Senior leader offering strong leadership and organisational skills with background in educational settings with extensive experience in pastoral care, safeguarding, and whole-school culture. Knowledgeable about curriculum development, student engagement, behaviour systems, safeguarding policies and staff and external stakeholder collaboration. Ready to use and develop strong communication, problem-solving, and team-building skills in an Education Lead role.
Work history
Assistant Principal (Pastoral) & Designated Safeguarding Lead
Phoenix Academy
London
2022.09 - 2025.12
Designated Safeguarding Lead
Behaviour, culture and attitudes (KS3)
Attendance (KS3)
Student voice
House system
Systems for sanctions and rewards
PSHE Lead
Line manage KS3 Heads of Year
Line manage Attendance Officer and Welfare Officer
Ofsted 'Outstanding in all areas' - November 2024
Lead safeguarding policies to ensure protection of all pupils.
Upheld Ofsted regulations whilst providing quality education to students.
Monitored student behaviour and enforced discipline policies.
Music Teacher/Guidance Counsellor & Placement Administrator
The Regent Secondary School, Abuja, Nigeria
Abuja
2015.04 - 2025.12
Redesigned of the KS3 curriculum
Booster lessons provided for students requiring additional support in the subject.
School Production - preparing and rehearsing with students. Co-ordinated lighting and sound and directing team.
Led CPD training sessions on AfL and Behaviour Management.
Redesigned and implemented the 'Daily Monitoring Report' on a whole-school level with approval from the Senior Management Team.
Introduced AfL (student-teacher self assessment and peer assessment tool) that was adopted across Faculties.
PSHE as a timetabled subject introduced to Year 7 students only to begin with (2016 - 2017 academic year). I lead, planned and delivered all PSHE lessons to Year 7.
Delivered presentations to parents on KS4 Options Choices and advice for both parents and students.
Worked closely with Heads of Year and Form Tutors in monitoring students with delicate/ specific pastoral/academic needs.
Met with parents and students to discuss any concerns regarding either Post 16 options, or pastoral needs (mentoring/coaching) that were required.
Prepared termly reports on progress and achievement to the Board.
Head of Music & Head of Year
Phoenix Academy
2022.09 - 2022.07
Curriculum design & implementation
Managing a team of peripatetic instrumental teachers
Coaching teachers to develop teaching practice
Co-curricular activities including lunchtime clubs
KS3/KS4 teaching
PSHE Lead
Line-managing a group of form tutors
Lead on the running and operation of a year group (from Y7-Y9 until being promoted to Assistant Principal Pastoral)
Communicating with parents, external agencies and other stakeholders
Head of Music
Phoenix High School
2012.09 - 2014.07
Working in a challenging school where Music was an underachieving subject, I successfully built the department from scratch into a functioning department that was also steadily improving academically.
Teaching
Lessons judged to be either 'Good', or 'Good with outstanding features' consistently in both formal (Ofsted/LA Review) and informal observations.
Coaching colleagues who are judged to be 'Requiring Improvement' to help them achieve a 'Good' in their teaching practice.
Monitoring and target-setting of all students within the department.
Leading and delivering CPD sessions on behaviour management.
Established an annual Summer Concert with Live Professional Band support all acts.
Annual 'Phoenix Has Talent' competition with special guest performances.
Collaborated with external agencies to enable artists to perform to students on their school tours (BT Challenge & workshops/collaborations with The Royal Albert Hall and the English National Opera).
Monitoring and raising achievement within the department.
Managing a departmental budget.
Music Teacher
Oasis Academy Coulsdon
2010.10 - 2011.07
Taking on many of the roles of Head of Department, I also taught the Music Curriculum to the entire KS3 and KS4 (BTEC).
I revised and developed the SOW's for both KS3 & KS4 to include more practical music making.
Mentored individual students I identified as having particular musical potential with hopes of raising their confidence. Consequently, one of my targetted students auditioned for XFactor in that same year and got through to the judges audition. This was a huge achievement for this student as it demonstrated her growth and development in her confidence.
Music Teacher
Chislehurst & Sidcup Grammar School
2007.10 - 2009.07
Classroom teacher - KS3 & KS4 (Btec Music Technology)
Leading the junior choir and junior rock bands
Teaching Assistant (SEN)
Sacred Heart R.C Secondary School
2003.09 - 2004.05
Monitored students identified as having SEN and reporting any developments/changes in behaviour to the SENCO.
Constructed Individual Educational Plans (IEP's) for students with statements and those students identified as having extreme behavioural needs.
Worked with students in groups to develop their social and interpersonal skills.
Supported the creation of a safe and purposeful atmosphere to encourage learning.
Led small group sessions for enhanced focus on challenging topics.
Skills
Change implementations
Staff management
Leadership development
Engaging leadership style
Whole school improvement plans
Organisational leadership
Strategic leadership
Policy development and enforcement
REFERENCES
Rowan, Pearson, Principal, r.pearson@phoenix.futureacademies.org, 020 8749 1141, Phoenix Academy, The Curve, Shepherd’s Bush, London W12 0RQ
Tony, Macdowall, Executive Principal, t.macdowall@pimlico.futureacademies.org, 0207 828 0881, Phoenix Academy & Pimlico Academy
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