Key responsibilities

• Act as deputy to the Principal, assuming full operational and strategic responsibility in their absence
• Lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of the School Development Plan (SDP) with budgeted, measurable, time-bound initiatives
• Drive a data-informed approach to self-evaluation, identifying strengths, development areas, and next steps to raise standards
• Provide strategic oversight of teaching and learning quality across phases and align academic standards with curriculum goals and assessment frameworks
• Monitor and evaluate teaching through learning walks, lesson observations, planning scrutiny, and student voice, delivering targeted feedback
• Set and monitor high expectations for student progress and attainment, narrowing achievement gaps and promoting equity
• Ensure robust systems for assessment, data tracking, and academic intervention; use insights to inform strategy and improve outcomes
• Lead whole-school curriculum strategy, ensuring breadth, balance, depth, progression, and compliance with ADEK and international standards
• Oversee curriculum mapping, vertical and horizontal alignment, transdisciplinary learning, global competencies, and future-ready skills
• Collaborate to design curriculum pathways for diverse learners, including additional needs and extension
• Line manage designated teachers and middle leaders, setting clear expectations and holding accountability for outcomes
• Implement and quality-assure performance management and a CPD programme aligned to individual and strategic priorities
• Promote distributive leadership, empowering staff to lead initiatives and share best practice
• Lead internal and external assessment practices and ensure accurate, accessible data for planning, intervention, and reporting
• Advise SLT and the Principal on academic progress analyses and areas requiring focus or change
• Establish systems of accountability from individual student tracking to whole-school metrics and support SMART target setting
• Deputize on safeguarding, staff deployment, facilities, timetabling, and crisis response to maintain a safe, efficient learning environment
• Lead strategic deployment of staff and resources; monitor subject/department budgets for ethical, impactful spending
• Ensure compliance with policies, operational processes, and regulatory requirements; streamline procedures with administrative teams
• Foster an inclusive, aspirational school culture; liaise with parents, governing bodies, and external agencies to build trust and shared responsibility
• Promote student leadership, wellbeing, and character education; engage in multi-agency collaboration
• Represent the school in networks, inspections, and leadership forums; communicate strategy and performance with evidence
• Lead Elementary phase curriculum strategy and whole-school assessment consistency and rigor
• Drive agreed annual strategic priorities and report on progress and impact
• Lead a designated portfolio (e.g., teaching and learning, professional development, inclusion) as needed