The successful candidate will take a strategic and influential role in driving excellence across Key Stage 4, leading initiatives that further strengthen student attainment, attendance and behaviour. As an Associate Member of the Senior Leadership Team, they will make a significant contribution to our whole‑school improvement journey, shaping the future direction of our provision.
They will provide inspiring leadership for Year 10 and Year 11, working closely with Heads of Year and other staff to guide, support and challenge students so they thrive academically, socially and personally. They will play a leading role in maintaining good behaviour and ensuring the most vulnerable students remain included in education. As part of a highly committed and successful Head of Year team, they will help foster a culture where every student feels supported to succeed. The post holder will be passionate about enabling young people to aspire to be their best, conduct themselves with integrity and make the most of every opportunity.
Key Accountabilities
1. Student progress: ensure students make exceptional academic and personal progress through their time at Park.
o Oversee, develop and deliver impactful strategies that you and your Head of Year will deliver to support students in engaging more successfully with school and lessons, supporting positive outcomes for the cohort.
o Be accountable for driving and leading a positive culture within the Key Stage. Strategically lead the Heads of Year in ensuring that the Year Groups ethos reflects wider school values and that there are consistent high expectations established for excellent behaviour, kindness and respect.
o Ensure that the culture is embedded through the use of Year Group assemblies, tutor time and additional opportunities and events organised by the Head of Year and Head of Key Stage.
o Use data from incidents to support pastoral programmes in each Key Stage and address concerns, proactively supporting a positive culture and the personal development of students.
o Ensure that students leave school as well‑rounded, confident, independent individuals, regardless of their starting point. Develop wellbeing, motivation and engagement across the Key Stage, including for disadvantaged students.
o Track the outcomes, both pastoral and academic, of disadvantaged students and develop initiatives to narrow the gap between disadvantaged and the wider cohort, supporting engagement, attendance and motivation in lessons and wider school activities.
o Be accountable for monitoring the effective administration and completion of processes around suspensions by the Heads of Year and for collating evidence for permanent exclusions, creating the exclusion pack in a timely manner for SLT to review.
2. Inclusion (Progress, SEND, Behaviour, Attendance and Safeguarding):
o Provide strategic leadership of pastoral and progress review meetings after each data collection, attended by both Heads of Year, Progress Leaders and appropriate members of SLT.
o Use SISRA to analyse student data and identify those who underachieve or have low Attainment levels, and put in place additional pastoral monitoring and support for targeted students.
o Develop impactful strategies to improve attendance for all groups.
o Work to ensure the entire Key Stage team communicates and partners with other staff and agencies, supporting vulnerable students, including those with additional SEND or safeguarding needs.
o Oversee, develop and deliver strategies that achieve an attendance cohort above the national average, working with Heads of Year to support and challenge families and to track intervention successes.
Why Join Us?
* A supportive and collaborative working environment.
* Opportunities for ongoing training and professional development.
* The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to young people’s lives.
Requirements
* The role requires an enhanced DBS disclosure.
* Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK with no restrictions, as the organisation is unable to offer sponsorship or work visas. Proof of Right to Work must be provided at interview stage.
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