Head of Year Non Teaching

Norbury High School for Girls, Thornton Heath, Surrey, CR7 8BT

16 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  5 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £39,276.00 - £39,276.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £36,406 term time plus two weeks

Head of Year Non Teaching job summary

We are seeking a non-teaching Head of Year to work with our KS3 students. Each Head of Year has responsibility for one Year Group within the school, in respect of all welfare, guidance and disciplinary issues, and leads a team of Form Tutors to facilitate this. Working closely with the other Heads of Year, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Student Support and the Pastoral Team, the Head of Year will play a very important part in the creation of a positive ethos, in the maintenance of an orderly atmosphere and in fostering productive home-school links to ensure attendance and behaviour are excellent.

Pastoral care is of the highest importance and we are committed to providing the best possible learning environment to develop confident, independent learners. We provide an ambitious and broad curriculum and ensure that students have opportunities outside the classroom to develop and inspire them, including a wide range of extracurricular activities.

You will have excellent organisational skills and experience of working with external agencies and as part of a team. Demonstrable experience of supporting children or young people and enabling them to achieve positive outcomes and a working knowledge of the current Keeping Children Safe in Education Regulations is essential.

Working with us:

In addition to the staff benefits offered by Wandle Learning Trust, we have a health cash plan with Simply Health and staff wellbeing programme which includes a staff reward scheme, staff yoga and regular social activities. We are located in the North of the borough with excellent transport links to London and the surrounding areas.

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

Norbury High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people. As part of our safeguarding commitment, appointment to any post is subject to receipt of satisfactory references, medical clearance and a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check as well as evidence of the right to live and work in the United Kingdom.

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 Norbury High School for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Norbury High School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/norbury-high-school-for-girls

The school is part of the Manor Trust, a multi academy trust comprising Norbury High and Kensington Avenue Primary school - the trust was formed in February 2019. We are located in Croydon, South London.
We are a fully inclusive school that is dedicated to both supporting and challenging all members of our diverse community and to develop the potential in all our students, no matter what their starting point.
Pastoral care is also of the highest importance and we are committed to providing the best possible learning environment to develop confident, independent learners. We provide an ambitious and broad curriculum and ensure that students have opportunities outside the classroom to develop and inspire them, including a wide range of extracurricular activities.

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