Assistant Head of Year

Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 2AE

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  February 2025

• Closing date

  22 January 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183.00 - £25,992.00 Annually (FTE) Salary will be pro rata

Assistant Head of Year job summary

Assistant Head of Year

Location: Cedars Upper School

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: 37 hours per week term time only (plus 5 training days)

Salary: NJC Sales L3 points 6-8 £25183 - £25992 FTE (salary will be pro rata)

Start date: February 2025

Closing date: 9am on Wednesday 22nd January

Do you have experience in working with young people? Are you an effective communicator with students and adults? Are you committed to raising achievement? A good standard of general education with the ability to work as a member of a team is essential for this role.

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated assistant to support the vital work of our Heads of Year in managing student behaviour and in maximising the achievement of individuals and groups. The role is at the heart of our work on inclusion

We are looking for leaders who are positive, committed and ambitious who want to inspire and extend our students. You should be able to encourage learning which enables pupils to achieve the highest possible standards as well as share and support the corporate responsibility for the well-being, education and discipline of all pupils.

You will be joining a team passionate for their subject whose high expectations for our students’ enjoyment and progress drives their commitment to providing an engaging and inspirational curriculum in both Key Stages 4 and 5. The team is also dedicated to developing our students’ interest beyond the classroom with a range of curriculum-enriching opportunities.

We are fully committed to on-going continuous professional development and, along with excellent in-house CPD, can offer an extremely supportive and positive atmosphere to work in. Our students are hard-working, polite and eager to learn and deserve outstanding teachers, or teachers striving to be outstanding.

Come and be a part of our extraordinary team at Cedars Upper School where positivity, growth, and achievement flourish.

If you have an unwavering commitment to safeguarding young people, high levels of personal resilience and thrive in an environment where no two days are the same, then we want to hear from you.

We offer good financial benefits and exceptional development opportunities.

• Exceptional CPD and development / promotional opportunities

• Refer a friend scheme

• Generous pension schemes

• Employee assistance programme

• Employee of the month scheme

• Diverse workplace

  We reserve the right to close the vacancy when sufficient number of applications have applied but the final closing date for applications is 9am on Wednesday 22nd January 2025. Interviews will be held shortly after.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Full training, support and induction will be provided.

In line with our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, this appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

We thank you for your interest in this role.

For further information, please contact Leanne Ringsell HR Officer hr@cedarsupper.co.uk

Visit our website: www.cedarsupper.org.uk

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in the school.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Cedars Upper School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 948 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cedars Upper School website (opens in new tab)
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