Associate Assistant Principal: Maths

About Us

Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students.

The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, 'All Can Achieve' encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.

We are the 'Teaching School Hub' for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting in monitoring, evaluating and reviewing outcomes in terms of student progress
• Actively monitoring the quality of maths within the Faculty, taking appropriate steps to ensure high standards are achieved
• Liaising with the Student Services Centre (SSC) as appropriate to ensure the highest levels of attendance, punctuality and student welfare
• Ensuring the Academy tutor programmes play a central part to the support and guidance of all students
• Ensuring the Academy 'Behaviour for Learning' policy is applied consistently by all staff and followed consistently by all students
• Supporting in the development of each subject area's SEF and Improvement Plan, ensuring its successful implementation
• Playing a leading and highly visible role in the day-to-day management of the Academy
• Leading on and implementing all policies at whole Academy and faculty level, with requisite monitoring and evaluation to ensure high quality outcomes

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Qualified teacher status
• Good honours degree or equivalent
• At least four years' teaching experience, with a minimum of two at subject leadership level
• Substantial and recent teaching experience

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.