Secondary Teacher - Head of KS5
Wickersley School and Sports College, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 1JL27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
7 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPS/UPS + TLR2C
What skills and experience we're looking for
About the Role
As Head of KS5, you will hold a pivotal role in shaping the culture of our Sixth Form. You will combine high-quality teaching in your subject area with strategic pastoral leadership. This role is about more than just behaviour management; it is about fostering independence, resilience, and professional standards in young adults. You will monitor academic progress towards A-Level and vocational qualifications, intervene where students fall behind, and provide the emotional support necessary to help them navigate the pressures of exams and future planning.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Intervention:Work closely with the wider teaching team to identify barriers to achievement; guide and advise staff in the implementation of intervention and support strategies to overcome those barriers.
- Data & Progress:Monitor and record student responses, learning achievements, and progress against targets, preparing necessary paperwork for student reviews, including evaluation of progress against targets.
- Mentoring Oversight:Support identified students in need of specialised mentoring, coordinating sessions where appropriate or facilitating alternative opportunities, including signposting to external agencies.
- Behaviour Leadership:Take a lead in managing the behaviour of the year group, proactively monitoring the behaviour of all students, analysing patterns, and applying effective behaviour management strategies.
- Attendance Strategy:Have the overview of punctuality and attendance, liaising with parents, appropriate staff, and external agencies to implement measures necessary to improve individual and year group attendance.
- Pastoral Care:Act as a point of escalation for pastoral and welfare issues, working with identified students on emotional health and wellbeing and liaising with multi-agencies to make referrals.
- Culture & Ethos:Be available to students (and parents) in the year group, coordinating home/school links regarding attitudes to learning to establish a strong sense of culture and learning purpose within the academy.
- Staff Support:Support staff in dealing with behaviour issues, developing and implementing intervention strategies for both pastoral and learning progress.
- Alternative Provision:Contribute to the identification of students at risk of Alternative Provision, ensuring all support has been exhausted, and support planning for successful transition back into mainstream school.
- SEND Liaison:Contribute to the development and implementation of Pastoral Support Plans and support the SENDCo in collating information for EHCPs.
What the school offers its staff
AboutWPT
At Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), we are fueled by a single commitment: 'We never knowingly do less for other people’s children than we would for our own.' As a thriving network of schools across South Yorkshire, we combine high expectations with embedded inclusivity. We do not work in silos; instead, we rely on deep collaboration and school-to-school support to ensure every student develops socially, emotionally, and academically to achieve the highest standards.
Why Join Us?
- Competitive salary (MPS/UPS + TLR)
- Generous Local Government (support staff) and Teacher Pension Schemes
- Health and Wellbeing, including a Westfield Health subscription
- Professional Growth and Development
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.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Wickersley School and Sports College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2002 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Wickersley School and Sports College website
- Email address
- recruitment@wickersleypt.org
- Phone number
- 01709807600
Wickersley School and Sports College is an oversubscribed school with more than 2100 students, and a yearly intake of 340. We consider ourselves to be a genuine comprehensive school, catering for students of a wide range of abilities, needs, aspirations and backgrounds.
We are 100% child centred and believe that all children have the right to an outstanding education, and will be encouraged, supported and pushed to achieve their personal best.
Arranging a visit to Wickersley School and Sports College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@wickersleypt.org.
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