Head of Year
Cromwell Community College, Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, PE16 6UU5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
27 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 January 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
- £9,872.00 Annually (Actual) TLR 1a
Head of Year job summary
THIS IS AN INTERNAL POSITION FOR THE ACTIVE LEARNING TRUST EMPLOYEES ONLY
Job title: Head of Year
Contract: Permanent
Salary: TLR 1a, £9,872
Closing Date: Monday 27th January 2025, Midday
To start: September 2025
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding individual who wants to make a difference in the development of young people.
About us:
Cromwell Community College offers the chance to join a strong and experienced team and for you to develop your skills and enhance your career development through a wealth of CPD opportunities which is a particular strength of the Trust. We can offer you an excellent opportunity for career progression both within the college, and the Trust, as well as a supportive professional environment with a highly visible and ambitious leadership team.
About the role:
- Promote Pupil Success and Motivation: The Head of Year is responsible for equipping students with the necessary skills to maximise their learning potential and fostering motivation for success across the year group.
- Leadership and Team Management: You will lead a team of form tutors, ensuring effective delivery of tutor time sessions, supporting their development, and managing pupil progress and behaviour within your year group.
- Accountability for Attendance and Behaviour: The role involves overseeing pupil attendance, punctuality, behaviour, and preparedness for lessons, ensuring these standards align with the set targets and promoting positive outcomes.
- Collaboration and Safeguarding: Work closely with the Leadership Team and other staff to implement college policies, promote core values, and ensure the safeguarding and welfare of all students within the year group.
The Ideal Candidate will:
- Consistently demonstrate the ability to enthuse and motivate young people; to show compassion and empathy; and the determination and discipline that is needed to support all students to thrive.
- Have a desire to ensure support, opportunity and challenge is available for all students under their care.
- Demonstrate excellent team work, organisation and attention to detail.
- Guide and support other staff to achieve the College’s goal of ensuring every child can succeed.
Why Join Us?
This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of students and to work in a forward-thinking academy with a commitment to inclusion and development. You will be part of a supportive and collaborative team, with opportunities for personal and professional growth.
- Vivup Benefit System
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to Teacher Pensions
If you wish to discover more about this exciting opportunity, please contact
Caroline Buckle - cbuckle@cromwell.cambs.sch.uk
The Active Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people. We expect all staff to actively share this commitment. All adults working in our Trust in whatever capacity will be part of a thorough safer recruitment process. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks including the taking of satisfactory references and enhanced criminal record clearance in line with the need to create and maintain a safe culture.
The Active Learning Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
To ensure we recruit and retain the best talent, all new employees recruited to the Active Learning Trust (leadership, teaching and support staff) will be subject to a 6 months’ probation period at the start of their employment. This policy aims to assess new employees' alignment with our culture, teaching standards, and student needs. It is designed to foster success; with regular evaluations and support mechanisms in place, helping us to identify and nurture talent.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. Flexible working will be considered for all roles deemed suitable.
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.
About Cromwell Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1476 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Cromwell Community College website (opens in new tab)
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