Assistant Head of Year
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Salary: Actual salary £27,744- £28,682 (FTE £(phone number removed) - £(phone number removed)
Vacancy Type: Full Time, Permanent
Closing date: 06/02/2026 12:00
Your Role
The Assistant Head of Year will work with their allocated year group to ensure high standards of behaviour, attendance and punctuality in that year group. They will also provide a high level of pastoral support to ensure student’s needs are met. Fairfax is an academy with traditional values, and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education and training.
We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities. Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will:
Ensure that all members of the school community keep a sharp focus on the behaviour and attendance of identified groups of students
Hold monitor and implement strategies where appropriate to raise the attendance of students across the academy
Celebrate and reward students who make positive progress
Develop and enhance the practice of others
Strategically lead and oversee Refocus, ensuring its continued growth
In return we will offer you:
Access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT
Bespoke Continual Professional Development (in the academy and online via the National College)
Perkbox example benefits;
Discounts at nationwide retailers
Gym discount
Cinema discounts
Employee assistance programme
Up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year
A MAT wide focus on staff well-being
This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly.
This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment.
Qualifications
5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade 4-9) or equivalent
Degree in a relevant subject
Skills
Abilities, Skills and Knowledge:
Awareness of child protection/safeguarding with up to date training (or willingness to undertake training)
Leadership:
Adaptable - ability to adapt style to a variety of situations and people
To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to our website to complete your application