Assistant Head of Year
The Stockwood Park Academy, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5PP15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2024
Closing date
15 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
28 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,303.00 - £32,796.00 Annually (FTE) NJC L5 15-20 £27,803 - £30,296 FTE Actual pro-rata salary £25,343 - £27,615 Plus £2,500 Per annum Fixed term until Dec 2027
Assistant Head of Year job summary
The Stockwood Park Academy are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Head of Year to join our team. This is a pastoral role where you will assist the Head of Year to ensure significant academic progress and excellent behaviour of students across a year group. To succeed in this role, you will be able to inspire and motivate students to excel in their education and have high expectations of what students can achieve. You will be part of the pastoral team, led by a Senior Head of Year and includes Heads of Years and Assistant Heads of Year.
The Stockwood Park Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered. You will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body, and enterprising students. Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs.
‘We recognise talent, recruit for attitude and train you for the skills’
If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic, and successful Academy, come and join us at The Stockwood Park Academy!
Key Duties
Track student progress, behaviour, attendance and punctuality data and support follow up and intervention.
Mentor identified students in and where appropriate across Year Teams
Support staff in the management of student behaviour
Communicate and meet with staff, parents and carers and outside agencies.
Support the Head of Year in the consistency of student rewards and awards.
The successful candidate will have
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Energy, commitment, and attention to detail
A good sense of humour and the ability to diffuse potentially difficult situations with ease.
An understanding of how an effective pastoral system underpins high academic achievement.
A ‘can do’ attitude, hard worker.
Resilience and the ability to work as part of a team.
Passionate about pastoral support.
Can run intervention to support students needing additional support.
Local community knowledge would be beneficial.
Those who can run clubs/extra curriculum welcome.
Job Specifics
Start date September 2024
Job Role Permanent, Full-time, Term-time 5 INSET days plus 2 weeks
Salary NJC L5 Point 15-20 £27,803 - £30,296 FTE dependent on actual experience
Actual pro-rata salary £25,343 - £27,615, Plus £2,500 Per annum Fixed term until December 2027
(please see details below)
Permanent working hours - Monday to Thurs 8:00am to 16:00pm and Friday 8:00am to 3:30pm, 37 hours per week
Plus an additional payment £2,500 per annum Fixed term until December 2027 for additional 30 minutes per day - Monday to Thurs 16:00pm to 16:30pm and Friday 3:30pm to 16:00pm
Working day including the fixed term to support with Parental contact and behaviour - Monday to Thurs 8:00am to 16:30pm and Friday 8:00am to 16:00pm.
The Shared Learning Trust – Staff Benefits
We offer a fantastic range of benefits across our trust, supporting our staff in a variety of ways. From an extensive Wellbeing package to an onsite car wash, you can be reassured that we have your best interests at heart.
Perkbox and Perkbox Medical
NPQ’s Teacher Development Trust and training courses with The National College
Staff social events, including 5 a-side football and BBQs
Reduced gym membership rates and free on-site gym
Staff recognition with reward shopping vouchers
On-site Indian head or shoulder massage
Online delivery drop off service, including Amazon
Free eye test vouchers
Support for all staff with an experienced licensed counsellor
Free tea and coffee plus a reusable bamboo coffee cup for new starters
Free onsite car parking at all academies
Cycle to work scheme
Enhanced pension employers’ contribution and death in service payment
Refer a friend £500 bonus scheme
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy 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. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Shared Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.
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About The Stockwood Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 1443 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Stockwood Park Academy website (opens in new tab)
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