Head of Year – Secondary (non-teaching post)
Ark Victoria Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0HJ27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
1 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday – Friday, term-time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,585 – £37,938
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will:
- have strong communication skills and act as the first point of call for parents with queries about support for their child
- be able to analyse student data to diagnose concerns and plan action
- have strong behaviour management, ensuring calm quiet movement of students around the building
- be able to organise and lead on a range of events to raise student’s aspirations such as assemblies, training sessions, celebrations and transition events
- be able to support teaching staff by providing pastoral expertise and advice as and when required
What the school offers its staff
About Ark Victoria Academy
Ark Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive student experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.
Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos, they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.
It is for these reasons that Ark Victoria Academy was judged to be significantly improved in all areas from the 2019 ‘Good’ inspection, by Ofsted, in October 2024: ‘This is a school which lives out its values in full for the benefit of children in Nursery to the pupils in Year 11…pupils thrive at all stages of Ark Victoria Academy…as the school knows its pupils very well, they are very well supported to engage with the school’s ambitious curriculum’. The full report (September 2024) can be found here: https://files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/50262921.
We prioritise staff development with a strong emphasis on securing expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our pupils and staff. Our website can provide more information about Ark Victoria Academy.
Why work for our school?
We value our staff and provide a comprehensive programme of coaching and professional development for all our staff. We use our values and our virtue pathways to shape the way we work and learn together. Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy: https://arkvictoria.org/jobs/working-for-us
Further details about the role
If you are ready to add further value to our Educational Support Team and to work alongside a brilliant staff and school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.
About the role:
We are seeking an inspiring Head of Year to add to our Secondary phase. You will lead all aspects of the year group, developing the year group identity and culture. In this non-teaching role, you will provide high quality, well-planned pastoral support and guidance to students and their families to promote high expectations, raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress. As Head of Year, you will enable students to develop their virtues, character, personal excellence and a sense of pride for the academy community.
You will join a strong staff community responsible for supporting students, parents, teachers and the academy to establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which children can make good academic progress.
Commitment to safeguarding
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.
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 Ark Victoria Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 18
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1559 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ark Victoria Academy website
- Email address
- k.mubarik@arkvictoria.org
- Phone number
- 0121 393 4459
Ark Victoria Academy is a high performing school across all key stages, providing pupils with a unique journey in their education through the curriculum, personal development programme, student experience offer and the vast range of opportunities that we are able to provide as an all-through school. 82% of all grades awarded at GCSE 2022 are grade 4 and above, against a national figure of 73%. 72% of students gained a grade 4 or above for English and maths. At KS2 77% of pupils gained the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against a national figure of 59%.
Whilst being a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.
It's for this reason that Ark Victoria Academy was judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019, with a strong emphasis on expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our students and staff.
Arranging a visit to Ark Victoria Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email k.mubarik@arkvictoria.org.
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