Head of Year

Star Radcliffe Academy, Radcliffe, M26 2SZ

45 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  26 February 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time plus 4 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,559.00 to £33,366.00 per annum (pro rata £28,306.77 to £30,906.89 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have:

• GCSE including English and Maths at Grade C/5 or above.
• Experience of working with young people in an education setting.
• Experience of providing pastoral support within an education setting.
• The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults.
• The ability to speak in front of large groups of students and small groups of staff.

What the school offers its staff

Star Radcliffe Academyis a five-form entry, 750 place, 11-16 secondary school in Radcliffe.

The academy opened in September 2024 and will admit a new Year 7 intake each year, reaching full capacity with pupils in all year groups in September 2028.

Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism – providing a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Head of Year.pdf - 250 KB (opens in new tab)

About Star Radcliffe Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: Up to 750 pupils
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Star Radcliffe Academy website
• Email address: info@starradcliffe.org
• Phone number: 0161 329 7400
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/star-radcliffe-academy

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