Head of Year

Location

Westminster, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

We are looking for a Head of Year to join our academy.

At Harris Academy St John's Wood, you will join a dedicated team of teachers and staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.

About Us

In September 2017, we joined the  Harris Federation , which runs 54 successful primary and secondary schools in and around London. Every Harris academy inspected by Ofsted is rated ‘good' or ‘outstanding', with the majority rated ‘outstanding'.

Please feel free to contact us if there is any further information that we can provide.

The  core values and vision for the academy will be centred on  dedication, determination and  destiny . When students are dedicated to their studies and determined to succeed, all will achieve their destiny.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Meeting agreed Academy targets on attendance and behaviour
• Line managing tutors, including:
• ensuring regular phone-calls to students who are doing well/are cause for concern
• ensuring tutors are managing the attendance of students whose attendance is between 95% and 100%
• allowing tutors to escalate for support as appropriate and taking responsibility for tutor periods of any students who are disruptive
• Improving the attendance of any student whose attendance falls between 90% and 95% and ensuring less than 10% of students in Faculty/Year group become persistently absent
• Taking responsibility for all students who are at negative boundary 2 to ensure poor behaviour does not continue to escalate towards negative boundary 3
• Ensuring daily phone calls happen for any child who is transferred out of a lesson, and that appropriate support is put into place to reduce transfers across the year group, with effective action is in place if it does happen.
• Meeting with Faculty Directors each week to identify students whose behaviour is a concern, evidencing first line of support that is in place and its impact
• Ensuring the agreed tutor programme is implemented and that tutors are effective in their role, which includes delivery of age appropriate Safeguarding programme and development of British Values.
• Supporting ALG in monitoring student reports, including the DSL by attending/preparing TAC meetings or other Safeguarding meetings as appropriate
• Training to at least Level 3 Safeguarding

Qualifications & Experience

The successful candidate will:

• Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
• Be an experienced teacher
• Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
• Have knowledge of National curriculum requirements at KS3, KS4 and KS5
• Understand the importance of having high expectations for all students, both of behaviour and academic achievement
• Understand inclusive provision and practices, which offer equality of access to the curriculum for all students, including special educational needs, English as an additional language and high achievers
• Have knowledge and experience of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
• Understand the importance of being a Tutor

For a full and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more about  our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.

Job tags

Salary