Head of Year
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
17 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 November 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: 37 hours per week, 43 weeks per annum 38 term time weeks, 5 training days, and 20 additional days
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- (£38,221 - £41,772)
Pay scale
- Tove Learning Trust Band J Point 27 - 31
What skills and experience we're looking for
We require, as soon as possible or January 2026 start, a well-motivated, committed and energetic Head of Year. Year leaders are totally committed passionate about tracking academic progress and tackling underachievement. The successful candidate will be able to form excellent relationships with staff, students and parents and will be a caring and supportive individual who is approachable and reliable. The successful candidate will model exemplary standards of professionalism and integrity to colleagues, tutors and tutees.
They will be rigorous in monitoring the work of Academic Mentors and will be excellent in motivating students to believe in our character values and their aspirations for the future using the VESPA system. The successful candidate will be competent in analysing data on student progress and will be skilled in early identification of underachievement and will be confident in drawing on a range of strategies to tackle that underachievement. They will be consistent in application of school procedures, policies, rewards and sanctions.
Our Head of Year will also take on a secondary role in school as a Cover Supervisor supervising students in lessons when the teacher is absent. Heads of Year can cover up to 12 lessons per week.
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits:
Teacher & support staff pension schemes
Continuous Professional development (CPD)
Training School Alliance
Networking opportunities
Specsavers eyecare voucher
Free Flu vaccine
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Medicash - Health Cash Plan:
24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services
Dental treatment
Optical care
Physiotherapy
Skinvision - skin health tracker
A range of essential healthcare expenses
Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/general-information/vacancies/
Please note the application form is available on the right hand side of the above link.
Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Monday 17 November 2025. Interviews to be held Friday 21 November 2025.
Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
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About Lord Grey Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1431 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website
- Email address
- hr@lordgrey.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01908 626110
Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.
Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.
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