Non Teaching Head of Year

Sanders Draper, Hornchurch, RM12 6RT

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,350.00 - £32,188.00 Annually (FTE)

Non Teaching Head of Year job summary

Main Purpose of the Role

The Head of Year plays a crucial role in supporting the academic, pastoral, and personal development of students at Sanders Draper, a thriving and highly ambitious secondary school. As a key member of the school's Pastoral Team, the Head of Year is responsible for promoting the school's core values of Resilience, Achievement, and Family, and ensuring the best possible educational experience for all students.

Student Welfare and Behaviour Management

• Be accountable for the attendance, punctuality, and conduct of the students in your year group

• To liaise with the EWO assigned to the school over matters relating to the welfare of students and the attendance.

• Set high standards of expectations for all students and ensure they adhere to the school's systems and policies

• Plan and apply strategies/interventions for rapid progress of students accordingly

• Work to support the safety of all students at Sanders Draper and as directed by SLT

Academic Monitoring and Intervention

• Monitor the academic progress of students in your year group, identifying areas for improvement and implementing targeted support, using systems such as DPR and SMID

• Collaborate with subject teachers, pastoral staff, and the SLT to develop and implement effective strategies to raise student achievement

• Oversee the delivery of academic interventions and support programmes, ensuring they are tailored to the specific needs of individual students

• Analyse data and use it to inform decision-making, with the aim of driving continuous improvement in student outcomes

Pastoral Care and Guidance

• Provide pastoral support and guidance to students, addressing their social, emotional, and personal needs

• Foster a positive, inclusive, and supportive environment that promotes the well-being of all students

• To oversee aspects of the day to day running of tutor teams

• To be responsible for the standards of form time within the year group.

• Develop/maintain strong relationships with parents/carers, ensuring effective communication/collaboration

• Work closely with the school's safeguarding team to identify and support students who may be at risk

• To deliver updates and training through the school bulletin/briefing

• To complete Welfare Checks when required, either by telephone or by conducting home visits

Whole-School Contribution

• Contribute to development, implementation, and evaluation of school's policies, practises, and procedures

• Participate in the wider life of the school, supporting school events, activities, and initiatives

• Attend relevant staff meetings

• Represent the school and act as a positive ambassador within the local community

• To be on ‘duty’ points in line with the duty timetable.

• To deliver updates and training through the school bulletin/briefing

Staff wellbeing and benefits

We offer the following staff benefits:

-Career Development (apprenticeships, support towards achieving further qualifications, leadership programmes, progression opportunities, teacher training, shadow opportunities and a vast CPD programme of relevant courses through both internal and external training providers)

-Pension

-Two week October Half Term

-All teaching staff are allocated a laptop,

-Staff supervision sessions with a trained professional,

-Promotion of a Cycle-to-work scheme

-Line management meetings to support staff development and performance

-The Sanders Draper local committee has a link member who is responsible for overseeing wellbeing, further highlighting the importance we place on this aspect. This is also further emphasised by the Trust approach and relentless focus on the wellbeing of all staff members.

-Regular staff social and get-together events as a school and across the trust

-Staff surveys where staff views are gathered and actions are taken based on the results.

We welcome any interest in this opportunity. For an application pack, informal discussion or to arrange a visit to the school please contact the school on 01708 443068, email vmurphy@sandersschool.org.uk or visit our website www.sandersschool.org.uk. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role.

Please note the use of AI is strictly forbidden during the application/interview process

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Sanders Draper

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 667 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sanders Draper website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sanders-draper

Sanders is part of the Success for All Educational Trust along with Redden Court School and The Royal Liberty School for boys.

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