Head of House
Magna Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8REDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
4 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
25 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 Hours a week Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L7 to L11
What skills and experience we're looking for
Post: Head of House
Permanent Position
Start date September 2025
Leadership Scale L7-L11
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At Magna Academy we have a team of dedicated people who are all working together to achieve our mission of preparing our students for success. Our academy is a vibrant and exciting place to work and we are proud that our outcomes and progress are strong across the academy.
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The successful candidate:
Due to the promotion of the current postholder to Assistant Principal. We are looking to recruit an exceptional candidate to the role of Head of House at Magna Academy. Someone who can demonstrate the passion and care to make a real difference to the lives of our students.
The Head of House is directly accountable to the Assistant Principal for ensuring the full pastoral and academic support and intervention of students within a House at Magna Academy Poole. The Head of House will work alongside key stakeholders, both internal and external to the academy, to ensure that all students within their House are well supported and have their needs met, in order that they make outstanding personal and academic progress. The Head of House will advise and support tutors to help develop and implement an effective tutor programme.
The Head of House will actively promote the educational aims and ethos of Magna Academy Poole and the Aspirations Academies Trust.
What the school offers its staff
What we offer:
- Bespoke support and line management from an experienced Assistant Principal
- Professional progression opportunities
- Great students who conduct themselves impeccably
- Strong systems and structures meaning students feel safe and secure
- Measures to reduce staff workload
- policy focused on whole class feedback – we do not have onerous/impossible marking policies
- A centralised homework system at KS3
- No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop – we believe that trusting our staff with autonomy helps to develop a strong ‘develop and excel’ culture
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
- CPD starts as soon as you are appointed and is ongoing
- State of the art facilities and a very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset
Next steps:
Magna Academy Poole offers an excellent opportunity for an ambitious, talented individual looking to develop their career. We would be delighted to show you around our Academy in order to fully appreciate our excellent learning environment. Please do contact Jordan Tewkesbury for an informal conversation or visit to the Academy (jtewkesbury@magna-aspirations.org)
How to Apply:
Please click on the “quick apply” button to submit an on-line application.
Closing date for applications: 9:00 am Friday 4th April 2025
Interviews: From 24th April 2025
Learn more about Magna Academy at:www.magna-aspirations.org
About Aspirations:
Across our 16 Academies, Aspirations educate more than 9,000 pupils across the ages from 2 to 19 years, covering an area from West London to the Southwest of England. Operating since 2011, we have a consistent track record of improvement and success and offer excellent Continuous Professional Development (CPD) opportunities. We are determined that children receive an excellent education that prepares them for success in adult-life and are looking for people to join us who share our ideals.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and guarantee an interview for those with a declared disability should they meet the minimum criteria for the job. The Equality Act 2010 defines disability as “any physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long-term effect on his or her ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities”
The Aspirations Academies Trust (AAT) requires all prospective employees appointed to work in its academies and/or whose role will involve the undertaking of regulated activity to submit an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate prior to taking up appointment. Applicants are required, before appointment, to disclose any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not “protected” as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 by SI 2013 1198). Disclosure of a criminal background does not not automatically debar individuals from employment – consideration will be given to relevant factors, including the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Magna Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 960 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Magna Academy website
- Email address
- zchallis@magna-aspirations.org
- Phone number
- 01202604222
Secondary
Arranging a visit to Magna Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email zchallis@magna-aspirations.org.
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