Student Support Leader (Assistant Head of Year)

Parkside School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 5AD

27 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 November 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,851.00 - £28,604.00 Annually (Actual) SCP 17-22

Student Support Leader (Assistant Head of Year) job summary

It is a very exciting time to join Parkside School which, last year, joined Wellspring Academy Trust that was recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. We have a new Principal, new uniform and school curriculum and as such, we are at the start of an exciting journey. We are looking for a like-minded, motivated staff to join us on this journey. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School. ‘We make a difference’ If you have the same philosophy, this may be the job for you.

Details of Wellspring Academy Trust can be found at: https://wellspringacademytrust.co.uk/

The post of Student Support Leader is a crucial role in school working closely with the Head of Year in an Assistant Head of Year capacity. As the Head of Year is a teaching position, the post holder will have the capacity to support with student behaviour around school and work with students at breaks and lunchtimes. It is a role in which it is important to build strong trusting relationships with students and parents as you will be required to contact parents regarding their child’s behaviour, attendance and progress in school.

As a Student Support Leader, attached to a year group, you will support the Head of Year in all aspects of pastoral care in the year group. This includes, assemblies, rewards activities and creating a positive culture and identity for the year group. Whilst it is a demanding role it is immensely rewarding. The post holder will be part of a team of eight SSLs and your ability to work as part of a team is important. It has yet to be determined as to which year group the post holder will be with, but this will be confirmed upon appointment with consideration to experience and skill set.

At Parkside and Wellspring Academy Trust, we are keen to provide development opportunities which allow staff, at all levels to develop. Indeed, in some of our schools, staff who started at pastoral workers are now teachers or even have other more senior pastoral posts in schools. The school has a Regard Specialist working in school and they will be tasked with supporting the successful candidate in their induction.

Our vision for Parkside School is that Parkside School should visibly and substantively impact on the community it is embedded within. This impact should be important, meaningful and considerable. This means young people from Parkside should develop into well-rounded young people who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have a personal and specific hope for the future which they can articulate, believe in and share with others; students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never done before, do things they don’t want to do and be willing to reinvent themselves to become the best that they can be.

If you would like more information about this post or would like to arrange a visit, please contact Jenny Atkinson, Vice Principal, jenny.atkinson@parksideschool.net

The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Commitment to safeguarding

Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.

Applying for the job

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About Parkside School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1144 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Parkside School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parkside-school-bradford (opens in new tab)

Parkside School and locality

We want all of our schools to make a positive contribution to the community that they are embedded within. This impact should be meaningful, considerable and lasting.

We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.

Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside.

The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery.

The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.

Also on the doorstep is the Saltaire World Heritage Site; a Victorian model village that is home to Salts Mill, which itself boasts striking architecture, eateries and shopping.

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