Assistant Head of Year (Term Time Only + 2 SDDs)
The Charles Dickens School, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 2RL12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
20 April 2026
Closing date
16 March 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- BCAT 7 (£27,852 - £29,716 FTE, prorated to £24,010 - £25,617)
What skills and experience we're looking for
A dynamic and pro-active Assistant Head of Year is sought as soon as possible to work closely with the Head of Year to address the needs of students, supporting them in overcoming barriers to learning and enabling them to achieve their full potential whilst raising standards of achievement, improvement, attendance and behaviour.
This role requires a candidate who is approachable, positive, reliable and patient. You will need to work independently with minimal supervision and be confident in mentoring students and communicating diplomatically with parents. The successful candidate will work with Year 7 for the remainder of this academic year and will move up through the School with this age group.
Hours of work are 37 per week, 08.00-16.00 Mon-Thu and 08.00-15.30 Fri (to include 30 minutes unpaid lunch break).
This is a term time only post plus two Staff Development Days.
What the school offers its staff
The School has excellent facilities. All rooms are equipped with state-of-the art electronic interactive whiteboards. There are excellent specialist facilities for sport, hospitality, engineering, dance, drama, music and art. We have a Specialist Resource Provision for visually-impaired children. We offer and value a broad curriculum aimed at promoting talent beyond traditional academic subjects. Our significant investment in professional development drives colleagues’ continuous improvement. This is a place where everyone improves regardless of their career stage.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
In line with KCSIE 2022 guidance, part of the shortlisting process, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence and any relevant information found concerning a candidate's suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview stage.
The Charles Dickens School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application via the Disclosure & Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for Children.
Applying for the job
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About The Charles Dickens School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1113 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Charles Dickens School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bartoncourt.org
The Charles Dickens School is a rapidly-improving, non-selective 11-18 school located in Broadstairs, Kent. We have a vision and a determination to provide our community with an excellent school and we are making great strides towards this. Our results in 2022 identify us as the most improved school in Kent (out of 101 secondary schools) and one of the most improved schools in the country. The School achieved a "Good" rating in their Ofsted inspection in March 2023.
To work here is to embrace the challenges of an economically-diverse community and understand the influence education has in addressing social immobility. There are few schools in the country where a teacher’s ability to change lives is so evident. Without hyperbole, this is a career-defining mission. We’re looking for brilliant people to join us on our journey.
The School has excellent facilities. All rooms are equipped with state-of-the art electronic interactive whiteboards. There are excellent specialist facilities for sport, hospitality, engineering, dance, drama, music and art. We have a Specialist Resource Provision for visually-impaired children. We offer and value a broad curriculum aimed at promoting talent beyond traditional academic subjects. Our significant investment in professional development drives colleagues’ continuous improvement. This is a place where everyone improves regardless of their career stage.
The Charles Dickens School is part of Barton Court Academy Trust, a small, ambitious Trust which also comprises a high achieving grammar school and another non-selective school which opened in September 2022.
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