Honley High School
Kirklees
£28,194 - £30,628 per year
Salary:
Band G (NJC point Full Time: £32,597 - £35,412 Actual Salary: £28,194 - £30,628 per annum
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
8 October 2025
Job overview
Salary: Band G (NJC point Full Time: £32,597 - £35,412 Actual Salary: £28,194 - £30,628 per annum
Contract: Permanent, term time plus 5 days
Hours: 37 hours per week – Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm
Closing Date: Wednesday 8th October 2025 at 9am
Interview: to be confirmed
Start Date: November 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
As Head of Year, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the futures of the young people in a specific year group both academically and pastorally. You will monitor students' performance and provide incisive support and intervention for the year group that you lead. This is a diverse role with a spotlight on the individual to model excellent behaviour, establish and maintain positive and professional relationships, and support the ethos of the school.
We're looking for someone with:
* Excellent communication skills who will make a difference with their ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and external agencies
* Outstanding leadership skills who will focus on providing the young people in your care with excellent opportunities to enable them to achieve exceptional outcomes
* A positive outlook who is self-driven and has the ability to motivate others
* What the role involves in a nutshell:
* Monitor Performance of students in the year group both academically and pastorally to provide incisive support and intervention
* Supervise breakfast, break and lunchtime for the year group
* Promote good attendance, punctuality and behaviour across the whole year group through a variety of strategies
* Work closely with staff on intervention strategies, targeting students for intervention and supporting on issues which may present a barrier to learning
What you'll get in return?
You'll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term
In addition to this you will benefit from:
* Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pensions Fund
* A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
* Staff development through appraisal and CPD
* Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
* Free Parking
* Great transport links – Honley Train Station is across the road
* Cycle to Work scheme
* Eye Care
* Annual Flu Vaccines
* Home & Technology Scheme
* Rewards and discounts
* GP Online and Prescription Service
* Your Care Wellbeing package
* Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)
If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we'd love to hear from you.
HOW TO APPLY
Could we be a good fit for each other? If you'd like a chat about the role or have any questions ahead of making a formal application, we'd be delighted to hear from you. Please contact our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team Nicola Pogmore via .
If you're ready to apply, please complete our online application form.
SAFER RECRUITMENT
We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025.
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About Honley High School
Honley High School
Station Road, Honley, Holmfirth
West Yorkshire
HD9 6QJ
United Kingdom
Honley High School is a large secondary comprehensive school in Honley, West Yorkshire with approximately 1,280 students aged 11-16 on the school roll.
Honley High School first opened in 1932 and occupies a delightful rural setting in the heart of the Holme Valley. The village of Honley has a population of approximately 6,500 and has rail links to Huddersfield and Sheffield and has regular bus services.
Headteacher
Liz Lord
Vision and Values
Central to everything we are working to achieve is the school vision. We are striving to create an exceptional school where all members of the school community:
* Are proud of the school, respectful of each other, socially responsible, and believe in and promote our values
* Work within an atmosphere of mutual support, respect and collaboration
* Are committed to individual and collective success and place no ceiling on aspiration
* Celebrate effort as well as achievement, take risks and learn from mistakes, recognising the intrinsic value of learning
* Place the needs of the child at the centre of learning, nurture their creativity in overcoming the challenges of today and develop their resilience to address the uncertainties of tomorrow
The exceptional school that we will create will be founded upon the following beliefs:
* We believe in fairness, equity and inclusion: we value every child for who they are and show compassion and understanding in our dealings with one another
* We strive for excellence in everything we do: we have high aspirations for everyone and believe that children and adults thrive in a climate of praise, celebration and recognition. We always measure ourselves against the highest standards
* We believe in working together to protect the interests and well-being of all members of our community
We value working in partnership with others and in September 2019 we joined with four other schools in Kirklees and Calderdale to form the Together Learning Trust. This multi-academy trust, which replaces our previous Co-operative Trust status, has been founded on the principles of Integrity, Creativity and Excellence. Our expectation is that by working together as a family of schools we will be able to provide even greater opportunities for our learners and greater access to professional development for our staff. We are pleased that many of our previous Co-operative Trust partners agreed to transfer across to support this new venture and are continuing to work with us to develop our children into well-rounded and socially responsible young adults.
Ofsted report
"The systems to check the performance of teachers are thorough and clearly identify the skills that teachers need to strengthen. The school's substantial programme for teachers' professional development has assisted well in ensuring teaching is good. Support and training for subject leaders have helped them to contribute strongly to improving teaching and pupils' outcomes."
View Honley High School's latest Ofsted report
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