Deadline is today

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    16 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    26 September 2024

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

Mainscale / UPS + TLR 2 allowance (£5445 to £7634) for Head of Year responsibilities negotiable upon appointment (pay award pending)

Head of Year job summary

Due to internal promotions, we are seeking a talented and inspirational Head of Year, who is dedicated to the highest standards of support for student welfare, and in mentoring an enthusiastic and high performing team. We have been on an exciting journey and you will play a significant role in shaping the academic, personal, social, emotional and spiritual development of students so they flourish at every stage of their lives.

We can offer you the opportunity to work in a collaborative environment where we share ideas and support each other to succeed. We expect exceptional outcomes from our year groups through the fair implementation of our values and expectations, and we work together to achieve this.

We would be delighted to take you on a tour of the school and give you the opportunity to view our facilities and answer any questions you may have.

As Head of Year you will:

  • Be knowledgeable in strategies to support students with challenging behaviours.
  • Be able to inspire, influence, challenge and motivate others, leading by example.
  • Be able to motivate and inspire students to achieve their full potential.
  • Have the belief that all children can make outstanding progress.
  • Be able to confidently meet with parents to resolve issues both successfully and in line with academy policies.

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, recently recognised by Ofsted as prioritising ‘wider opportunities alongside achievement so that pupils “live life to the full.”’ (Ofsted 2023). Operating from recently refurbished facilities, our shared mission to improve the life chances of all of our students is at the very centre of our work.

We put the welfare of our staff at the heart of everything we do and can offer you:

  • Generous employer pension contribution at 28.6% basic salary from April 202
  • Early Friday finish at 1:00pm
  • A bespoke CPD programme including training and in department development time with a generous allowance of inset days
  • Excellent newly refurbished teaching facilities with free onsite parking and good local public transport links
  • A robust behaviour system allowing teaching staff to deliver high quality learning opportunities to students
  • Employee Assistance Programme and Cycle to Work scheme
  • Close proximity to beaches and the Jurassic Coast to assist your work life balance

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as caring for an injured/upset child. It may have regular contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. The Bishop of Winchester Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975,2013 and 2020.

Please be aware that due to the ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ legislation we do not accept CV’s.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we have received applications that meet the criteria. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

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About The Bishop of Winchester Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
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School size
1148 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18

The Bishop of Winchester Academy is a thriving Church of England school, commended by Ofsted for its ‘inclusive approach, which seeks to support all pupils’. Led by a dedicated team with ‘strong moral and ethical foundation[s]’, our shared mission for ‘improving the life chances of all [our] pupils is at the very centre of [our] work’ (Ofsted, 2017).

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