Head of Year (non-teaching)
Samuel Whitbread Academy, Shefford, Bedfordshire, SG17 5QS18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
28 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 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
- £35,412.00 - £38,220.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary : £33,142 - £35,770 per annum
Head of Year (non-teaching) job summary
JOB TITLE: Head of Year (non-teaching)
BASED AT: Samuel Whitbread Academy
SALARY/GRADE: NJC Scale BBU9, points 24 - 27 (FTE: £35,412 - £38,220 pro rata. Actual: £33,142 - £35,770 per annum)
RESPONSIBLE TO: Assistant Principal (Behaviour & Attitudes)
HOURS: 37 hours per week, term time plus INSET, plus an additional 3 weeks
The Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST) is a multi-academy trust providing exceptional education across our community of 11 schools and five nurseries. Since forming in 2016, we have grown significantly into one of the largest single employers in Central Bedfordshire. We now educate more than 8,000 children across the area, from nursery age to advanced level study and have over 1,000 members of staff.
It is our aim to grow the BEST in everyone, and everything we do is driven by our values, but our aims can only be achieved if we recruit, retain and develop the highest quality workforce - and we want those we employ to be valued in the workplace. The formative years of BEST has been a real success story - and we are looking forward to an exciting future, too.
Samuel Whitbread Academy is looking to recruit an exceptional candidate as a Head of Year, to work in close partnership with the Senior Leadership Team in order to embed the school vision and develop an outstanding school that empowers our students to take responsibility and drive their own destiny.
This role requires a leader who is 100% aligned to Samuel Whitbread’s values, mission and approach. You will have the opportunity to shape culture in your year group by leading your year team to ensure superb outcomes for your pupils.
The successful candidate will have an unwavering determination to deliver excellence for students from all starting points and have the ability to manage behaviour effectively to create a positive, calm and purposeful climate for learning.
This role will involve working closely with the pupils at Samuel Whitbread Academy and you will be engaging in regulated activity with children.
CLOSING DATE: Midnight on Sunday 28th June 2026
INTERVIEW DATE: Thursday 9th July 2026
For general enquiries about this role, please contact Emma Saunders on 01462 629900 or esaunders@bestacademies.org.uk
Information about Samuel Whitbread Academy can be found on the school website
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Samuel Whitbread Academy
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 13 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1660 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 13 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Samuel Whitbread Academy website
Samuel Whitbread Academy
We offer an exceptional academic and extracurricular experience at Samuel Whitbread Academy in an outstanding learning environment where students are expected to work hard and achieve their best.
In our last Ofsted inspection, we were judged as ‘Good’ with many outstanding features and over the next three years we have set ourselves the target of being Outstanding!
Our GCSE results are amongst the best in the Local Authority. We offer a well-balanced curriculum with plenty of choice to prepare our students for the next stage in their lives. Most of our students continue on to the Sixth Form, which is one of the largest and highest performing in the area - providing students with a huge range of courses designed to match the expectations of universities and employers.
Our pastoral care is exceptional and we have dedicated pastoral support teams for each Year Group. The Academy is also broken down into five houses, named after people who have made a distinctive contribution to our community. These provide the framework for the multitude of different competitions, celebrations and charity events that bring our school community together during the year.
Extra-curricular opportunity is a vital part of our ethos and we expect all of our students to get involved in at least one club or activity. There are a huge number of opportunities ranging from highly competitive sports teams to spectacular drama and musical performances.
We enjoy showing visitors around the school so please take the opportunity to come and see us during the school day, so you can see Samuel Whitbread Academy in action and we can answer any questions you may have.
We look forward to hearing from you soon.
Nick Martin, Principal.
Shefford, Bedfordshire
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