Head of Year: Alternative Settings (Enterprise Academy)
Brune Park Community School, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 3BUThis job expired on 12 December 2022 – see similar jobs
Start date details
asap* or Easter Term (*on completion of safe recruitment checks)
Closing date
12 December 2022 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 November 2022
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 1.0 FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- £28,100 to £43,951
Additional allowances
TLR 1.2 £9,377
What skills and experience we're looking for
- To lead and manage the achievement, curriculum, progress and pastoral provision for alternative settings
- Track and monitor, attendance, achievement and the behaviour of students within your appointed settings to ensure that successes are recognised and any underachievement is quickly addressed
- Liaising with all appropriate staff and wider stakeholders in the provision of high-quality education
- Take a lead responsibility in co-ordinating appropriate intervention for students within your settings whose attendance, achievement or behaviour is a concern
- Co-ordinate the delivery of the pastoral and academic curriculum, and liaise with other pastoral and inclusion colleagues where necessary, to ensure continuity and progression of pastoral provision throughout our settings.
What the school offers its staff
■ Potential for career progression
■ Friendly and sociable colleagues
■ You will join a vibrant community where there are opportunities to strive to make a real difference to the lives of young people
■ The opportunity to join dedicated teams, who deliver excellent support to our pupils to ensure positive outcomes in the classroom and wider community
■ We are committed to everyone in the organisation having a passion for learning. This results in the building of young people’s self-confidence, self-belief and self-esteem
■ A firm commitment to on-going professional development and your well-being.
Further details about the role
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, driven and committed Head of Year within our secondary phase to support students who follow an alternative pathway. The position will be based at the Enterprise Academy although a number of students will be receiving provision from either within or beyond the trust.
You will play a key role in developing an aspirational ethos, engaging and leading a dedicated team of teachers and support staff to ensure high standards of pastoral management and academic support that enables high aspirations for all learners.You will be pivotal in driving this ethos, holding to account subject leads and class teachers with their teaching, expectations, engagement and outcomes for the youngsters. You need to be able to hold young people accountable without judgement.
You will need to beresilient, be able to work closely with a team and be independently driven. This role requires the ability to work collaboratively with other teams both within the GFM and beyond. You will be a key member of the secondary phase’s middle leadership, being part of the GFM vision and mission for improving outcomes and life chances of all young people across Gosport.You need to be a creative thinker who never settles for less than the best for our young people. Robust relationships are a key part of this role.
Commitment to safeguarding
GFM is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this. Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS along with other employment checks. It is a criminal offence to apply for or accept a position working with children if you are excluded from such work by virtue of a court order or exclusion by the DBS. Although a criminal record involving offences against children is likely to debar you from this type of post, the existence of other criminal convictions will not necessarily be a bar to employment.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Brune Park Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1352 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brune Park Community School website
- Email address
- recruitment@gfmat.org
- Phone number
- 02392 616012
Brune Park School is proud to be part of the Gosport and Fareham Multi Academy Trust (GFM). The GFM comprises 5 schools; Bay House School, Gomer Junior School, LWS Academy, Brune Park School and Rowner Junior School.
Brune Park School is located in Gosport in the south east county of Hampshire. Gosport is an increasingly popular coastal destination with a strong naval heritage. Gosport benefits from being a stone’s throw from Portsmouth and its many amenities and has excellent transport links. As well as an abundance of picturesque coastal walks and nature reserves on the doorstep, Gosport is home to two parks and accessible to a scenic beach, perfect for outdoors types, runners, cyclists, water sports enthusiasts or families looking for a taste of the great outdoors.
Brune Park School is at an exciting stage of development and improvement and the school community is growing prouder, more confident and more successful at every stage. We are proud of each of our students and our commitment and drive is for every young person to achieve beyond their expectation and progress to where they previously had not imagined or thought possible.
We have worked very hard to secure the improvements at the school. In our last Ofsted we were graded as ‘good’ for both Leadership and management and Personal Development. Inspectors reported that Brune Park is a friendly and welcoming school where pupils and staff get along well together.
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