Head of Year

Cottenham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 8UA

25 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2023

• Closing date

  16 April 2023 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 March 2023

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year, department, curriculum or phase
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern:
  • Full time - 32.5 hours a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: MPS1 - UPS3 £28,283-£44,556 per annum
• Additional allowances:

  TLR2d - £5,037 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• A highly effective teacher
• Aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.

What the school offers its staff

• Huge support and progression opportunities
• A knowledge-rich curriculum built on ‘powerful knowledge’ influenced by the importance of subject-specificity, and by thinking such as Rosenshine and Lemov.
• Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources
• A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies
• Disruption-free learning
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who will support you
• Centralised detentions, including homework detentions
• No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback cycles to develop our practice
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea Cambridgeshire region
• Opportunity to complete NPQs
• An unrivalled professional progression model
• A very pleasant location in beautiful Cambridgeshire.

Further details about the role

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks including references and enhanced DBS checks.

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About Cottenham Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 877 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cottenham Village College website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cottenham-village-college-cambridge (opens in new tab)

Secondary School ages 11-16

Arranging a visit to Cottenham Village College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org.

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