Rhys Headley Frgs Email & Phone Number

United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Overall responsibility for GEMS FirstPoint Secondary School and Sixth Form.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:Whole School responsibility for all students, Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1, Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5. Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school, providing safeguarding training for all staff ensuring that safeguarding practice is outstanding and continuously improving. In charge of Health and Safety for the school, making sure that the school environment is conducive to learning and is KHDA compliant. Responsible for whole school Inclusion including the support of SEND, G&T and EAL/ELL students.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:Whole School responsibility for the Pastoral care of all students from Foundation Stage to Year 13. Designated Safeguarding Lead for the school providing safeguarding training for all staff and ensuring that safeguarding practice is outstanding. In charge of Health and Safety for the School, making sure that the school environment is conducive to learning and is KHDA compliant. Responsible for whole school Inclusion including the support of SEND, G&T and EAL/ELL students. Member of SLT responsible for parental engagement including Emirati engagement.Key Achievements:Worked as part of a small team to design and set up a new school focusing on Digital Futures. Worked collaboratively to write the School’s vision and ethos. Created 21 policies relating to specific areas within the role. Wrote the three-year strategic development plan including key performance indicators ensuring that the School is outstanding in relation to the KHDA Schools Inspection Framework. Created an innovative monitoring and evaluation system linked to the three-year development plan ensuring that all key performance indicators are met and evidenced and that targets are achieved at all levels of leadership. Worked on staffing structures and curriculum design in order to facilitate the opening of a new School with varying projections of student numbers. Developed the strategic development plan for Inclusion to ensure compliance with the KHDA Inclusive Education Framework. Completed the GEMS Safeguarding Review feeding back to an external consultant for quality assurance. Completed a 6000 word research report focusing on Emirati Engagement. Created a marketing campaign with the aim of increasing the student population of the School.

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:Year 11 curriculum and pastoral manager. Monitoring all aspects of student life at Sunmarke school including staff and student well being, teaching and learning, attainment and progression. First port of call for any issues relating to Year 11 students. Coordinating all Year 11 interventions, including the pastoral intervention timetable, with the aim of increasing student outcomes. Regularly monitoring the Year 11 assessment data, holding departments to account where appropriate and setting smart targets with the aim of maximizing the school’s results. Leading parent forums as a way of driving school improvement whilst building the whole school community. Supporting other Heads of Year with the aim of streamlining and standardising the pastoral system at Sunmarke School.Key Achievements:Successfully led Year 11 (Non- Selective) to the highest results in the school’s history; 90% A*-C including English and Maths, from a starting point of 53% A*-C. Development and implementation of a whole school behaviour and rewards policy focusing on Restorative Justice and Positive Education. Delivery of CPD to all members of staff on successful interventions. Introduced a system of teacher-student coaching using the GROW model as a way of raising attainment. Supported the training and development of new pastoral leaders within the school. Completed a large number of level 2 CPD courses focusing on issues such as Child Protection and Safeguarding. Sat on a working group focusing on curriculum models and how best to meet the needs of our students through providing appropriate pathways. Worked alongside the Parent Association to create marketing events such as the school Prom with the aim of increasing the school’s visibility within the region.

Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates

Responsibilities:Include the curriculum management of 242 students within year 11. Liaising with Learning Directors of Department to formulate strategy and plan interventions to ensure that students achieve their peak potential. The management of behaviour across the year group to create a positive learning environment for all students. Working in partnership with parents, outside agencies and classroom teachers to create synergy in the development of the whole child. First point management contact for all Year 11 pastoral issues and providing a bridge between school, parents and carers. To act as a critical friend to Year 11 students and as their advocate on Management Team. Member of the schools Senior Leadership Team with responsibility for quality assurance and intervention.Key Achievements: Successfully led Year 11 to the highest results, in terms of progress, in the borough of Enfield for non selective school 2016 63% A*-C inc Eng & Maths ( An increase of 23% A*-C inc Eng & Maths on the previous year’s results and the school’s best results ever. Progress 8, English Baccalaureate and Attainment 8 were all well above average.) The introduction and implementation of a whole school Prep programme aimed at supporting students facing barriers to their learning, linked to the school’s behaviour system. Introduced key changes in student data analysis allowing form tutors and senior teachers a more detailed and easily accessible data set for use during academic mentoring and learning conversations.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:Include providing sustained leadership, direction, development and support to a department, consisting of 27 members of staff, managing GCSE exams and raising student attainment, delivering Inset training, managing student behaviour within the department, observing lessons to support staff development and implementing Senior Leadership Team directives. Other duties include parent liaison, strategic planning, departmental target responsibilities, curriculum planning, staff motivation and departmental representation on management team plus responsive intervention on any other aspects pertinent to achievement of highest standards of Teaching and Learning of staff and students.Key Achievements:Under my direction in 2011 the number of students achieving Grades A-C increased by 16% from 49% to 65%. In 2012 this reached 80%. That is an increase of 31% in the two years in which I was Learning Director Department.Implemented a tracking system to allow me to follow all student results with “live” data within the department, ensuring all students are reaching and exceeding their peak potential. This monitoring and tracking allows prompt action to improve underperforming students’ performance.Forged new community links by using outside speakers to contribute to my new concept multi faith and sex education days aimed at KS4 students.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:Included monitoring the learning and achievement of students within the year group, enforcing the school’s behaviour and expectations policies, working closely with the schools ‘Behaviour Improvement Program’, Chaired the year council which allowed the students to voice their feedback to staff on issues important to them and supporting the Learning Director of Year 7.Key Achievements:Introduced a thematic project for gifted and talented students focusing on the 2012 Olympics.Organised successful school trips to various destinations including Rome & Naples.

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:Included writing Schemes of Work, monitoring and tracking students through departmental reports, supporting the head of department, taking the department meeting minutes and taking particular responsibility for Gifted &Talented students.Key Achievements:Designed and implemented a new scheme of work in line with the new curriculum introduction (first taught successfully in September 2010).

London, United Kingdom

Responsibilities:Included planning and teaching lessons, marking books, monitoring students and creating a safe and positive learning environment, assessing students and monitoring and recording progress.

Npqsl, Educational Leadership, Pass

Pgce Citizenship Education, Secondary Education And Teaching, Pass

Ba Hons Politics, Politics, 2:1