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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 November 2023 at 9am

  • Date listed

    15 November 2023

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Full time: 39.5 hours per week, term time only plus 15 days

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

SO1 (Actual Salary £31,099 to £32,912)

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Work proactively to ensure maximum support for students at risk of disaffection and to facilitate early intervention.
  • Use academy student tracking information to have an oversight of the pastoral progress of all students in the year group, plan for future interventions and set measurable improvement targets against specific Key Performance Indicators.
  • Where necessary, prepare and present reports and impact presentations to the Behaviour & Attendance Leader/Pastoral and Senior Leadership Team, regarding the behaviour and attendance of individuals and the year group.
  • Uphold the academy’s principle of respect for all by managing emotions and modelling good behaviour. Incorporate restorative practice and pivotal behaviours throughout all aspects of our work and with all stakeholders.
  • Recognise students’ positive contributions and ensure that their achievements are acknowledged through the academy rewards system.
  • Regularly engage with colleagues (following the LEA communications protocol), parents and carers to ensure a coordinated, partnership focused approach to dealing with individual student and year group issues.
  • Be a positive role model and maintain the professionalism expected of a school manager in all dealings with colleagues, students, parents, and other professionals.
  • Maintain accurate records for all significant interactions, interventions or contact with individual students, their parents/carers, colleagues, and any external agencies using academy agreed systems.
  • Be responsible for the implementation of positive and pro-active disciplinary measures within the year groups.
  • Assist in managing the rewards and sanctions arrangements within the year group, taking a proactive approach to the promotion of positive behaviour.
  • Develop relationships with students needing particular support in order that behaviour and attendance targets are met.
  • Share and support the corporate responsibility for the efficient running of room transfer, detention, reflective learning centre and any other pastoral duties as designated by the Behaviour & Attendance Leader/Pastoral Leader.

What the school offers its staff

Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.

We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.

Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.

Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all staff and volunteers to share the commitment. Appointments will be subject to Safer Recruitment Procedures and an enhanced DBS check.
Please note this role will involve contact with children and you will be engaging in regulated activity. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. Applications are welcome, irrespective of
sex, sexuality, race, religion, marital status, age or disability.

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About Leeds East Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
1051 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.
We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.
Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.
White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

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