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  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 5pm

  • Date listed

    4 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£33,075.00 - £50,471.00 Annually (FTE) Plus 1b £12,043

Head of Learning job summary

Head of Learning

Are you a passionate and experienced pastoral leader ready to make a significant impact on student lives? We are seeking an exceptional Head of Learning to join our dedicated team and drive outstanding student behaviour, attendance, punctuality, and discipline. This pivotal leadership role is central to fostering a positive, inclusive, and stimulating learning environment where every student can achieve their full personal and educational potential.


About the Role

As our Head of Learning, you'll be instrumental in shaping the holistic development of our students. You'll work closely with the Senior Leadership Team, the Pastoral Team, and the Behaviour and Welfare Team to strategically oversee and operationally manage student welfare and pastoral care across your designated year group. This isn't just about managing behaviour; it's about nurturing well-rounded individuals who are prepared for success in all aspects of life.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Student Progress, Behaviour & Welfare: Lead the charge in securing outstanding behaviour for learning, significantly improving attendance and punctuality, and implementing targeted interventions to raise standards across the academy. You'll champion the intrinsic link between academic achievement and personal development.

  • Monitoring, Evaluation & Improvement: Systematically monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of pastoral interventions, using data and insights to drive continuous improvement in student conduct and well-being.

  • Partnership & Community Engagement: Build strong, collaborative relationships with parents/carers, external agencies, and the wider community to ensure comprehensive support for our students.

  • Staff Support & Development: Empower and support staff in managing student needs, fostering positive relationships, and contributing to students' social, moral, spiritual, and cultural development.

  • Leadership & Management: Demonstrate exceptional leadership, manage allocated budgets, and ensure effective communication with the Senior Leadership Team and Governors on all pastoral matters. You'll also play a key role in promoting enrichment programmes.


What We're Looking For:

You'll be an inspirational leader with a proven track record in a pastoral leadership role within a secondary school.

You should have:

  • Qualifications: Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) is essential, with a Leadership/Management qualification and Designated Safeguarding Lead qualification being desirable. Up-to-date Safeguarding training is a must.

  • Experience: Significant experience in improving student behaviour, attendance, and welfare, leading and motivating teams, and working effectively with parents/carers and external agencies. You'll be comfortable with data analysis to inform interventions.

  • Skills & Abilities: Outstanding communication, leadership, and organisational skills. You'll be analytical, solution-focused, resilient, and empathetic, with a clear understanding of safeguarding and child protection. Proficiency in school management information systems (e.g., Arbor) is also key.

  • Personal Qualities: A clear commitment to our academy’s vision and values, a passion for student well-being, high expectations, and a proactive, adaptable approach. You'll thrive as part of a wider leadership team.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you are a visionary and compassionate leader with the drive to foster an environment where every student thrives, we encourage you to apply!

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

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About Hertswood Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1151 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Hertswood Academy is a coeducational secondary school in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire which gained academy status in January 2013. The headteacher is Peter Gillett, who joined Hertswood Academy in January 2013.

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