Head of Year (KS3 or KS4) – Geography specialist desirable

Moseley School and Sixth Form, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9UU

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026 or 1st January 2027

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  8 June 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: MPS/UPS plus TLR 1a £10,174 pa
• Additional allowances:

  MPS/UPS plus TLR 1a £10,174 pa

Head of Year (KS3 or KS4) – Geography specialist desirable job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and experienced teacher to join our Head of Year team within a school that caters for keen and highly able students. The successful candidate will relish the opportunity to both teach and lead, taking responsibility for managing a tutor team within a KS3 or KS4 year group and ensuring consistent, high-quality pastoral support.

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Head of Year (KS3 or KS4), ideally with a teaching specialism in Geography, who can make a significant difference to the life chances of our students. As a dedicated and enthusiastic Head of Year and Teacher of Geography, you will demonstrate a strong passion for your subject alongside excellent subject knowledge. You will play a key role in building on the strong standards already achieved in Geography.

We are extremely proud of the achievements of our students, both academically and across a wide range of wider opportunities, and we are looking for a colleague who shares our commitment to excellence and high expectations.

The successful candidate will:

• be a qualified teacher
• be able to support, inspire and enthuse students
• show evidence of continuing professional development
• have awareness and understanding of pastoral care
• be able to articulate the wider importance of pastoral care in developing young people
• be excited by the prospect of joining the head of year team and the wider school team

Core Purpose:

• To lead and manage the tutor team for a KS3 or KS4 year group, ensuring consistent and effective pastoral support
• To lead and manage the PSHE curriculum for your year group
• Teaching key stages 3-5 in your subject area
• Participating in extra-curricular activities within your department

The job description and person specification give an indication of the scale and ambition of this role. If you have the passion, commitment and resilience to make a significant difference, I would be delighted to receive your application.

We warmly welcome visits to the school. Please contact recruitment@moseley.bham.sch.uk if you have any questions about the role or wish to arrange a visit.

Interviews will be arranged once shortlisting has been completed.

Moseley School & Sixth Form is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and pre-employment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), including an online search as part of our due diligence.

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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.

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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

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.

About Moseley School and Sixth Form

• School type: Local authority maintained schools, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1428 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moseley School and Sixth Form website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moseley-school-and-sixth-form

The staff at Moseley School and Sixth Form are a passionate team of professionals. Our purpose is to inspire excellence in character and scholarship. The students and their families have bought into this vision. Together we form a friendly and dedicated community.

Moseley School and Sixth Form is a large comprehensive secondary school with a thriving sixth form. Moseley School first opened its doors in 1923. We value our long history whilst being excited about our future. There are 1300 students, 150 teaching and support staff, excellent facilities housed in a grade two listed building, a modern building which opened in 2012 and a recently completed sports complex and extensive grounds. Staff enjoy subsidised healthcare options and access to our on-site gym.

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