Job Title

Head Teacher

Department

Academic Department, the School

Location

Bwanga–Katosi in Mukono District

Reports to

Head of School

Direct Reports

• Teacher
• IT and Creative Arts

Contract Type

Full-Time, fixed-term 3 years contract, probation of [six] months

Residence

Resident on campus

1. Background

The School provides inclusive, high-quality education within an integrated campus that combines education, healthcare, psychosocial support and life-skills development. Many learners have diverse educational and health needs, including chronic health conditions and special educational needs. The Head Teacher is the senior academic leader of the school and works alongside the Head of School, the clinical team and the psychosocial team to ensure that every learner can learn, participate and thrive.

2. Job Purpose

To lead the quality of teaching, learning and assessment at the School, ensuring that every learner, including those with chronic health conditions or special educational needs, achieves their academic potential within a safe and inclusive environment.

Division of leadership: The Head Teacher is accountable for academic quality, curriculum delivery, assessment, academic staff management and learner academic outcomes. The Head of School is accountable for overall institutional leadership, finance, boarding, estates, human resource approvals, Board relations and external representation. Section 4 sets out decision rights in detail.

3. Key Responsibilities

3.1 Academic Leadership and Curriculum

• Develop curriculum together with the Head of School [national curriculum and approve school-based schemes of work, lesson plans and assessment plans.
• Develop and implement the annual School Improvement Plan, with measurable academic targets, for approval by the Head of School.
• Track learner attainment and progress each term, analyse results and lead targeted interventions where learners or classes fall below target.
• Prepare learners for national assessments and examinations and ensure compliance with examination body requirements.
• Introduce and evaluate learner-centred and inclusive teaching approaches, including adapted delivery for learners with interrupted attendance due to health needs.

3.2 Teaching Quality and Academic Staff Management

• Line-manage academic staff directly or through Heads of Department, including allocation of teaching loads, leave approval and day-to-day supervision.
• Conduct or oversee lesson observations, with each teacher observed at least [twice] per term.
• Complete annual performance appraisals for all academic staff within the school’s appraisal cycle.
• Identify development needs, plan continuous professional development and coordinate mentoring and induction of new teachers.
• Recommend recruitment, confirmation, promotion and disciplinary action for academic staff to the Head of School, in line with institutional human resource policies.

3.3 Learner Support, Inclusion and Wellbeing

• Oversee the identification of learners requiring additional support and ensure that Individual Learning Plans are prepared, implemented and reviewed each term.
• Lead the school behaviour and positive discipline framework and recommend suspensions or exclusions to the Head of School.
• Integrate life-skills education into the academic timetable and coordinate with the [psychosocial support lead] on referrals and learner wellbeing plans.
• Monitor learner attendance and follow up persistent absence with parents, guardians and, where health-related, the clinical team.

3.4 Integrated Health–Education Collaboration

• Decide on educational accommodations for learners with health conditions (timetable adjustments, assessment arrangements, catch-up support) on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer and Lead Nurse.
• Co-chair, with the Lead Nurse, a termly multidisciplinary review of learners with complex health and learning needs.
• Apply the agreed information-sharing protocol so that teachers receive only the health information they need to support a learner.
• Promote health literacy in the curriculum and school community. Clinical and medical decisions remain the responsibility of the clinical team.

3.5 Safeguarding and Child Protection

• Serve as Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school, receiving and recording safeguarding concerns and making referrals in line with institutional policy and national child protection requirements.
• Report any allegation against a member of staff directly to Head of School and the institutional Safeguarding Focal Person], and not only through the line manager.
• Ensure all academic staff complete safeguarding training on appointment and refresher training at least annually.
• Ensure that classrooms, learning spaces and school activities are safe and that risk assessments are completed for trips and off-site activities.

3.6 School Operations, Resources and Compliance

• Approve the academic timetable, the school calendar of assessments and the examination schedule.
• Prepare the annual academic budget for approval by the Head of School and manage approved allocations per transaction.
• Ensure academic compliance with Ministry of Education and Sports requirements and prepare the school for inspection by the Directorate of Education Standards.
• Maintain accurate academic records, learner registers and assessment data.

3.7 Parent and Stakeholder Engagement

• Communicate learner progress to parents and guardians through termly reports and at least [one] parent–teacher meeting per term.
• Respond to parental concerns on academic matters within [five] working days and escalate unresolved concerns to the Head of School.

3.8 Boarding and Pastoral Duties

• Coordinate evening preparation (prep) and academic supervision of boarders with the HR and Dorm Matrons.
• Participate in the senior staff duty rota, including weekend and evening duties.

Qualifications and Experience

Required

• Honor’s Bachelor’s Degree in Education or Educational Psychology or Education Management, or any related course.
• Master’s degree in education, Educational Leadership and Management, or Special Needs / Inclusive Education or any related course.
• Registered as a teacher with the Ministry of Education and Sports.
• At least eight years’ teaching experience, of which at least five years at Deputy Head Teacher or Head of Department level or above.
• Demonstrable experience of inclusive education practice.

Preferred

• Experience supporting learners with chronic health conditions or special educational needs.
• Training in safeguarding and child protection, and in school data management.

Pre-appointment Requirements

• Satisfactory police clearance (Certificate of Good Conduct).

Application Details

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