Head of Year

Brentwood County High School, Brentwood, Essex, CM14 4JF

17 days remaining to apply

Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 April 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: £47,031.00 - £50,470.00 Annually (Actual) Upper Pay Scale, plus TLR 2C allowance - £8,279 per annum

Head of Year job summary

Are you an ambitious and passionate educator looking to step into a leadership role? Do you have the drive to support and guide students through their secondary school journey?

Brentwood County High School, part of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, is looking for a dedicated Head of Year to join our dynamic team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape young lives and make a real impact within a supportive and forward-thinking school community.

Your Role

As Head of Year, you will be at the heart of our students' academic and personal development, ensuring they receive the highest levels of pastoral support while maintaining a strong focus on achievement. You will oversee the well-being and progress of an entire year group, creating a culture of aspiration, engagement, and respect. This includes monitoring student attainment and behaviour, implementing intervention strategies where needed, and working closely with teachers, support staff, and parents to remove barriers to learning.

You will lead and manage a team of tutors, providing guidance and support to ensure the effective delivery of a structured and engaging tutor programme. By setting high expectations for attendance, behaviour, and academic success, you will play a crucial role in driving whole-school improvement. As a visible and approachable leader, you will build strong relationships with students, acting as their advocate and mentor while ensuring they develop the skills and resilience needed for future success. Additionally, you will contribute to key school events, including assemblies, parents' evenings, and transition activities, ensuring that students receive the guidance they need at every stage of their educational journey.

Brentwood County High School (BCHS) – A Thriving, Inclusive Community

BCHS is a proudly inclusive co-educational academy, rooted in community values and committed to developing well-rounded, successful young people. We go beyond exam results, building success on trust, respect, care, and hard work.

Why Join Us

✅ A Supportive and Inclusive School Community – We believe in nurturing both our students and staff, ensuring everyone thrives.

✅ Forward-thinking leadership within a dynamic Trust and experienced governors.

✅ Real Opportunities for Progression – As part of a multi-academy trust, we invest in our staff and offer fantastic career development.

✅ The Power to Make a Difference – As Head of Year, you will be at the heart of students’ pastoral care, shaping their academic success and well-being.

✅ Engaged, respectful students with a strong voice through Diversity Champions & Student Parliament.

State-of-the-Art Facilities

We’ve recently completed a £27 million DfE heritage building project, blending modern innovation with our school’s rich history. Our new cutting-edge learning environments include:
🏛️ State-of-the-art science labs, technology suites, and art studios
🏋️ Enhanced sporting facilities to support physical education and extracurricular activities
🏫 Preserved historic buildings, maintaining the character of our century-old school

Our Location

📍 In the heart of Brentwood, near the town centre, with excellent transport links—25 minutes to Liverpool Street and just over 2 miles from the M25. On-site parking available.

As part of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust, we work closely with 11 other schools to empower students academically and personally through Co-operative Values. Join us and be part of something bigger!

What the school can offer: 

Recognition of continuous service
Relocation package of up to £8,000 for new employees renting or buying a property.
Automatic enrolment into the National Teacher Pension Scheme
Excellent CPD opportunities
Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
The support of an experienced family of schools
National Conditions of Service
Fully subsidised Employee Assistance Programme
Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
Wider support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance

If you feel the school would suit you, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now, or contact hr@osborne.coop for more information.

BCHS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon 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.