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  • Job start date

    1 September 2023

  • Closing date

    26 March 2023 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    10 March 2023

Job details

Key stage

Key stage 4

Working pattern

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

M1 to UPS 3

Additional allowances

TLR 1.1 - £8,706

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Head of Year, at our fantastic school MEA Central, to join our team of committed staff who share a common sense of purpose and high expectations of what students can achieve.

Main purpose of the job:

This is a middle management post. In addition to those professional responsibilities which are common to all classroom teachers in the school, the post holder’s key responsibilities will be to lead students in making the choice to learn and excel, removing barriers to learning through strategic planning, and co-ordinating the work of Form Teams. The post holder will work to improve attendance, punctuality, behaviour and the progress made by each student in the year group.

Key relationships:

Senior Leaders, Form Tutors, Curriculum Leaders, all teaching and support staff across the Trust.

Closing Date: Sunday 26th March 2023

Interview Date: To take place shortly thereafter

The salary for this role is MPS/UPS with an attached TLR 1.1. The reflective sum of this allowance is £8,706.


What the school offers its staff

About MEA Central

MEA Central is proud to be part of the Prospere Learning Trust. Our vision of a fantastic future for all our students is easy to understand but complex to achieve as the future evolves so rapidly around us. Our students have to adapt in order to build themselves a secure and resilient future. Our vision underpins all we do, and our starting point is excellent academic results. This is an exciting opportunity for anyone interested in working at a school with a phenomenal culture that is achieved through commitment and hard work. Further information about MEA Central can be found in the candidate brochure below.

Working for us:

Great schools thrive because of the great people in them.

Prospere Learning Trust offers a variety of employee benefits, including;

  • a commitment to continuous professional development for all colleagues
  • membership to Bupa Level 1 Health Plan which allows employees to claim money back for a range of health expenses such as prescriptions and dental treatments
  • access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice provided through either our free Bupa or Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) including confidential 24 hour support
  • Cyclescheme access
  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) contributions and Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS) contributions

Safeguarding Children

All schools within the Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

If you would prefer to request a manual application pack, or should you require any additional support in completing your application, please feel free to contact us on 0161 527 7953


Further details about the role

Applying to work for us

Applications will only be accepted on the TES application form and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.Applications may not be considered if they are incomplete. We cannot accept CV's.We encourage early applications and reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if we receive a high volume of applicants.

Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This to enable us to identify any incidents or issues which have happened and are publicly available online which we might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.

All applicants must be permitted to work in the UK and hold a relevant work permit where necessary. This is not a role in which the Trust sponsors a visa application. If you have lived or worked outside of the UK in the last 5 years, the Trust will also require additional information in order to comply with safer recruitment requirements. Any job offer will be conditional on the satisfactory completion of the necessary pre-employment checks and receipt of satisfactory references.

Equality Statement

At Prospere Learning Trust we are committed to creating a community of belonging. This means we continually celebrate the diverse communities within our schools and the communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer, we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

Closing Date: Sunday 26th March 2023

Interview Date: To take place shortly thereafter


Applying for the job

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About Manchester Enterprise Academy Central

School type
Free School, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
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School size
1061 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

School location

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