Title: Head of Year – Maternity cover (1‑year fixed term)
Location: Q3 Academy Langley
Grade: Pay Scale M1‑UP3 (£32,916 – £51,048 + TLR1b £12,521)
Hours: 32.5 hours (full‑time), all year round, 52 weeks per year (including occasional out‑of‑hours)
Key Responsibilities
* Attendance: Promote outstanding attendance across the year group by rigorous scrutiny of registers and liaising with the Attendance Officer, form tutors and external agencies. Identify appropriate interventions for students below attendance targets and ensure required actions are taken.
* Form Tutors: Ensure the team of form tutors meets regularly, understand and implement policies, and provide support and oversight. Lead assemblies and support team meetings.
* Students and Achievement: Address students appropriately—congratulation, counselling, social time, transitions and weekly assemblies. Monitor academic progress and devise strategies for groups needing intervention (PP, LAC, SEN, HPA, MPA, LPA, gender‑specific support). Provide assessment and monitoring support, including Parent Consultation Evenings. Maintain a comprehensive SEN register and collaborate with the SENDCo and senior leaders to review support and plan interventions.
* Record Keeping: Maintain pastoral records in Bromcom/Class Charts, physical files for investigations and exclusions, and documented pastoral support processes. Lead investigations into serious misbehaviour and present complete paperwork to the Assistant Headteacher. Organise reintegration meetings post‑suspension using attendance, academic progress, behaviour summaries and reintegration plans. Prepare referrals to external professional agencies as required.
* Parents: Maintain flexible and appropriate communication with parents/carers, listen to concerns calmly and objectively, and arrange meetings to discuss welfare and school policy. Hold meetings before or after the school day and during Parent Consultation Evenings.
* Whole‑School Discipline: Participate actively in maintaining good order across the school, being visible during vulnerable periods (start of day, break, lunch, transitions, end of day). Support detention duties, break and lunch supervision, and ensure coverage of high‑need areas.
* Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Demonstrate improvements in attendance (target 96% daily), academic targets aligned with school improvement priorities, punctuality to school and lessons, correct uniform, and consistent hosting of family breakfast/lunch events.
Person Specification
* Qualification Criteria: Qualified to degree level or above; possesses QTS status or equivalent.
* Experience: Evidence of successful teaching practice in a secondary school; proven ability to improve teaching practice, student achievement and progression; experience of supporting schemes of learning and enrichment activities.
* Knowledge: Up‑to‑date curriculum knowledge (GCSE/IGCSE/AS/A‑Level specifications); understanding of teaching strategies for high aspiration; knowledge of educational research; awareness of safeguarding legislation, national policies and school safeguarding guidance.
* Leadership: Ability to lead by example; effective team worker and leader; high expectations for accountability and consistency; motivation to improve standards; empathy and listening skills; commitment to safeguarding and welfare of all students.
* Teaching & Learning: Effective and adaptable ICT skills; numeracy for data analysis; excellent communication; energy, enthusiasm, resilience and perseverance; commitment to educational research; reflective classroom practice; systematic behaviour management; strategic lesson planning; ability to interpret complex student data to drive achievement; excellent organisational skills; and effective written communication in appropriate tone.
Benefits
* Comprehensive health plan (UK Health Care)
* Cycle‑to‑work scheme via Halfords
* Discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)
* Access to Blue Light Card
* Education‑sector‑leading CPD opportunities
All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks and satisfactory references. The Trust promotes equality, challenges discrimination and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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