Head of Year

Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford, OX4 2AU

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  15 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  1 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: English, PSHE
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TMS/UPS + TLR £10173.96
• Additional allowances:

  TMS/UPS + TLR £10173.96

Head of Year job summary

We are seeking a dynamic and enthusiastic teacher to join our Pastoral team as a Head of Year . Our Head of Year’s have a reduced teaching timetable to ensure that they are able to appropriately support their year group and tutors in order to give students the ability to fulfil their potential.

The role of the Head of Year is an integral pastoral role it includes supporting students with positive behaviours, safeguarding, improving attendance, and encouraging participation in House events. The Head of Year is supported by our Pastoral leaders to manage and support the cohort.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for the right person. You should have excellent communication skills, be able to work as a highly effective team member and have exceptional time management skills.  

We appoint on potential as well as experience, and we are committed to nurturing staff development. In return, we offer you a friendly and supportive environment and the chance to make a genuine difference to the amazing young people that make up our academy.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’. Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.

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

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

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.

About Oxford Spires Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oxford Spires Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oxford-spires-academy

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