Progress Leader
Burnside College, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, NE28 7LQ22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
13 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Head of year or phase
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, permanent, 52/52
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8 £33,366 - £37,035
What skills and experience we're looking for
We would like to appoint a Progress Leader (non-teaching head of year) who is conscientious, determined and committed to ensuring the highest possible outcomes for all students.
In this role, the postholder will be responsible for the day to day leadership of a specific year group and will be an expert on the pupils in that cohort. You will be the first point of contact for attendance, behaviour, welfare and achievement and will liaise with the appropriate colleagues in school and external agencies to ensure that all students are adequately supported and challenged. The successful candidate will be able to:
- Communicate effectively, and build trust, with all learners and be able to speak to large groups of students, for example whole classes and year group assemblies
- Communicate effectively with parents and external agencies
- Analyse school data (achievement / behaviour / attendance) in detail in order to identify key priorities
- Liaise with other colleagues to share information and data and ensure that appropriate action planning is put in place
- Manage a large and varied workload and maintain positivity when faced with challenges
Above all else you will be expected to build a culture of Pride, Respect & Achievement and ensure that all students strive towards being the best they can be.
The postholder will be assigned to a year group based on expertise, experience and school need. The year group may not stay fixed and the deployment of Progress Leaders will be reviewed annually.
It is anticipated that the successful candidate(s) will structure their working patterns so as to be highly visible to students when not in lessons e.g. student break and lunchtime and will be will be flexible in terms of working patterns (parents evening/results days/parental events etc.), this is reflected by the 52/52 contract.
Burnside College is a good school, with outstanding sixth form provision. We put teaching and learning first and are committed to providing a high quality and inclusive learning experience for all. Furthermore, we are committed to the development of staff and you will be joining a supportive school with an excellent environment in which to continue your professional development.
If you would like any further information, or to discuss this role in more detail, please contact Helen Patterson, Deputy Headteacher h.patterson@burnsidecollege.org.uk
What the school offers its staff
Thank you for your interest in joining our team. Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
In our most recent inspection in November 2024 OfSTED recognised that Burnside College continues to be a good school. Inspectors found that:
- Pupils enjoy working with their teachers
- Pupils behave well and meet the high expectation that the school has for their conduct
- Classrooms are calm and orderly places to learn
- Staff appreciate the positive strategies to manage their workload and support their wellbeing
These continued improvements were secured through a relentless focus on teaching and learning; we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
Standards continue to remain high at Burnside because staff are determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart.
In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for early years teachers. School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We were delighted to once again receive the Wellbeing Award for Schools in 2023 and the inspection report stated that “Burnside College is a happy place to work and learn.” In 2024-25 as part of our continued commitment to staff wellbeing, all teaching staff receive at least 33% additional non-contact time as part of our wider package to support wellbeing.
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Burnside College is committed to safeguarding and all offers of employment are subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS clearance and other pre-employment checks.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act.
Applying for the job
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CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Burnside College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 959 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Burnside College website
- Email address
- h.patterson@burnsidecollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0191 259 8500
Burnside College is characterised by its strong community spirit and friendly working environment. Respect is one of our core values and is tangible throughout the school. We believe that strong relationships are the fabric of any successful school. Interactions at Burnside between staff, and with pupils, are based on mutual respect and are positive.
The school has been through a considerable period of change in recent years in order to raise standards and provide the best possible quality of education for our pupils. We were delighted that this was recognised in our 2020 Ofsted inspection. Burnside College was acknowledged to be a good school in all areas with outstanding sixth form provision. Staff are proud to work at our school and proud of the young people in our community.
These improvements have been secured through a real team effort between school leaders and staff. We have a relentless focus on teaching and learning and ensure we routinely consider the latest educational thinking in order to reflect on and refine what happens in classrooms. This goes hand in hand with a strong, caring, system of pastoral support and a focus on the personal development of our pupils.
There is an expectation at Burnside that staff will be determined to do the very best for the young people of Wallsend and always work positively, with the best interest of young people at heart. In return the school offers excellent support and professional development. We offer high quality staff training which is personalised to the experience and needs of the individual. A particular strength is the effective programme of support in place for NQTs and early years teachers. School leaders are considerate of the workload and wellbeing of staff, and the school provides good career progression opportunities.
We are looking to recruit staff to our team that are committed to high standards and to improving the life chances of young people. Further details about our school are available on the school website.
Arranging a visit to Burnside College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email h.patterson@burnsidecollege.org.uk.
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