Head of Year
Philip Morant School and College, Colchester, Essex, CO3 4QS12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 100% FTE
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale £31,650 - £49,084 (M1 - U3)
Additional allowances
TLR 2a (£8,279)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Role
Philip Morant School and College was judged as “Good” in all areas by Ofsted in September 2023. “Pupils are happy here and feel well looked after. They know that staff are available ready with a ‘listening ear’.”
We are looking for an excellent classroom practitioner who is highly motivated and has a real passion for their subject and for the pastoral side of the school life. Our preference is for an individual who can match our teaching vacancies in English, History, RE/Citizenship or Science.
The Head of Year is a key appointment and the successful candidate will play a pivotal role in the school with responsibility for the social, academic and educational welfare of the students in their Year. If you have the drive, passion and commitment to do so, we would very much welcome your application.
Should you wish to discuss this role, please email jamie.stewart-nunn@pmsc.school
Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert early should we receive an overwhelming response.
Some of your key responsibilities will be:
- To lead a team of tutors and cohort of students, giving a clear vision and direction to work.
- To promote the ethos of the school through leading high-quality assemblies and modelling the behaviour we expect to see from members of our school community.
- To initiate and respond to communications with parents and carers, ensuring that they are kept fully informed and involved in the progress of their children.
- To raise the standards of student attainment and achievement within the year group establishing high standards.
- To monitor attendance and punctuality on a weekly basis and take steps to ensure that these are maintained at the highest levels, liaising with partners as appropriate.
(The full details can be found in the attached Job Outline and Person Specification).
We're looking for you if you have:
- A passion for enabling students to feel they belong and be the best they can be.
- A commitment to establishing the best outcomes for large year groups of students.
- The ability to make use of a large pastoral team to manage the different demands of a pastoral role.
As stated in our Ofsted report, staff are proud to work at the school and feel valued. They see the differences that leaders are making.
We are a community where everyone feels they belong and are the best they can be.
We are the largest secondary school in Colchester and students travel from across the City of Colchester to be a part of our community.
We have extensive facilities for science, technology, art, music, sports and fully refurbished classrooms and offices following significant investment in the facilities by the Sigma Trust.
We are the home of Sigma Sixth Colchester, adding the benefit of a sixth form provision to our school.
We are proud of our inclusive school. We are the home of the enhanced provision for deaf and vision impaired students for North East Essex. Our SEN provision, as confirmed by Ofsted, ensures students are very well catered for. We have welcomed refugees from Ukraine and Afghanistan, many of our children have come to the UK from non-English speaking countries and we are proud of our EAL provision and celebration of culture. As part of the Sigma Trust there are many opportunities to work alongside other senior leaders across our primary and secondary schools and to be fully engaged in professional learning development.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for The Sigma Trust, Philip Morant School and College?
We can offer you:
- A Competitive Salary
- Robust school CPD training programme that enables you to flourish
- Opportunities to work with colleagues across the Trust to share resources, ideas and build collaborative relationships
Employee benefits include:
- Excellent pension scheme
- A Health Cash Plan
- Free membership to Perkbox, offering discounts and savings
- Employee Assistance Programme providing free and confidential advice
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Eye care plan
- Annual free flu vaccination
- Discounted gym membership at selected local gyms
- Discounted cinema tickets
- Eligible for Blue Light Card
Please note that an integration period applies to all new staff joining the Trust, to support introduction into the organisation.
Further details about the role
PHILIP MORANT SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
Head of Year
Pay Range: Teachers Main/Upper Pay Scale
Actual Salary from: £31,650 - £49,084 (M1 – U3) + TLR 2a (£8,279)
Start Date: 1st September 2025
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 Philip Morant School and College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1715 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Philip Morant School and College website
- Email address
- recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01255 750913
Arranging a visit to Philip Morant School and College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@sigmatrust.org.uk.
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