Overview
Head of Year – Permanent – Support Staff Role. 37 hours per week, 43 weeks per annum. 38 term time weeks, 5 training days, and 20 additional days. Tove Learning Trust Band J Point 27 - 31 (£38,221 - £41,772). Actual annual starting salary: £36,406 - £39,789 per annum.
We require, as soon as possible, a well-motivated, committed and energetic Head of Year. Year leaders are totally committed, passionate about tracking academic progress and tackling underachievement. The successful candidate will be able to form excellent relationships with staff, students and parents and will be a caring and supportive individual who is approachable and reliable. The successful candidate will model exemplary standards of professionalism and integrity to colleagues, tutors and tutees.
They will be rigorous in monitoring the work of Academic Mentors and will be excellent in motivating students to believe in our character values and their aspirations for the future using the VESPA system. The successful candidate will be competent in analysing data on student progress and will be skilled in early identification of underachievement and will be confident in drawing on a range of strategies to tackle that underachievement. They will be consistent in application of school procedures, policies, rewards and sanctions.
Our Head of Year will also take on a secondary role in school as a Cover Supervisor supervising students in lessons when the teacher is absent. Heads of Year can cover up to 12 lessons per week.
A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/
Please note the application form is available on the right hand side of the above link.
Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Monday 13 October 2025. Interviews to be held Friday 17 October 2025.
Only successfully shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Please note we cannot accept CVs.
About Tove Learning Trust
Tove Learning Trust (TLT) is a highly successful multi-academy Trust with primary, secondary and alternative provision schools across the West Midlands, Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. We are a cross phase trust providing a high-quality education for over 11,500 children between the ages of 4 and 18. Within our family of schools we have four primaries, nine secondaries and two alternative provision schools.
As an employer of choice, we recognise every colleague is an individual, we value diversity, and work as a team to remove barriers to equity. We know that when you are the best you, whatever your role is with the Trust, you will transform students’ lives.
The Trust is committed to ensuring that all children achieve as highly as possible and we work hard to offer stimulating environments that enable every learner to progress and flourish. We have a small central team and a committed Board of Trustees that are focused on delivering outstanding outcomes. We aim to have academies that are excellent communities of learning where children thrive on success.
You will have access to a team of school improvement directors specialising in Maths, English, Science, Humanities, EYFS and SEND & Inclusion. Our outcomes in the vast majority of our schools exceed national expectations and many of our schools are rated Good or better by OFSTED.
Benefits
* Teacher & support staff pension schemes
* Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
* Training School Alliance
* Networking opportunities
* Specsavers eyecare voucher
* Free Flu vaccine
* Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
* Medicash - Health Cash Plan
* 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services
* Dental treatment
* Optical care
* Physiotherapy
* Skinvision - skin health tracker
* A range of essential healthcare expenses
* Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
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