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  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    2 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    22 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£43,434.00 - £59,659.00 Annually (FTE) Teachers' Main / Upper Pay Scale + TLR2 (3b) £8,611

Head of Year in Sixth Form job summary

Pastoral Care

At Lord Williams's School, we take great pride in the pastoral care we provide to all our students. We firmly believe that children thrive academically when they feel happy, secure and supported in their school environment. Our pastoral system is designed to nurture each student’s well-being, helping them develop confidence, resilience, and a sense of belonging.

Central to everything we do are our core values: Aspiration, Respect and Kindness. We encourage students to aspire to achieve their best in all areas of school life, while fostering a culture of respect for themselves, their peers and the wider community. Through kindness, we build strong, supportive relationships where students feel safe to share their concerns and celebrate successes together.

While we cannot guarantee that every child will feel happy at all times, we make a clear promise to our students and their families: any concerns or incidents reported to us will be taken seriously and thoroughly investigated. We work closely with parents and carers to ensure that the best possible support is provided for each child, promoting an environment where they can flourish academically, socially and emotionally.

For more information about our pastoral team and the structure in place to support students, please see the ‘Pastoral Structure’ section on the school website. Here, you will find details of the staff members who have responsibility for the Pastoral care at Lord Williams’s school at Lord Williams’s School, every child matters.

By embedding Aspiration, Respect and Kindness into our pastoral care, we aim to create a school community where every student feels valued, supported and empowered to achieve their full potential.

There is a strong Pastoral structure consisting of teachers who are Heads of each academic year group, supported by Pastoral Support Officers who do not have a teaching role.

About the Sixth Form

We have a very popular Sixth Form with over 550 students. We pay particular attention to each individual student to promote their personal, social and educational development for achievement at the highest possible level.

The Sixth Form is a key part of Lord Williams’s School offering our own students and those from other schools the opportunity to receive a high quality education to prepare for the future be that in education, employment or training. We welcome new students to the Sixth Form as they enrich the experience for all.

We promote high quality teaching and learning; we attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities in the classroom helped by experienced support staff.

The range of extra-curricular opportunities is considerable including sport, the arts, outdoor adventure and charity fundraising and mentoring. We believe that learning extends well beyond the bounds of the classroom.

We pride ourselves on the pastoral care of our students. We help students to have a sense of belonging and we respect their individuality. All of this is underpinned by our strong partnership with parents, staff, students, governors and the local, national and international community.

Safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory medical, reference and DBS clearance and also to The Asylum and Immigration Act ID checks.

Equal Opportunities Statement

The School’s policy is to employ the best personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, religion or religious belief, disability or age.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
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.

Commitment to safeguarding

Lord Williams’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.

Applying for the job

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

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Lord Williams's School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
2290 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
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School website
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Lord Williams’s School is a thriving and popular comprehensive school serving the Thame community and its surrounding rural area. We are a split-site school, with Years 7 – 9 on the Lower School site at Towersey Road and Years 10 – 13 on the Upper School site at Oxford Road. We pay particular attention to each individual student by promoting their personal, social and educational development to enable all to achieve at the highest level possible. As a result of our continuing success, Lord Williams’s School is consistently oversubscribed.

We promote high quality teaching and learning. We attract talented, committed and conscientious teachers who produce stimulating and challenging learning activities helped by experienced support staff. Teamwork is a key feature of our work.

We are an inclusive school; we cater for all abilities and we provide access for all students. This is reflected in our work with the more able, with students with a range of learning and other difficulties and in our admissions policy for the Sixth Form.

The school has excellent teaching facilities on both sites with accommodation that is suited to the demands of the curriculum.

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