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  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    21 March 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    12 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per week. 8.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Thursday 8.00am to 4.00pm Friday Term Time only, plus 5 days

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

SCP 3-7 £24,027 – £25,584 pro rata £21,105.32 to £22,472.99 actual salary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you an organised and approachable individual?

Then this will be the job for you.

This post provides a unique opportunity to work within a high-performing and growing 11 to 18 grammar school with a large sixth-form and exceptionalstudents.

We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approximately 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

If you are interested in this position then please visit the vacancies section of our website www.heckgrammar.co.uk/vacancies.

Completed applications should be sent by email to: recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk.

The ideal candidate will be:

Organised and proactive, with experience in student support or pastoral care.

A strong communicator, able to engage with students, parents, and staff.

Confident in handling student behaviourand maintaining a positive learning environment.

Tech-savvy, comfortable using attendance systems and digital resources.

Passionate about education and student development.

Experience in a school or Sixth Form setting is desirable but not essential.

Key Responsibilities

Transition & Recruitment

  • Plan and coordinatePost-16 transitionin collaboration with senior staff.
  • Maintain and lead theSixth Form Recruitment Calendar.
  • Organise and coordinateexternal recruitment events, including assemblies and careers fairs.
  • Lead key Sixth Form transition events:
    • Year 11 Taster Day (December)
    • Sixth Form Experience Day (June)
    • Year 12 Induction Trip
    • Internal recruitment events(assemblies, subject information stands)
  • Lead theHouse and Integration Student Committeeto promote student engagement.
  • Oversee theYear 12 Buddy System, ensuring smooth peer mentoring.
  • Organise and runYear 12 Transition Network Meetings.

Student Support & Wellbeing

  • Work closely with thePastoral Leaderto support student behaviour, attendance, and well-being.
  • Conductdaily lesson attendance checks, enforcing sanctions for truancy where necessary.
  • Monitor and managelate arrivals, conducting mid-week and end-of-week checks.
  • Overseemorning registration (8:45 – 9:10)at the school reception.
  • DeliverAIM sessionsfor targeted students under the direction of Academic Leaders.
  • Supervise student access and conduct in theJCC (study centre), ensuring a safe and productive environment.
  • Managelaptop distributionand ensure appropriate use of school resources.
  • UtiliseCCTV monitoringwhere appropriate to maintain student safety.

Protection of children:

Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.


What the school offers its staff

  • Be part of ahigh-performing and supportive Sixth Form team.
  • Opportunities forprofessional development and training.
  • Work in adynamic and student-focused environment.
  • Make a real impact on students'academic success and well-being.

Pension Plan with Local Government Pension Scheme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free On Site Parking

Free Flu Vaccinations

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding Statement:

Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Heckmondwike Grammar School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1474 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approx 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

And for the second year running we are ranked No 2 in the North of England.

This is a fabulous accolade to the whole school community and just reward for years of hard work from staff, students and indeed parents.
The survey includes both GCSE and A level results and is nationally noted as a true measure of school performance using metrics of most interest to parents when selecting a school.

“Such accolades are very pleasing and we are delighted to be recognised, but they only come about because of the week in week out hard work from students and staff and I salute my colleagues and students, they are an exceptional team.” Mr Roberts, Headteacher.

Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.

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