Head of Year
Royds Hall, A Share Academy, Huddersfield, HD3 4HA10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Easter term
Closing date
10 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
24 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: Term-time plus 15 days, 37hrs per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £31,476.50 to £33,972.49)
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Pastoral team, working in partnership with
colleagues across the school to ensure continuous improvement and inspiration for the
students.
If you are an enthusiastic, reliable and highly organised individual who can multi-task with
a professional and friendly disposition and you are resilient, driven, determined and
ambitious, we would love to receive your application for our Head of Year vacancy.
- be qualified in GCSE English and Mathematics (Grade 4/C).
- experience of working with children of mixed age ranges preferably in a school environment.
- Experience of promoting high standards of attendance.
- Experience of working with families.
- Excellent communication skills.
- High level of Safeguarding understanding.
- Understanding of relevant policies/codes of practice and awareness of relevant legislation.
- Understanding of child development and learning including Special Educational Needs.
• Experience of planning, monitoring and evaluating work.
- Experience of short, medium and long-term planning at an operational level.
- Ability to work as a member of a team and/or independently.
- Is willing to work flexibly within scope of overall hours, e.g. early morning visits and occasional evening meetings.
What the school offers its staff
The trust offers a wide range of benefits including employee assistance programmes catering for the individual wellbeing needs of staff, wellbeing champions and designated wellbeing resources for staff. flexible working opportunities (where practical), occupational sick pay, maternity, paternity, adoption & shared parental leave, competitive pension schemes with the opportunity for shared cost AVCs, money saving ‘salary sacrifice’ cycle scheme and tech scheme.
Further details about the role
As a Head of Year, you will work collaboratively with Senior Leads and Teachers to provide comprehensive care, support and guidance for students in year groups in order to ensure they meet the school’s high expectations of attitudes to learning, behaviour and attainment.
Please view our application pack for further details.
Commitment to safeguarding
SHARE MAT is committed to the Equalities Act 2010 and also to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children and young people, by adhering to the “Keeping Children Safe in Education” guidance. All staff and volunteers are regularly trained regarding our expectations in keeping our students safe. An enhanced DBS is required for every post
Applying for the job
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About Royds Hall, A Share Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1221 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Royds Hall, A Share Academy website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- royds.recruitment@sharemat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01484463366
Being part of SHARE Multi-Academy Trust and Teaching School Hub for Kirklees and Calderdale, provides staff a wealth of support and a wide range of opportunities to collaborate with colleagues across the Trust and also with the wider Calderdale and Kirklees network. This means we can offer the successful candidate access to a fantastic support network, CPD and opportunities to develop practice.
Royds Hall is a small secondary school that achieved a Progress 8 score of 0.2 in 2023, and in March of the same year, Royds Hall was graded 'Good' in all categories by Ofsted. We enjoy strong behaviour for learning and a curriculum that is ambitious for all and well-sequenced. Staff wellbeing is central to our vision of 'valuing people, supporting personal best. Visitors and staff regularly share that the school is warm and supportive, with high expectations for all.
We also offer pupils a wealth of extended learning opportunities from Royds Hall Scholars, Duke of Edinburgh, debating society, and Steam Lab to knitting for fun. The PE department supports our pupils in representing the school in a wide range of sports, including basketball, netball, and athletics. We take part in the annual Speakers' Trust event and have been successful in reaching the final in recent years. Pupils gain from a wealth of opportunities offered, including leadership opportunities in every year group. In 2023, 100% of pupils took part in an extended learning opportunity. A strong belief exists that offering a wide range of extended learning opportunities ignites pupil interests and allows them to uncover skills and abilities that support their sense of achievement and happiness in school and into adulthood. We believe every child can succeed, and it is our privilege to provide them with opportunities to identify their talents, future dreams, and aspirations.
"We are delighted to officially announce that the inspection team rated Royds Hall a Share Academy as a ‘Good’ school. We are exceptionally proud of what our staff and pupils have achieved in the last five years. Whilst the outcome doesn’t change the way we work, it provides further evidence of the very positive journey of improvement we are on. We will continue to focus on what matters for our pupils and community and ensure that our pupils leave school fully equipped with the life skills, experiences and educational outcomes to enjoy a happy and successful future.” – May 2023
Royds Hall is a wonderful place to work, where you will have the opportunity to make a difference every single day.
Arranging a visit to Royds Hall, A Share Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email royds.recruitment@sharemat.co.uk.
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