Head of Year for either Year 7 or 8
Walkwood Church of England Middle School, Redditch, Worcestershire, B97 5AQ9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 9am
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Main Pay Scale or Upper Pay Scale
Additional allowances
A TLR 2B which equates to £ 5,871 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and experience
- Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
- Good honours degree or equivalent
- Evidence of relevant and ongoing professional development
- Safeguarding training (or willingness to undertake)
Knowledge and understanding
- Secure knowledge of the curriculum and effective teaching strategies
- Strong understanding of Assessment for Learning (AfL) and its impact on pupil progress
- Knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, and statutory responsibilities
- Understanding of behaviour management strategies and inclusive practice
- Awareness of strategies to support SEN, disadvantaged pupils, and more able learners
- Understanding of SMSC and its role within school life
- Knowledge of school systems relating to attendance, behaviour, and pastoral care
Skills
Essential
- Ability to deliver high-quality, engaging lessons
- Ability to plan lessons with clear, measurable outcomes
- Ability to use a range of teaching strategies to meet diverse learner needs
- Ability to monitor and track pupil progress using data effectively
- Ability to support students’ social, emotional, and academic development
- Ability to manage behaviour effectively and consistently
- Ability to identify and support students requiring additional pastoral intervention
- Ability to lead, support, and develop a team
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
- Ability to monitor attendance, behaviour, and punctuality effectively
- Ability to analyse, interpret, and report student data to senior leaders
- Ability to run meetings and communicate expectations clearly
- Ability to build positive, professional relationships with students, staff, parents/carers, and external agencies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to handle sensitive situations with professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality
- Ability to work under pressure and prioritise effectively
Desirable
- Ability to deliver presentations or lead parent engagement initiatives
Experience
Essential
- Proven experience of successful classroom teaching across relevant key stages
- Experience of delivering high-quality teaching and learning with strong outcomes
- Experience of planning lessons with clear, measurable outcomes
- Experience of using data to monitor progress and inform interventions
- Experience supporting pupils’ social, emotional, and behavioural development
- Experience managing behaviour effectively
- Experience working effectively with parents/carers and external agencies
- Experience contributing to whole-school systems, policies, initiatives, and events
- Experience of leading or contributing to a team
Desirable
- Experience developing and implementing Individual Pastoral Support Plans
- Experience working with external agencies or multi-agency teams
- Experience of leading whole-school worship/assemblies
- Previous experience in a pastoral or middle leadership role
Personal qualities
Essential
- Commitment to the school’s ethos and values
- Commitment to achieving the best outcomes for all pupils
- High expectations for pupils’ attainment, progress, behaviour, and attendance
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting pupil welfare
- High levels of professionalism and integrity
- Resilient, adaptable, and solution-focused
- Ability to motivate and inspire students and colleagues
- Strong teamwork and collaboration skills
- Commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion
- Commitment to maintaining confidentiality at all times
What the school offers its staff
A committed and supportive leadership team
- Wonderful, motivated children
- A commitment to your future professional development
- Support from the whole community of our church school
- Support from The Spire Trust (currently in process of joining)
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Walkwood Church of England Middle School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful in obtaining this post you will be subject to a Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and health screening. As part of our safer recruitment processes, if you are shortlisted for the post, we will carry out a social media account search.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Walkwood Church of England Middle School
- School type
- Academies, Church of England, ages 9 to 13
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 662 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 13
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Walkwood Church of England Middle School website
- Email address
- recruitment@walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01527 543361
Walkwood is a place of learning where clear values are taught within all lessons alongside the subject knowledge and associated skills.
Our school is “middle deemed secondary”, and the timetable is run as for a secondary school, with great emphasis placed on subject specialisms.
Walkwood teachers support children in developing their understanding of problem solving and reasoning in a broad range of contexts in which they can explore, enjoy, learn, practice and talk about their developing understanding. Children are offered opportunities for these skills to be practiced in order to give them confidence and competence in their use.
Throughout their time at Walkwood, all pupils are encouraged to express themselves creatively and imaginatively, through their reading, writing, speaking and listening. We expose them to a wide range of genres, text types and visual and audio media to stimulate their responses.
Arranging a visit to Walkwood Church of England Middle School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@walkwoodms.worcs.sch.uk.
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