Assistant Head of Year (Non-teaching role)
Sir John Thursby Community College, Burnley, Lancashire, BB10 2ATThis job expired on 8 January 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
8 January 2024 at 9am
Date listed
7 December 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Part time: 34.5 hours per week / Term-time only + 1 week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £21,021 - £24,094 pa
What skills and experience we're looking for
Assistant Head of Year (Non-teaching role)
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic
and driven person with the skills and ability to support students to help them to
attain their full potential. The successful
candidate will be able to work on their own initiative in a calm, caring and
efficient manner with support from a successful and hardworking team.
Our students are achieving academic
results at national levels and have outstanding attendance. We want to build on
this through our ethos of, ‘Belong, Believe, Achieve’ so that every student has the very
best future.
The ideal candidate will have the passion and determination to ensure that all our students become excellent citizens. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to adapt quickly to the requirements of this demanding but rewarding role.
We are looking for an Assistant Head of Year who will:
- work directly with students to support, motivate, and encourage students to succeed
- bring knowledge and experience to secure positive outcomes through pastoral support
- actively support young people and their families to overcome barriers to learning
- model commitment, resilience, patience, hard work and a good sense of humour.
What the school offers its staff
“Pupils enjoy attending this thriving and popular school. They feel a strong sense of belonging to the school community. Pupils achieve well and almost all successfully move on to apprenticeships, A levels or other forms of education, employment or training. Staff have high expectations of behaviour and know pupils very well.” Ofsted April 2023
It is an exciting opportunity for the right candidate to contribute to our work and benefit from an excellent environment, where all staff are encouraged to progress their careers with us. Our state of the art building ensures that our students and staff have the best learning environment in which to achieve. SJT is a very positive community, with our recent staff survey showing that over 95% of our staff enjoy coming to work and are proud to be part of our school. At SJT we view the professional development of all staff as a priority and you will be joining successful and committed team.
Further information about the job
For application information please:
- download from the ‘vacancies’ section on the college website: www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
- or email l.clayton@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
- or telephone 01282 682313
Send your completed Application form to: l.clayton@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Closing date: 9am Monday 8th January 2024
Shortlisting: 9th January 2024
Interviews: Week commencing 15th January 2024
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure and a range of other recruitment checks. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
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About Sir John Thursby Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1118 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir John Thursby Community College website
- Email address
- l.clayton@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk
Background Information and Introduction from the Headteacher
I am incredibly proud to be leading a committed team of staff in our vibrant, ambitious and progressive community School.
We are characterised by how we treat our people. Everything we do is driven by our strategic vision and our ambition to be a beacon of excellence for our students and families. We are research driven and our work is linked to our core values of Ambition, Respect and Belonging. We are passionate about learning and we have a genuine commitment to ensuring our staff have autonomy, within a framework of a respectful, professional environment.
Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16, multi-cultural, fully inclusive school which values all students, staff and our community partners. We have over 1,100 students on roll and over 150 staff enjoying working together to provide the best for everyone. In our latest Ofsted report in April 2023, the school was graded ‘good’ in every area and inspectors commented that the pupils ‘enjoy attending this thriving and popular school'
People and relationships are at the heart of what we do. One of our key values is that all members of our school community are known, valued and loved. We are firmly committed to ensuring that all our staff have a positive work/life balance and we give all our teaching staff a minimum of 20% non-contact time. In our 2025 staff survey, 97% of our staff said they would recommend SJT as a great place to work.
We have a highly ambitious curriculum with over 70% of students following the EBacc subjects. Our results are consistently strong, and students make excellent progress from their starting points. Our behaviour system is built around the principles of relational practice and students behave well.
I would encourage you to come and visit SJT to see why we all believe that it is a special place to work. I am always keen to show people around our school so would welcome any contact for an appointment to see us in action.
Mr Matt Renshaw - Headteacher
SJT is committed to safeguarding and expects all applicants to share this commitment. All staff are required to adhere to our safeguarding policies and procedures and regularly undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Arranging a visit to Sir John Thursby Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.clayton@sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk.
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