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Assistant Head of Year
Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy, Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire, BD19 3AQ18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
1 December 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 November 2026
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
- £28,851.00 - £30,986.00 Annually (Actual) Band F SCP 19-23
Assistant Head of Year job summary
Overall purpose and description of the roleTo work under the guidance of the Head of Year team, and other members of the pastoral team with day to day student support within the Academy. To ensure, promote and help maintain good standards of behaviour and conduct from students in all areas of the Academy and be committed to raising their achievement. Our aim as a school is to help young people to be happy and successful in their time with us and their future lives. We believe success means students achieve their personal best in a variety of areas: academic study, appreciation of and participation in culturally enriching activities, relationships with other people, tolerance for others, healthy lifestyles, taking responsibility, physical activities and development of skills for the future. We want our students to lead rich and rewarding lives. This role is designed to help achieve these goals by developing strategies and working effectively with others to create a safe, happy and positive climate where success is celebrated, and all students are helped to achieve their best.
As an Assistant Head of Year, you will be required to meet the general requirements of this post. In addition, you will be required to fulfil any reasonable expectations from the Headteacher. The post will require you to work in partnership with the Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team, governors and staff to ensure the continuous improvement of the school. You will be responsible for specific tasks and the development of whole School Initiatives, which will be determined in consultation with the Assistant Headteacher (Behaviour and Attitudes) and pastoral team.
Key Responsibilities & specifications
- Help develop a culture in which every student is valued, encouraged and supported.
- Support the Assistant Headteacher, Heads of Year and wider pastoral team in establishing the vision and strategies for excellent student progress, behaviour, attendance and support.
- Respond to day-to-day behaviour concerns in line with school policy, using appropriate de-escalation, restorative conversations and targeted interventions, and escalating more serious or complex matters when required.
- Complete pastoral administration accurately and promptly, including maintaining student records, recording interventions, preparing communications and updating relevant school systems.
- Communicate behaviour strategies and expectations effectively to all staff to help meet the needs of students.
- Develop strategies to help overcome obstacles students may experience in achieving their personal best.
- To identify barriers students may face in improving their attendance and/or behaviour and act on them.
- Monitor students’ behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and progress, maintaining accurate records and providing regular updates to the Head of Year, Assistant Headteacher and wider pastoral team.
- Work collaboratively with teaching, SEND and wellbeing colleagues to support the learning, pastoral and social, emotional and mental health needs of students, particularly those who are vulnerable disadvantaged. This will include making timely referrals to the SEND and wellbeing teams where additional or specialist support may be required.
- Working with other staff, ensure attendance and punctuality have a high profile throughout school. Support the implementation of strategies to improve attendance and punctuality with a designated cohort, working with students, families and relevant colleagues to address identified barriers.
- Using data, plan, deliver and review appropriate pastoral interventions for individual students and identified cohorts, evaluating their impact and recommending further action where required.
- Undertake break, lunchtime and other pastoral duties, including supporting the school’s reflection or internal inclusion provision, as required.
- Communicate sensitively and professionally with parents and carers regarding matters such as behaviour, attendance, punctuality, uniform and student wellbeing, maintaining confidentiality and building constructive working relationships.
- Celebrate successes amongst the students, through effective communication with home and supporting assemblies etc.
- Working with the Designated Safeguarding Lead, effectively implement the school’s child protection and safeguarding procedures.
- To develop effective working relationships with parents, carers and outside agencies to best support students with specific needs.
- To assist in the organisation of parents’ evenings for all year groups. Communicate the evening to parents and staff and help maximise attendance.
- Coordinate or support agreed pastoral events and activities, including assemblies, parent events, transition activities and student recognition initiatives.
- Evaluate own performance and undertake professional development to help achieve the highest possible standards in the role.
- To undertake any other duties associated with the role, as may be decided by the Assistant Headteacher/Headteacher.
Safeguarding requirements
This post requires the post holder to work in settings with children and young adults. Any employment offer is therefore subject to the results of an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). People who may have contact with younger children (i.e. primary school age) are also required to complete a declaration about family or other members of their household.
Applicants MUST complete the MAT’s standard application form to be considered, will be required to provide evidence of identity and qualifications and offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references. For applicants who work or have recently worked in a school, one of the references must be from the headteacher.
Refer to job role attached for essential criteria
For more information, get in touch with:
Julia Wood, Admin Manager
Tel: 01274 851152 ext 1307
Email: Julia.wood@sharemat.co.uk
We very much encourage and welcome potential candidates to visit during the academy day. Please call or email to make an appointment.
Work Hard, Model Kindness, Aim High.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
This post requires the post holder to work in settings with children and young adults. Any employment offer is therefore subject to the results of an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). People who may have contact with younger children are also required to complete a declaration about family or other members of their household. Applicants will be required to provide evidence of identity and qualifications and offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references. For applicants who work or have recently worked in a school, one of the references must be from the Headteacher.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Whitcliffe Mount, A Share Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1228 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
SHARE Multi Academy Trust comprises of Woodside Green Primary, Heaton Avenue Primary, Luck Lane Primary, Millbridge Primary, Royds Hall, Shelley College, Whitcliffe Mount School and Thornhill Community Academy. A central team provides operational support.
We believe in helping staff and students achieve their personal best and are keen to recruit the very best talent to our trust.
More than six hundred people work hard across the trust to ensure we provide the very best education and service across all our schools, from invigilators joining us for a few hours a year, through flexible part-time work to many full-time teaching and support roles.
There are many reasons why you will enjoy working for the trust. You will be surrounded by supportive people, working together with a common goal for all of our students, aiming to value and support all colleagues in order to help them achieve their personal best.
If you decide to join us, we will ensure you have what you need to make a positive difference in your education role. We will seek out your ideas and ask for your opinions regularly using staff voice.
Our CPD commitment is second to none and the training and developmental opportunities on offer will empower you to make improvements in all aspects of your role. The training you receive will help you fulfil your potential whatever your stage of career.
For teachers and leaders, we offer fast tracked, first class developmental opportunities led by one of our academies, Shelley College, which is the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. This includes National Professional Qualifications (NPQs), lead practitioner positions and trainee senior leadership positions, which build upon our middle leadership programmes.
Whitcliffe Mount School
Whitcliffe Mount Academy is a large secondary academy in Cleckheaton, within close commuter distance of Huddersfield, Bradford, and Leeds. The academy is committed to supporting all pupils to achieve, develop and thrive so that they can be happy and successful.
The academy is a proud member of the well-regarded and high-performing SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and is part of the Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale. Whitcliffe Mount provides staff with a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate, network, and share best practice.
Whitcliffe Mount has a wonderful academy community and is a great place to work, where all team members play a vital role in making a positive impact on the life chances of others.
The academy is proud to offer:
- A supportive and ambitious environment where all students are encouraged to go beyond what they think they can achieve and to enjoy learning, helping them to lead successful, healthy and happy lives.
- A vibrant place to work which equips staff to deliver their best every day, under the strong belief that Valuing People, Supporting Personal Best is the key.
- A commitment that staff are happy, engaged and well supported at work, taking pride in students’ attendance, behaviour, progress and development as well as their own.
- Excellent training and guidance relevant to individual job roles, so expectations are understood and staff are motivated.
- Great benefits, as an employer of choice, including outstanding CPD, supportive line management, and meaningful networking opportunities across the trust to aid personal development.
- Supportive leadership, encouraging healthy work-life balance.
- A high-quality teaching and learning environment, alongside good facilities.
- A culture where children are happy, settled and confident, accessing a broad and balanced curriculum which provides a memorable educational experience for pupils and staff.
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