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Deputy Head of Year - non teaching

Orion Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 3RD

This job expired on 11 March 2024 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  11 March 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 February 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £34,190.00 - £36,266.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £33223 - £35241

Deputy Head of Year - non teaching job summary

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

In joining Eden Park High School, and the family of schools within E21C, you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.

Eden Park High School is a popular and oversubscribed 11-18 school in Beckenham. Our values of 'Integrity', 'Endeavour' and 'Kindness' underpin all areas of our work; as a community we have created a nurturing and rigorous culture to ensure that we develop inquiring, well-rounded and confident individuals.

It is an incredibly exciting time to join us. We are now looking for an inspiring, reflective and collaborative Deputy Head of Year to work within our fantastic pastoral team in promoting the highest standards of learning, behaviour and engagement within the classroom. Part time or flexible working will be considered for the right candidate.

The ideal candidate will maintain rigorous high expectations for staff and students alike. You will be a strong individual with a proven record of success. You will have a natural flair for developing practices that empower and motivate students to be the best versions of themselves.

Our new Deputy Head of Year will not only join our school community but will benefit from working with practitioners from our family of schools within our Trust. You will have the opportunity to work with a talented team of like-minded leaders, teachers and a strong central team, all working together to build sustainable excellence in our schools.

As a Non-Teaching Deputy Head of Year you will be supporting Heads of Year and the school to ensure that behaviour incidents are recorded, investigated, resolved and documented in a timely and efficient manner. This role plays a key part in reducing exclusions and referrals from lessons using a robust, proactive, and high performing behaviour system. This role will also focus on supporting attendance, restorative work, workshops and targeted support sessions and daily behaviour for learning conversations.

Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.

To provide professional support for a Year Group, which secures success and continuous improvement in teaching and learning, ensures a high-quality education and school experience for all learners

Working with appropriate middle and senior leaders to manage and / or implement and track behaviour intervention for pupils depending on the severity of the needs.

Under the leadership of the Head of Year, to work with school staff, the Inclusion Team, and external agencies, to provide support and guidance for students in a year group. This will develop a culture of success, praise, and celebration of achievement.

Supporting the School’s Vision and Values across a Year Group ensuring every student has a sense of belonging, identity, and pride

Be a key member of the team, which holds significant responsibility for managing the efficient and effective day to day operation of the Year Group.

Supporting with Year Group Attendance and Punctuality and actions to improve them.

Supporting on the CAF processes and actions related to them, including with external agencies

Parents/Guardians are updated daily via telephone calls, letters and/or emails to inform them their children has been referred.

Be highly visible during line-ups, transitions and break times

Attend all relevant meetings to do with behaviour and teaching and learning.

Act as a mentor or keyworker for certain pupils.

Liaise with all relevant partners across the school to ensure early identification of pupils at risk of disengagement.

To act as part of the strategic Safeguarding Team and ensure that safeguarding is effective and child protection actions implemented.

Where appropriate, ask teachers for feedback on student work.

Be aware and comply with all safeguarding policies.

You may also be required to undertake such other comparable duties as the Head requires from time to time.

Commitment to safeguarding

Education for the 21st Century is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Education for the 21st Century is fully committed to equality and to valuing diversity as an employer and a provider of education.

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About Orion Eden Park

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1303 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Orion Eden Park website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eden-park-high-school (opens in new tab)

Education for the 21st Century is a values-led organisation, driven by a determination to create welcoming and open schools for the local community, where every person thrives, makes excellent progress, and succeeds. We are committed to improving outcomes and transforming lives, realising social mobility, and the transformative power of education. We value the difference in all of our schools while seeking to bring them together around a framework that delivers an enriching experience and a great education for the young people within our care.

We want the very best for all of our young people. Our plan to ensure that we deliver great schools is underpinned by our shared values of trust, kindness, and endeavour. Our schools and our staff are collaborative, and we seek to create consistency and quality throughout.

Our leaders create improvement in schools that is robust and sustainable. We are as enthusiastic about developing and nurturing our staff, as we are about developing our young people. Our professional development programs and our approach to school improvement provide quality and rigor while creating a depth of experience and learning for our staff.

In joining Eden Park High School and the family of schools within E21C you will gain access to an unparalleled level of support and development in a forward-thinking school and trust.

Eden Park High School is a new school in Beckenham. We opened in 2017, moved into our purpose-built new premises in 2019, celebrated our first ever GCSE results in 2022 and have opened our new Sixth Form this September. With a new and expanded leadership team, this young school is starting an exciting new chapter as we build the culture, systems and teams that will see us expand further over the next two years and deliver an outstanding quality of education for the community.

We are currently recruiting exceptional teachers and support staff who want to be part of our journey of transformation. We want people who will share in our ethos and values and set a new standard of excellence and inspire young minds.

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