Deputy Head of Primary - January 2026 Start

• Embracing and encouraging the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.
• Ensuring high academic standards in the Primary school with the school's desire for all students to be the best they can, as well as a commitment to the UAE National Agenda targets.
• Formulating the aims and objectives of the school
• Establishing policies for achieving these aims and objectives
• Managing staff and resources to that end
• Monitoring progress towards the achievement of the school’s aims and objectives
• Managing budgets and undertaking teaching and other professional duties as reasonably delegated by the Principal.
• Support the Head of Primary in leading the Primary team – including performance management.
• Assist in shaping & implementing the educational strategy for the school.

• Uphold public trust in school leadership and maintain high standards of ethics, behaviour and professional conduct
• Build positive and respectful relationships across the school and the Parent community
• Serve in the best interests of the school’s students
• Be an effective role model who demonstrates consistently the positive attitudes, values and behaviour which is expected of pupils
• Make a positive contribution to the broader life and ethos of the school.
• Treat students and staff with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and always observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position

• Embrace and encourage the ethos and standards of excellence as defined in the GEMS Core Values.
• Work closely with the Head of Primary to establish practical and globally relevant practices of learning & teaching. Implement the school's vision for quality aligned with the GEMS expectation of excellent education.
• Create a culture where students experience a positive and enriching school life
• Uphold educational standards to prepare students from all backgrounds for their next phase of education and life
• Ensure a culture of staff professionalism
• Encourage high standards of behaviour from students, built on rules and routines that are understood by staff and students and demonstrated by all adults in school
• Use consistent and fair approaches to managing behaviour, in line with the school’s behaviour policy

• Establish and sustain high-quality teaching across all subjects and phases, based on evidence
• Ensure teaching is underpinned by subject expertise
• Develop monitoring and evaluation systems to assess teaching and learning standards, and implement any necessary improvement strategies.
• Ensure the teaching of a broad, structured and coherent curriculum
• Establish curriculum leadership, including subject leaders with relevant expertise and access to professional networks and communities
• Use valid, reliable and proportionate approaches to assessing students’ knowledge and understanding of the curriculum

• Promote a culture and practices that enable all students to access the curriculum
• Have ambitious expectations for all students with SEN and disabilities
• Make sure the school works effectively with the parents to identify additional needs and provide support and adaptation where appropriate

• Establish and sustain the school’s ethos and strategic direction together with the governing board, and through consultation with the school community
• Establish and oversee systems, processes and policies so the school can operate effectively
• Ensure staff and students’ safety and welfare through practical approaches to safeguarding, as part of the duty of care
• Manage staff and student wellbeing
• Ensure rigorous approaches to identifying, managing and mitigating risk
• Identify problems and barriers to school effectiveness, and develop strategies for school improvement that are realistic, timely and suited to the school’s context
• Lead on school improvement areas and ensure strategies are effectively monitored, implemented and reviewed

• Performance manages allocated staff, including carrying out appraisals and holding staff to account for their performance
• Ensure staff have access to appropriate, high-standard professional development opportunities
• Keep up to date with developments in education
• Seek training and continuing professional development to meet needs

• Understand and welcome the role of effective governance, including accepting responsibility
• Ensure that staff understand their professional responsibilities and are held to account
• Lead the school effectively and ensure it operates efficiently within the required regulatory frameworks and meets all statutory duties
• Work successfully with other schools and organisations where appropriate
• Maintain working relationships with fellow professionals and colleagues to improve educational outcomes for all pupils

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