ASSISTANT HEAD OF YEAR (YEAR 9 Maternity cover)

Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW

375 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per annum (38 term time weeks and 5 training days) 8.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Thursday / 8.30am – 4pm on Fridays
• Contract type: Fixed term - Maternity Cover up until Easter or Summer 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Full-time equivalent salary: (£29,540 - £33,143)
• Pay scale: Tove Pay Scale Band H Point 14 - 21

What skills and experience we're looking for

We require an enthusiastic, energetic and dedicated Assistant Head of Year to start as soon as possible to cover an employee on Maternity Leave anticipated to finish Easter/Summer 2026. The successful candidate will support, complement and work alongside the Head of Year at Lord Grey Academy. Together with the Head of Year you will work with our students to overcome barriers to learning and support good attendance and behaviour.

The successful candidate will be child centred and able to form excellent relationships with students, staff and parents. You will be highly professional, dedicated and well organised. You will be able to balance your role in the school. You will have good organisational, ICT and administrative skills. The successful candidate will be highly supportive of their Head of Year and will be focused on motivating students to believe in the School ethos.

The Assistant Head of Year will also be required to take on a second role as a staff member of oncall.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Benefits:

• Teacher & support staff pension schemes

• Continuous Professional development (CPD)

• Training School Alliance

• Networking opportunities

• Specsavers eyecare voucher

• Free Flu vaccine

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

• Medicash - Health Cash Plan:

• 24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services

• Dental treatment

• Optical care

• Physiotherapy

• Skinvision - skin health tracker

• A range of essential healthcare expenses

• Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/

Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?

Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Monday 17 November 2025. Interviews will be held on Friday 21 November 2025.

Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs alone will not be accepted.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Booklet - Assistant Head of Year (Mat Cover) - November 2025.docx.pdf - 931 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lord Grey Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1431 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lord Grey Academy website
• Email address: hr@lordgrey.org.uk
• Phone number: 01908 626110
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lord-grey-academy

Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.

Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.

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