Head of Year

Pix Brook Academy, Stotfold, SG5 4HB

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Food technology, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) MPS/UPS plus TLR 2B (£5,895)

Head of Year job summary

Pix Brook Academy is seeking a dynamic and dedicated Head of Year to lead the academic progress and pastoral care for one of our year groups. In this pivotal middle leadership role, you will champion our academy's values while ensuring a supportive, high-achieving, and purposeful environment for every student.

As a Head of Year, you will act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) and manage a dedicated team of form tutors. You will use data and insights to track student performance, coordinate interventions, and foster strong home-school partnerships. This is an exciting opportunity to embody our ethos, celebrate student success, and drive continuous improvement across the academy.

Subject Expertise and Leadership Alongside your pastoral responsibilities, this role requires strong subject expertise in one of the following key curriculum areas: Food Technology, French, Science, History, or Mathematics. You will model teaching excellence, use your subject knowledge to drive academic outcomes, and support staff in raising teaching standards across the school.

We have a staff body who, while small, are equally driven to achieve great things and who work together fantastically well - we have a pupil body of superb young people who enjoy coming to school and are equally motivated to succeed.

If our values of Polite, Prepared, Positive, Proud & Perseverant resonate with yours and you would like to join our friendly team, then we would be delighted to meet with you.

We reserve the right to review applications and appoint a candidate prior to the closing date.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Pix Brook Academy

• School type: Free Schools, ages 9 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 865 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pix Brook Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pix-brook-academy

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