Deputy Principal – High Standards Learner Experience

• Lead attendance and engagement strategy, systems, data and Board reporting schoolwide
• Own attendance policies, codes, dashboards and intervention tiers
• Work with pastoral Deputy Principals who follow up their year levels
• Oversee student support and case management
• Chair the weekly Student Support meeting
• Oversee individual plans, reviews and escalation of persistent non-attenders
• Oversee SENCO, ESOL, IEPs, ORS and RTLB applications and learning assistant timetables
• Act as the school's key link with Oranga Tamariki, RTLB, health, counselling and Youth Services
• Lead GATE and enrichment programmes and access for priority and disengaged learners
• Lead restorative practice, stand-down and suspension procedures and behaviour data
• Report termly on attendance, engagement and learning support to the Board
• Report to the Principal on the portfolio
• Line-manage portfolio leaders
• Contribute to staff PLD and share the duty roster
• Include a teaching component

• Registered teacher with a full practising certificate
• Proven middle or senior leadership in pastoral care, learning support or student services
• Data-confident, able to turn attendance and engagement numbers into clear actions and Board-ready reports
• Calm and warm with young people and whānau in difficult moments, and firm on process
• Experience working with outside agencies and across staff teams
• Commitment to equity and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi in learner support

• Permanent, full-time employment
• Competitive remuneration
• Collaborative leadership team
• Teaching component that keeps you connected to learners
• Contribution to staff PLD
• Shared duty roster