Head of Year
Torpoint Community College, Torpoint, Cornwall, PL11 2NH16 days remaining to apply
Job start date
22 April 2025
Closing date
28 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
7 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
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37 hours a week - Mon to Fri
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £31,067 to £33,366 (negotiable based on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking to recruit a confident, committed and inspirational pastoral leader to lead a year group at the College. This role will require the successful candidate to regularly liaise with curriculum leaders, tutors, the Behaviour Support Team, Student Support Centre staff, the SENDCo, parents and carers, senior leaders, external agencies as well as other heads of year.
The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be confident in managing complex and challenging situations, have the ability to remain calm and rational, be proactive and confident in applying their own initiative and must also be able to work effectively within a team as well as an individual.
As Head of Year you will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to putting students first in all aspects of your work. A high level of emotional intelligence and a professional approach to working is essential, particularly with staff, students and parents. You must have the skill and ability to use available data to improve standards for our students and a willingness to adapt to new targets and approaches as the dynamics of the environment change. You will have a passion for addressing social and emotional needs of all students, but especially those with different needs, and be creative in introducing changes that improve their outcomes. Excellent organisation skills are essential to effectively fulfil this role, and you must be fully committed to meeting the College’s expectations in this highly demanding role.
The Head of Year role provides an opportunity for outstanding candidates from a range of backgrounds to have a highly influential and impactful position within our pastoral team. Although this is not a teaching position, we welcome applications from former teachers, education support staff or any other sector where the individual holds the requisite skill set and experience.
What the school offers its staff
You will be joining a friendly team of staff in a lovely location on a site that sits amongst its own well-maintained grounds. You will be enrolled onto the Local Government Pension Scheme, receive annual pay increments (until you reach the highest pay scale) in addition to the national cost of living pay award, have access to free parking and be able to participate in a range of staff wellbeing activities and events.
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 Torpoint Community College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 748 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Torpoint Community College website
- Email address
- jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01752 812511
Torpoint Community College (TCC) is situated in South-East Cornwall and is very much a part of the local community. Due to its proximity, it also enjoys close links with the urban area of Plymouth city. This results in a rich mix of urban and rural, village and city-based students and the College is very much an economic driver for the area.
The majority of students attending the College live in Torpoint or on the Rame Peninsula. It also has students from Plymouth who travel from Plymouth via the chain ferry over the River Tamar. The current number on roll is approximately 720, including 50 in the Sixth Form. The College’s Post 16 provision offers a small, but thriving, learning environment for its students with a wide range of A Level subjects on offer.
Arranging a visit to Torpoint Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk.
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