About the Role
As a Teaching Head of Year, you will hold a dual role: delivering excellent lessons in your subject specialism while leading the pastoral direction for a specific year group. You will be the "face" of the year group for students, parents, and staff—establishing a strong culture of attendance, punctuality, and positive behaviour from the outset. This is a high-impact role where you will identify barriers to learning and intervene early, ensuring that students navigate the transition through their year group successfully and build the resilience needed for future success.
Responsibilities
* Strategic Intervention: Work closely with the wider teaching team to identify barriers to achievement; guide and advise staff in the implementation of intervention and support strategies to overcome those barriers.
* Data & Progress: Monitor and record student responses, learning achievements, and progress against targets, preparing necessary paperwork for student reviews, including evaluation of progress against targets.
* Mentoring Oversight: Support identified students in need of specialised mentoring, coordinating sessions where appropriate or facilitating alternative opportunities, including signposting to external agencies.
* Behaviour Leadership: Take a lead in managing the behaviour of the year group, proactively monitoring the behaviour of all students, analysing patterns, and applying effective behaviour management strategies.
* Attendance Strategy: Have the overview of punctuality and attendance, liaising with parents, appropriate staff, and external agencies to implement measures necessary to improve individual and year group attendance.
* Pastoral Care: Act as a point of escalation for pastoral and welfare issues, working with identified students on emotional health and wellbeing and liaising with multi-agencies to make referrals.
* Culture & Ethos: Be available to students (and parents) in the year group, coordinating home/school links regarding attitudes to learning to establish a strong sense of culture and learning purpose within the academy.
* Staff Support: Support staff in dealing with behaviour issues, developing and implementing intervention strategies for both pastoral and learning progress.
* Alternative Provision: Contribute to the identification of students at risk of Alternative Provision, ensuring all support has been exhausted, and support planning for successful transition back into mainstream school.
* SEND Liaison: Contribute to the development and implementation of Pastoral Support Plans and support the SENDCo in collating information for EHCPs.