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  • Start date details

    September

  • Closing date

    10 March 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    17 February 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£40,266-£61,592 + TLR

Pay scale

MPS (Inner London) + £1,500 Harris Allowance + TLR

Additional allowances

Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Pension Scheme (TPS) + Additional Harris Benefits

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a hardworking, ambitious and dynamic Head of Year to lead the pastoral care of a year group ensuring the highest standards of achievement for all learners.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

  • QTS (or equivalent) and a good undergraduate degree
  • Minimum of three years' teaching experience
  • Proven success in raising achievement across at least two key stages
  • Evidence of leading, supporting and managing others, both individuals and teams, ensuring high quality performance
  • High level of ICT skills and experience of how new technologies can be used to raise achievement.


What the school offers its staff

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.


Further details about the role

Your responsibilities will include:

  • To provide professional leadership for a Year Group, which secures success and continuous improvement in teaching and learning, ensures a high quality education and school experience for all learners.
  • To ensure the highest standards of achievement for all learners creating a productive, disciplined learning environment the day-to-day operation of the Year Group.
  • To ensure a positive ethos which reflects the Head of Year's commitment to high achievement, effective teaching and learning and good relationships.
  • To ensure the life of the Year Group and the curriculum effectively promote students' moral, social and cultural development and prepare them for adult life.
  • To ensure high expectations for their students are set and maintained.
  • The Head of Year also secures the commitment of the wider school community, all teachers, support staff and parents by developing effective networks based on communication and high quality leadership.


Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Applying for the job

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About Harris Academy Wimbledon

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
962 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
020 3962 4300

We are an ‘Outstanding' (Ofsted 2023) secondary academy, established in 2018 to provide an excellent education for children in Wimbledon. With our new Sixth Form opening this year, we will soon have a full cohort of students aged 11-18.

Two years after opening, we moved into our brand-new building which is modern, bright and equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in every area of the curriculum. We are oversubscribed and fortunate to have an amazing level of support from the community with waiting lists for entry into every year group of our academy.

Harris Academy Wimbledon promotes high levels of academic achievement across the curriculum, encourages participation in extra-curricular opportunities and empowers students to make decisions wisely. The curriculum is rich, diverse and personalised ensuring every student achieves his or her true potential. Academic success goes hand-in hand with a rich variety of enrichment and extra-curricular activities; these help foster a spirit of aspiration, resilience and joy in learning.

Professional learning is at the heart of the academy, supporting all staff in their development. The academy has a growth mindset approach where industry and commitment are seen as cultural virtues. Development of resilience, self esteem, managing risks/consequences and the ability to work effectively together all form a key part of the pastoral provision.

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