include:

Duties for all teachers:

To ensure children are safe and well cared for at all times.
To plan and deliver creative and engaging lessons, ensuring that children are actively learning throughout each lesson and that every child makes as much progress as possible.
To ensure effective communication and direct the work of others, as appropriate.
To lead CAS activities, participating and leading staff training and contributing to the establishment and development of the school community.
To comply with their agreed policies and Aquila Ways.
To actively engage with their school community e.g. through newsletters, informal dialogue, reporting, supporting school functions and contributing to community and marketing activities.
To actively participate in the performance management process of self and others.
To be involved in improving learning across the school as a subject leader.

Key qualities and skills for Head of Secondary:

To be a credible leader with a wide range of secondary teaching and leadership experience.
To be able to lead learning so that lessons across secondary are engaging and relevant, involve pupil choice and enable every child to make as much progress as possible and achieve high outcomes.
To be able to plan and implement the future for secondary in their school to ensure the highest possible outcomes for pupils.

Key Duties for Head of Secondary

Building relationships and showing credibility as a leader – especially of teaching and learning.
Ensuring outcomes for all children are as high as possible.
Improving teaching – especially for teachers who are not yet consistently good.
Making sure that the pathways and curriculum on offer for all year groups in secondary are aligned with pupil interest, local requirements and the school budget.
Ensuring the staffing and leadership structure is appropriate to enable them to raise standards and improve outcomes so that there can be a significant number of uplifts in the next DSIB inspection.
To minimize the number of leaving pupils and to maximize the number of joiners – working alongside the marketing and admissions team.
To ensure a smooth transition into the new secondary building.
To get to grips with The Aquila Way.
To be visible and high profile.
To plan a proper INSET week for next and existing staff with a focus on raising standards.
Further develop enrichment activities for the pupils and work with them to develop the calendar for the year.
Lead on events such as sports evening, family workshops, presentations etc.
Make sure the SEF and SIP etc. is complete and up to date – completed under guidance by members of your team.

Job Requirements of Secondary Head

Educational leadership qualification (MA/ED or NPQH).
Qualified teacher status recognised in the UK.
At least ten years teaching experience post qualification which must include time spent teaching KS3/4/5 in the UK.
Previous experience of a senior leadership position in a through school or secondary school (deputy or head teacher).
Clear understanding of the role how to develop secondary while maintaining the ethos of their school.
Experience of improving standards and having high outcomes in external assessments.
Experience of developing a curriculum for KS3, 4 and 5 and preparing children for life and learning beyond school.
Experience of growing a school and maximizing re enrollments.
Experience working in an international school in Dubai.
Experience working in the UAE.
Experience of BTEC/IB in KS5.

Skills & Knowledge Desired

To be able to teach in an enjoyable, creative, and inclusive way, promoting independence, so that every child makes as much progress as possible.
To be an inspirational leader.
To be able to contribute and lead on significant areas of school improvement and management.
To be able to develop positive working relationships and gain the confidence and respect of all members of the school community.
To be incredibly well organised with an eye for detail and an ability to work quickly and accurately.
To be able to use initiative, be flexible, fun, proactive and positive.
To understand the importance and notion of “one school”.
Willingness to work above and beyond to contribute to the development of a learning community.
Ability to form and maintain professional working relationships with all members of the school community.
Credibility as a leader of learning.