8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    11 July 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    1 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Head of year or phase
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week – Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Band G (NJC point 20-24) Actual Salary: £27,319 - £29,679 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Salary: Band G (NJC point 20-24) Actual Salary: £27,319 - £29,679 per annum

Contract: Permanent, term time plus 5 days

Hours: 37 hours per week – Monday to Thursday 8.00am – 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm

Closing Date: Friday 11th July at 9am

Interview: Week commencing 14th July 2025

Start Date: September 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we would encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

As Head of Year, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the futures of the young people in a specific year group both academically and pastorally. You will monitor students’ performance and provide incisive support and intervention for the year group that you lead. This is a diverse role with a spotlight on the individual to model excellent behaviour, establish and maintain positive and professional relationships, and support the ethos of the school.

We’re looking for someone with:

  • Excellent communication skills who will make a difference with their ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, parents and external agencies
  • Outstanding leadership skills who will focus on providing the young people in your care with excellent opportunities to enable them to achieve exceptional outcomes
  • A positive outlook who is self-driven and has the ability to motivate others

What the role involves in a nutshell:

  • Monitor Performance of students in the year group both academically and pastorally to provide incisive support and intervention
  • Supervise breakfast, break and lunchtime for the year group
  • Promote good attendance, punctuality and behaviour across the whole year group through a variety of strategies
  • Work closely with staff on intervention strategies, targeting students for intervention and supporting on issues which may present a barrier to learning

What you’ll get in return?

You’ll be joining a school and Trust which is all about putting staff first – with numerous wellbeing initiatives and social events to enjoy each term!

In addition to this you will benefit from:

  • Automatic enrolment to the West Yorkshire Pensions Fund
  • A Supportive and forward-thinking Leadership Team
  • Staff development through appraisal and CPD
  • Working as part of a creative and supportive team who want the best for all of our students
  • Free Parking
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Eye Care
  • Annual Flu Vaccines
  • Home & Technology Scheme
  • Rewards and discounts
  • GP Online and Prescription Service
  • Your Care Wellbeing package
  • Lifestyle benefits (discount platform)

If our school sounds like a place in which you could really make a difference, then we’d love to hear from you.

For further details, see our Job Pack.

HOW TO APPLY

Could we be a good fit for each other? If you’d like a chat about the role, or have any questions, then we’d be delighted to hear from you. Please contact Carrie Burbidge our Personal Assistant to the Senior Leadership Team via c.burbidge@ryburn.tlt.school

If you’re ready to apply, please complete our online application form.

SAFER RECRUITMENT

We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff and volunteers are expected to behave in a way that supports this commitment and are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please be aware that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. If you are shortlisted for interview, we will undertake an online public search in line with guidance from the Department for Education and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.

What the school offers its staff

see above

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.

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About Ryburn Valley High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1645 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School location

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