Location
London, England

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
We are seeking an outstanding individual to join Harris Boys' Academy East Dulwich as Vice Principal. This role mirrors the responsibilities of the Principal and offers strong support for those aspiring to Principalship. Harris Boys’ Academy East Dulwich, part of the Outstanding Harris Federation, opened in 2009 and is committed to a vision where nothing is impossible and every problem has a solution. The academy fosters a supportive, challenging environment to ensure students achieve their potential and are prepared for life beyond school. The academy specialises in Enterprise and Sport, with a ‘can-do’ ethos focused on continuous improvement. The school accommodates 750 boys and offers a co-educational Post 16 provision with Harris Girls' Academy, providing capacity for 400 Sixth Formers. Judged Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023, the academy benefits from a state-of-the-art purpose-built building with the latest facilities and equipment.

As a member of the Academy Leadership Group, you will collaborate to build and realise the shared vision of excellence and high standards, play a major role in strategy development, contribute to policy formulation and implementation, set challenging targets, and ensure rigorous monitoring and evaluation of progress. You will ensure high quality teaching and learning within line managed faculties, manage delegated budgets, attend leadership meetings, participate in staff appointments, contribute to assemblies, share in student disciplinary management, and actively engage in monitoring and reviewing teaching and learning.

Harris Federation offers a large network of senior leaders with tailored professional development through the Harris Institute of Teaching and Leadership, access to experienced mentors, national professional qualifications, and expert subject consultants. We are committed to flexible working arrangements to support a positive work-life balance and offer a competitive rewards and benefits package including an Annual Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, Wellbeing Cash Plan, and Employee Assistance Programme.

The Harris Federation is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, with all offers subject to enhanced DBS checks and other relevant pre-employment checks. We are an equal opportunities employer valuing diversity and inclusivity in our workforce and student body.

Experience
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) and a good undergraduate degree or equivalent
- Minimum of three years' senior leadership experience, including at least one role as Deputy or Vice Principal
- Experience as a Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Proven success in raising achievement as a subject leader across at least two key stages
- Experience delivering high quality INSET to teaching staff
- Evidence of leading, supporting, and managing individuals and teams to ensure high quality performance
- Experience with monitoring, evaluation, and review processes
- Good ICT skills and experience using technology to raise achievement
- Recent involvement in innovative curriculum development
- Experience presenting to wide audiences
- Knowledge of embedding Language, Literacy, and Numeracy strategies across the curriculum
- Experience implementing whole school strategies to improve teaching and learning
- Successful management of whole school change initiatives
- Experience using coaching models for ongoing professional development, particularly with subject leaders

About you
We are looking for a motivated and visionary leader who is committed to educational excellence and social mobility. You should be passionate about developing teacher pedagogy, fostering critical thinking in students, and promoting a broad, balanced, ambitious, and innovative curriculum. You will be a collaborative team player who supports, challenges, and holds others to account to ensure the best outcomes for students.

Qualifications
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Good undergraduate degree or equivalent