Head of Year (Non-Teaching)
Thistley Hough Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 5JJ15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
8 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Full time: Term-time only. Monday to Friday.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8 - Points 22 to 25 (£32,654 to £35,235 FTE) (£28,803.70 - £30,303.36 Actual)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About you:
Thistley Hough Academy are looking for a Non-Teaching Head of Year, who thrives on building strong relationships, leading with empathy, and creating a positive impact every day. You will bring a strong background in pastoral care, have excellent communication skills, ability to handle complex problems calmly and hold a commitment to fostering a supportive school environment.
Our ideal candidate would have:
- Strong pastoral experience in an educational setting, with a proven ability to support student welfare, behaviour, and attendance.
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, capable of building positive relationships with students, staff, parents, and external agencies.
- Sound knowledge of safeguarding, child protection, and the ability to manage complex student needs with professionalism and care.
- Organised, proactive, and solution-focused, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and lead a year group effectively.
- Educated to GCSE level (or equivalent)in English and Maths, with a commitment to ongoing professional development.
What the school offers its staff
About our Pastoral Team:
At Thistley Hough Academy, our pastoral team is the heartbeat of our school community. We believe that happy children are successful children, and our pastoral approach reflects that.Committed to nurturing the whole child, the team works tirelessly to create a safe, inclusive, and supportive environment where every student can thrive. The pastoral structure is robust and responsive, with Form Tutors as the first point of contact and Heads of Year providing additional leadership and guidance. Together, they form a dynamic support network that champions student wellbeing and personal development.With strong collaboration between the pastoral team, families, and external agencies, we ensure that each young person receives the care and guidance they need—both academically and personally.
About Our School:
Interested in what sets Thistley Hough Academy apart? We invite you to learn more about our ethos and experience the spirit of our community by visiting our website - https://www.thistleyhoughacademy.org.uk/page/?title=Work+With+Us&pid=48
Discover More About Our Trust:
We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at melissa.booth@thistleyhoughacademy.org.uk and we'll be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Thistley Hough Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1091 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thistley Hough Academy website
- Email address
- holly.sweetmore@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk
Welcome to Thistley Hough Academy – a community school in the heart of Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent. Our academy prides itself on its warm and welcoming ethos in which every student is valued as an individual. This is an important part of our identity and this ideology will always remain at the heart of our work. As an academy we believe passionately in supporting all students to achieve their absolute best.
Thistley Hough was first opened in 1938 and over the last seven decades scores of local children have been successfully educated at Thistley Hough. We are proud of our history and we remain dedicated to the same vision - to provide the best possible education for local children of all backgrounds, abilities and beliefs. Over 35 languages are spoken at Thistley Hough and we value and respect all faiths and cultures.We believe in celebrating success and we want our students to be recognised for the amazing things that they achieve. I have very high expectations of our academy and I am clear that all students must be aware of exactly what is expected of them.
In order to be an outstanding academy it is my belief that there are several key things that we must ensure are in place every single day:
• Quality teaching, academic support and enrichment that delivers excellent results and engages students
• The highest expectations of behaviour, uniform and student conduct in order to create a calm and productive working environment
• Outstanding and fully inclusive pastoral care and academic guidance
• Provision tailored to the personal needs of all students as individuals so that they may all achieve personal excellence.
You can be assured that we are relentlessly focused on achieving these goals. We believe passionately in working closely with our community in order to ensure that every one of our students is cherished and nurtured. We want to work in partnership with all stakeholders to ensure success for our current students whilst continuing to strive for an outstanding school of the future.
Arranging a visit to Thistley Hough Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email holly.sweetmore@creativeeducationtrust.org.uk.
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