Head of Year
Bexhill High Academy, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, TN39 4BYThis job expired on 15 May 2025
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- 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
- Mainscale/UPS plus a TLR2c (£8,397pa)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Our school is unique, exciting and innovative – our philosophy is inclusive and founded on respect. If you feel this fits with your own value set and you have a track record of leading change, raising standards and you strive for excellence, then this might be just the role for you.
We aim to recruit staff who:
● Love the processes of teaching and learning and are keen to continually develop their own skills;
● Recognise that teaching can be a demanding job and react positively to those demands;
● Will subscribe to the ethos of the Academy and be committed to get the very best from our students;
● Take every opportunity, in and out of the classroom, to talk to students, model expected behaviours and build positive relationships;
● Remain at the forefront of pedagogy, educational research and debate.
● See themselves as having the potential to become senior school leaders of the future. We are seeking to appoint a highly effective, inspirational and skilful head of year. The main responsibilities of the role include, for the year group:
- Managing the tutors, and leading on the tutor programme
- Leading on rewards and celebrations
- Leading assemblies
- Overseeing the professional development curriculum, including careers
- Overseeing the extra-curricular offers available
- Writing Additional Needs Plans
- Conducting student voice
- Ensuring good behaviour
The role also includes teaching responsibility and this can be from any subject.
In return, we can offer an environment where you will gain whole school experience and learn much on your journey.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a number of excellent staff benefits for our employees. These include:
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff fitness class Wellbeing weeks
- We are partnered with Mulberry Multi Academy Trust in London (excellent CPD opportunities)
- We encourage and support tangible Leadership courses e.g. NPQ.
- 2 additional days added to October half term
- Benenden Healthcare
- Half day ‘special leave’ for every member of staff every year.
There is so much on offer for you at Bexhill Academy.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bexhill High Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1507 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bexhill High Academy website
- Email address
- academyhr@bexhillacademy.org
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