Performance Director: Sixth Form (Head of Year)
Sandringham School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NXThis job expired on 22 January 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
June 2024 or September 2024
Closing date
22 January 2024 at 9am
Date listed
9 January 2024
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- MPS/UPS plus fringe, with TLR 2c
Performance Director: Sixth Form (Head of Year) job summary
Full Time
MPS/UPS plus fringe, with TLR 2c
Start date: June 2024 or September 2024
We are looking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and ambitious Performance Director (Head of Year) to play a key part within our large and committed sixth form pastoral team. Sandringham School operates the largest sixth form in Hertfordshire with over 550 students. You will be responsible for a year group of students’ academic achievement across the curriculum as well as leading a team of committed tutors overseeing the pastoral care and personal development of students. You will be supported by a team of dedicated staff. The successful candidate will oversee the leadership and management of our new year 12 cohort starting in September 2024. Our students are really enthusiastic and hard-working, and love taking part in all wider aspects of school life. This is an outstanding opportunity for someone who wants to join a school with unrivalled opportunities and gain significant experience to further enhance their career, like one of our staff members:
"I worked in digital marketing after my degree and then chose to train as a teacher. I joined Sandringham as an NQT and immediately enjoyed the wide of opportunities to become involved in. I have really enjoyed multiple trips and visits, and extended learning days. This has led me to pursue a pastoral leadership role as Performance Director which has been the right pathway for me. I really enjoy coordinating a year group and the many different interactions that I have with students, parents and staff to bring out the very best in every one of them. I love being a part of their whole development, supporting the students to thrive and progress throughout the year. My current year group is Year 7- it has been so rewarding to see them settle in and become a full part of the school community. I am really well supported by the wider pastoral team, we can always come together to solve problems and work as a team. Every day is different and the rewards in this role are extensive." – Frances, Performance Director
This position is initially offered as a fixed term contract (maternity cover), preferably starting after the summer half term in June 2024 until August 2025. This start date will allow the successful candidate to support the transition process of students starting in year 12 throughout the summer term. We will consider applicants looking to commence the role from September 2024. Please express your preferred start date within your letter of application.
If this is something you are looking for in your career, please don't hesitate and we would love to hear from you!
The successful candidate will:
- have a track record of outstanding teaching and learning
- have a passion for pastoral care with proven leadership credentials
- have excellent subject knowledge
- be inspiring, dynamic and passionate
- promote Sandringham’s ethos and values
Sandringham School is committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates and encourage those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics, to apply.
Sandringham School is part of the Alban Academies Trust (AAT). The school leads the Alban Teaching School Hub and is also a designated Computing Hub. In joining Sandringham School, you will also be joining the AAT. The Trust is a close community of seven schools within Hertfordshire, three of which are Secondary schools and four are Primary schools. As part of the AAT we are able to maximise the opportunities for personal, professional and career development. To learn more about the Trust please visit https://albanacademiestrust.org.uk/
Application deadline: 9am on Monday, 22nd January 2024
Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.
Further information about the job
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.
About Sandringham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1817 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sandringham School website
Sandringham is a co-educational academy school, based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Sandringham is a non-selective school with over 1600 students, including nearly 450 in the thriving sixth form. Our aim is simple – to be 'World Class' where our students receive the best education possible in a state school.
We believe that every child can succeed in life if challenged and inspired appropriately. A strong academic curriculum supported by outstanding extra-curricular provision helps Sandringham students develop as individuals with the necessary skills to be successful in adult life. Our ethos is summed up by our motto: 'Everybody can be somebody'
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