Head of Year
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls, Thamesmead, SE28 8RFThis job expired on 26 March 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
September 2023
Closing date
26 March 2023 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 March 2023
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Head of department or curriculum
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time hours, permanent contract
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- QTS Pay Scale plus TLR plus inner London Weighting
What skills and experience we're looking for
Role model exceptional teaching and set the standard for teaching in the year group
- Manage class teachers in their class teacher responsibilities (including attendance tracking, pastoral management, parent communication, registration culture, form/team culture)
- Implement pastoral provisions and behaviour management strategies for specific pupils
- Demonstrate high expectations of behaviour, holding pupils to account for their actions at all times
- Plan character development education in the year group
- Maintain excellent relationships with parents
- Be held accountable for the progress of all pupils in all subjects in their year group
- Manage other appropriate staff as required
- Develop staff through feedback and support
- Attend morning pastoral meetings daily
• Be a safeguarding lead for your year group
What the school offers its staff
As a member of staff at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys we can offer you:
- Opportunities for career progression
- Excellent professional development
- A contributory pension scheme
- Opportunities to collaborate with outstanding and dynamic teaching professionals
- Access to various discounts for a small monthly fee
- An employee assistance programme
- Season ticket loans
- Finders fees for personal introductions of staff that we employ
- Excellent catering facilities
- Secure on-site parking
Further details about the role
Teaching is the most rewarding job in the world. We have the opportunity to change students’ lives for the better and you could make a positive impact at Woolwich Polytechnic for Girls as Head of Year.
For September 2023, we are seeking an enthusiastic, innovative and well qualified teacher to join our team as Head of Year in motivating and supporting students. The successful candidate will be a role model for exceptional teaching and set the standard for teaching in the year group as well as leading a team of dedicated tutors in overseeing student progress and wellbeing. We are looking to appoint someone who is ambitious, dynamic and has a passion for pastoral leadership. The year group will be confirmed on appointment.
The Role
Co-ordinating and ensuring the personal, social and academic progress of all students in their year group.
Commitment to safeguarding
All offer of employment is subject upon the Academy Trust receiving an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate (DBS), which the Academy considers to be satisfactory. Successful applicants, will be required to complete a DBS Application Form. Any information disclosed will be handled in accordance with the Code of Practice published by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The post you are applying for is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and it is therefore an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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About Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 943 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- acherry@polymat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 02083107000
PolyMAT is a small and ambitious MAT with a unique family feel . Our vision is ‘Success for Everyone’ and the successful candidate will help deliver this for our schools. We currently have three schools in our Trust: Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys, a long-successful boys’ school, Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls that opened in 2019, and Bannockburn Primary School, a large successful primary that joined the Trust on 1st November 2023. We also have our flourishing Sixth Form provision which is co-educational.
Following the success of our first ever Ofsted inspection at Woolwich Polytechnic School for Girls, we are looking for dedicated teachers that will join us on our journey in delivering an outstanding education for all our students. By joining us, you will play a vital role in supporting our girls to grow as women whose voices are heard and respected. Through this, we hope that they will become influential mothers, sisters, carers, friends and, ultimately, successful and happy members of society.
As a school community and Trust, we place significant value on our professional working relationships with others. Therefore, we are looking for individuals who will be committed to forming strong relationships with other colleagues and stakeholders so that we can be united in achieving our shared vision and goals.
Our Trust and our schools pride themselves on a culture of high standards delivered through our values of Care and Unity. We provide a rewarding environment where students and staff feel valued and supported.
Working for PolyMAT may also present the unique opportunity for staff to teach across both schools and for candidates to join our recruitment pool for further openings.
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