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Head of Year

Thornden School, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO53 2DW

This job expired on 18 October 2019 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 January 2020

• Closing date

  18 October 2019 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 October 2019

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Main pay range 1 to Upper pay range 3, £24,373 to £40,490
• Additional allowances:

  TLR payment of £10,549

Head of Year job summary

The Governing Body would like to appoint a Head of Year to take a year group through Years 10 and 11 and then progress to a new year group.

Heads of Year have high status at Thornden and have a key role supporting high achievement and a positive ethos. Previous experience as a Pastoral Head is desirable and applicants must have the skills to fulfil a pastoral role in a comprehensive school.

Thornden has a well-established year based system through which the pastoral system is proactive in supporting the achievement of students and in promoting a positive ethos. At Thornden, therefore, the principle that pastoral systems should support academic progress as well as supporting pastoral issues is very long established. The pastoral system has high status within the school and the Pastoral Lead is Judith Evans, Assistant Headteacher, who line manages the Head of Year team.

At Thornden, each Head of Year leads a team of tutors and has their own office, located in a central area of the school. Tutor groups typically contain between 28 - 30 mixed ability students. Heads of Year monitor the academic and social development of the students in their year group. They maintain appropriate records, identify under-achievement and take active measures with individuals and groups to promote appropriate learning behaviours, outstanding achievement and a positive year group ethos. Heads of Year are also responsible for the tutorial programme which is delivered by tutors in a 30-minute period each Wednesday. A full job specification will be made available to shortlisted candidates.

Thornden is not a school where the Pastoral System is overwhelmed with crisis management, although crises certainly do occur. There is scope for active pastoral work, and for a Head of Year to implement new ideas. The person appointed should confidently expect backing and support from the other Year Heads and the Senior Leadership Team.

Commitment to safeguarding

The HISP Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks. We are also committed to providing equality of opportunity at all stages of the recruitment and selection process and ensuring that candidates are treated fairly and lawfully throughout the process.

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About Thornden School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1466 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Thornden School website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: headteacher@thornden.hants.sch.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thornden-school-eastleigh (opens in new tab)

Thornden School is part of the HISP Multi Academy Trust, which was formed in January 2020. As a MAT, we aim to ensure that our schools have strong and talented leadership and staff, who in turn will ensure that the young people who are in each of the MAT schools have access to excellent education, support and wider opportunities.

Thornden is an oversubscribed, outstanding school serving Chandler’s Ford and the surrounding area with just over 1470 students on roll. We have an ambitious ethos based on high expectations for all. Our students are proud of their academic and wider achievements, having a belief in their own success and ability to succeed which continues beyond our school with a high percentage of Thornden students excelling at local colleges and then at further and higher education.

In the results for 2019, 90% of our students achieved 5 or more 9-4 grades including English and Maths and 54% achieved the English Baccalaureate. Our value added performance was 0.65 in 2019 which puts the school at the top of the league tables for Hampshire. We had anticipated even better performance and outcomes for 2020.

Thornden is a busy and dynamic school with a strong focus on developing the whole child. We have a vibrant performing arts department that encourages students to embrace a rich cultural education beyond the more traditional subjects. Alongside our formal curriculum provision, we offer a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities including sporting clubs and teams, author visits, Duke of Edinburgh Award and trips within the UK and abroad. We firmly believe that by engaging students and encouraging enjoyment we inspire them to learn and achieve therefore helping them to develop into fully contributing and happy members of our community. Thornden also leads a large successful Teaching School alliance with an outstanding School Centred Initial Teacher Training programme and we are a Research School.

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