Head of Year

Harlington Upper School, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 6NX

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  21 March 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Geography, History, Philosophy, Religious Education, Social Sciences
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main/Upper Pay Scale. TLR 2c

Head of Year job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Year to join our successful, dynamic and friendly team. The ideal candidate would be a Teacher of Social Sciences, Humanities or Religious Studies and Philosophy, although other subjects will be considered.

The Head of Year provides excellent leadership, both academically and pastorally, to support our students in achieving their highest potential. They will support the leadership team in securing the best outcomes for students and improve the success of the school, whilst promoting high standards of student conduct.

We are a successful and high-achieving upper school based in a unique location, in the heart of rural Bedfordshire, with excellent transport links. We are situated near to M1 junction 12 and within walking distance to a train station with routes to London and the Midlands.

What makes Harlington Upper School special is the real sense of community that you can see and sense as you walk around the school. Each individual child is important to us, and our expectation is that all our students will develop and grow as young people as they make their journey as part of our community. The quality of teaching is strong, and our staff are talented, caring and dedicated.

No agencies please.

Harlington Upper School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Online checks and reference requests will be completed in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and prior to interview.

All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safer Recruitment: Harlington Upper School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All posts working with children will be subject to the disclosure of criminal records, and identification documents will be required as evidence of identity and right to work in the UK.

Online checks will be completed in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We do not accept CVs or applications from agencies.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Harlington Upper School

• School type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1248 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harlington Upper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harlington-upper-school-dunstable

Based in a unique location, in the heart of rural Bedfordshire, with excellent transport links, we are situated one mile from M1 Junction 12, and within walking distance to a train station with routes to London and the Midlands.

Harlington Upper School is a very special place. We are a high attaining, academic school with outcomes at GCSE and A Level that consistently top the Bedfordshire league tables. We embrace an approach to teaching and learning that combines innovation with established best practice, and equip our young people with the skills, knowledge and qualifications they need to progress successfully beyond their school years.

We believe that every child, no matter their starting point, can succeed if challenged and inspired appropriately, and alongside our academic curriculum, we provide outstanding extracurricular opportunities, enrichment and personal development to provide a truly rounded education for all our young people.

Our expectation that our students are ambitious, altruistic and accountable, ensures that we achieve both excellent academic progress for our students while creating a happy, safe and harmonious environment. We are gifted with a highly motivated and talented staff body; every class is taught by subject specialists who are experts in their field.

Being part of the Pyramid Schools Trust ensures effective collaboration with our local Middle and Lower Schools and provides a seamless transition into Upper School enabling a cohesive, world class, all through education for our students.

Harlington Upper School makes a difference to young people, and we very much look forward to welcoming new colleagues to join our successful team.

Our vacancies can also be viewed on our website: https://www.harlington.org/admissions-join-us/work-for-us/

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