Head of Year

St Catherine's College, Eastbourne, East Sussex, BN23 7BL

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  23 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
  • Head of year or phase
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Leadership 3 to Leadership 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Head of Year to join an experienced and enthusiastic pastoral team. The role is to become the Head of Year 8, remaining with the year group until they reach the end of Year 11.

Our Heads of Year are members of teaching staff supported by a full-time non-teaching Assistant Head of Year and an Assistant Headteacher.

You should be a qualified teacher with the ability to think strategically. You should be a team player with strong leadership skills.

What the school offers its staff

The benefits of working at St Catherine's College include:

A friendly, supportive and caring staff team

Very well behaved students who are ambitious, hardworking, resilient and responsible

Highly visible, supportive senior leaders

Excellent career development opportunities

Teachers Pension Scheme

Free membership to Benenden Private Medical Healthcare

Free parking

A fabulous, sociable staff room

Free Flu Vaccine

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to swindsor@stcatherines.college

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Head of Year applicant pack.pdf - 4.28 MB (opens in new tab)

About St Catherine's College

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1086 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Catherine's College website
• Email address: swindsor@stcatherines.college
• Phone number: 01323 465469
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-catherine-s-college

We are St Catherine's College - preparing students to stand shoulder to shoulder with their peers, locally, nationally and globally.

We are proud of our college, our highly talented and highly motivated staff and pupils. Our staff team work tirelessly to ensure that teaching is the best it can be and everyone has a role to play in this. We support each other and there is an open friendly and collegiate atmosphere where new members of the team are welcomed and supported.

Arranging a visit to St Catherine's College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email swindsor@stcatherines.college.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in Eastbourne and East Sussex, Brighton and Hove