Head of Year

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Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week, term-time only

Closing Date: Monday 16th January 2026 at 9am

Start Date: Monday 23rd February 2026

Are you dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive school community? As a Head of Year, you will champion student wellbeing, break down barriers to learning, and nuture personal development. Your leadership will help students flourish both academically and emotionally, fostering a culture rooted in care, resilience, and success.

The Head of Year should:

• Have bags of energy and enthusiasm, along with the ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced, diverse school environment.
• Promote a positive, optimistic attitude to learning and achievement and act as a role model.
• Provide support to individual, and groups of students, promoting pupil engagement.
• Deal with safeguarding issues and act as designated safeguarding lead.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships and partnerships working with student, staff, parents and other stakeholders.
• To implement school systems and process in relation to attendance, behaviour and other key policies.
• Develop a mentoring relationship with students needing particular support, aimed at achieving the objectives in their individual action plans.
• Attend review meetings (including safeguarding meetings, as appropriate).
• To undertake any other jobs, commensurate to the role

The Trust and school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff will be required to undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with DfE requirements.