Head of Year
Lawnswood School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5AG16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter 2025 or September 2025
Closing date
3 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS
Additional allowances
TLR2c £8,278
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a Head of Year to lead a year group, focusing on academic progress and achievement, behaviour, attendance and general wellbeing. You will also be an inspirational teacher with the skills to teach across the ability range from KS3 to KS5, with excellent subject knowledge within your specialism.
Your role will be:
- To provide leadership and direction for the year team and ensure that it is managed and organised to meet the objectives of the school and the pastoral system
- To lead the work of the year group tutors in promoting the best possible standards of learning, effort and achievement in students
- To monitor the progress of students with a commitment to raising standards
- To promote and celebrate excellent behaviour and rewards. To ensure behaviour management is consistent throughout the year group
- To work with colleagues to identify barriers to learning impacting on students’ progress
- To manage and deploy any staff or financial and physical resources relating to the post.
As a teacher and a Head of Year, you should be able to engage, enthuse, motivate and challenge students to reach the highest levels of achievement. You will be expected to monitor behaviour and attendance across a year group and work closely with colleagues to take appropriate action and put in place suitable support mechanisms. You should also be flexible, adaptable and results orientated, able to prioritise and resilient under pressure.
If you think you can offer what we need, you are invited to join our existing team of Heads of Year (one for each year group) who work with students on a daily basis and:
- lead and manage students’ behaviour, acting as a role model for all by demonstrating high quality pastoral care and support, rigorous expectations and a visible, professional presence with students
- maintain strong communication links with parents and carers to ensure the behaviour systems implemented within the school are supported and communicated clearly to parents.
What the school offers its staff
Lawnswood School offers a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity to work within a highly collaborative team that is passionate about the progress and development of every student.
Further details about the role
To apply, please send your completed application (teaching staff version) with a covering letter addressed to Mrs J Bell, to hr@elawnswood.co.uk, or by post to Mrs J Bell, c/o HR, Lawnswood School, Ring Road, West Park, Leeds LS16 5AG.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an online search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available online.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to hr@elawnswood.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
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About Lawnswood School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1441 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Lawnswood School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- hr@elawnswood.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 284 4020
Again, rated a 'Good' school by Ofsted in September 2023, Lawnswood School is set in North Leeds and has a wide catchment area and a diverse intake of students from cultural backgrounds and socio-economic groups.
Under stable leadership and a supportive and inspiring leadership team, Lawnswood School offers opportunities for professional challenge and personal development.
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