Teacher with Head of Year (English, Maths, Art or Science)

The Kingsbrook School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP22 7BR

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Art and design, English, Science
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,916.00 - £51,048.00 Annually (Actual) Salary – MPS/UPS +TLR £5,871

Teacher with Head of Year (English, Maths, Art or Science) job summary

The Kingsbrook School

Part of the Insignis Academy Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join our successful, vibrant community as a

Teacher with Head of Year (English, Maths, Art or Science)

Full Time, Permanent

Salary - MPS/UPS +TLR £5,871

Start date - September 2026

Closing Date: Monday 5th January 2025 at 12 Noon

At Insignis Academy Trust we are looking for a Teacher with Head of Year with the ability to teach one of the following subjects:English, Maths, Art or Science for The Kingsbrook School. This is an exciting opportunity to join this rapidly growing, inclusive new school in Aylesbury.

Opened in September 2022 to 180 year 7 students, the school will grow by each year of entry until full in 2027-28. Located at the heart of the Kingsbrook Estate in Aylesbury, the school boasts state of the art facilities across the mainstream school and a purpose-built Inclusion Unit for children with additional Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. The successful candidate will have a unique opportunity to establish, lead and drive culture and practice in the Inclusion Unit as the school continues to develop, as a key part of our energetic and passionate team.

The Kingsbrook School requires all its teachers to be a well-qualified, enthusiastic professionals, who are eager and committed to supporting students’ education. This role includes the direct line management of the tutors in the attached year group.

The role of Head of Year is to ensure that the pupils in the associated year groups are making appropriate progress in line with their individual targets and is responsible for the pastoral wellbeing of the pupils in Year. The Head of Year is also required to take a strategic lead on the behaviour for learning within the associated year groups.

This role also requires a post holder who is passionate about developing the schools CPD offer and the fostering of a school-based research culture.TheHead of Year will also be responsible for guiding and supporting their tutor team to use current progress, attainment and behaviour data to deliver high quality mentoring to their tutees.

The successful candidate will also have experience of deploying interventions and additional support to enable students to make the most progress possible. The job description for the role outlines the initial expectations of the successful candidate.

Closing date - Monday 5th January at 12 noon

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake the completion of satisfactory checks including an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, medical report, confirmation of qualifications and documentation to prove Right to Work in the UK.

We encourage and value candidates who have varied lived experiences and inclusive mindsets, either due to their engagements in the world or due to their protected characteristics (as set out in the Equalities Act 2010). We are committed to continued development of a community that is representative of the environment in which we work and in nurturing an equitable society.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Kingsbrook School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 569 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Kingsbrook School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-kingsbrook-school

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