Year Group Manager
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, CA17 4HA10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,539.00 - £29,350.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week, term time plus 1 week (39 working weeks per year), £28,539 pro rata per annum (£33,366 FTE) to £29,350 pro rata per annum (£34,314 FTE)
Year Group Manager job summary
About this Role
DO YOU SHARE OUR PASSION TO INSPIRE EVERY YOUNG PERSON TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL?
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is part of Cumbria Education Trust (CET). CET is a growing multi-academy trust based in Cumbria; and is committed to creating outstanding, innovative and inspiring learning environments for our schools and their communities. The successful candidate will be joining CET at an exciting time, as we continue to build our successes and move forward on our journey to establish ourselves as one of the highest performing MATs in the North of England.
This is an excellent opportunity to join Kirkby Stephen Grammar School at a pivotal time for its future.
We are looking for an outstanding candidate to join our growing team. Part of Cumbria Education Trust, Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is seeking to appoint a Year Group Manager to act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Officer and Child Protection caseload holder. This role holder will develop a support network providing guidance and help for students in need - attendance, social and emotional issues and behaviour being the main focus. The Year Group Manager will work on attendance with the Area Inclusion Officer (LA) and provide timely, effective and satisfactory responses to any concern or query raised by parents/carers and staff.
This varied role offers the opportunity to make a real difference to the outcomes of students though effective support and acting as a positive role model.
- Hours of work: 37 hours per week
- Term weeks: 38 + 1 weeks school closure (39 weeks per year)
- Basis: Permanent
This is an exciting opportunity to work alongside staff who are committed to making a difference to the lives of our learners.
We are seeking a hardworking candidate with a passion for working with young people with SEND, supporting them to reach their full potential.
The successful candidate will:
- Hold appropriate academic qualifications to at least GCSE standard or be able to demonstrate competency through proven experience in a similar role
- Hold an appropriate professional qualification or be able to demonstrate competency through proven experience in a similar role
- Be seeking to develop a career working with young people in an educational context and will have relevant experience in a similar environment
- Experience in the field of education, welfare, youth work, careers and training or EBD would be an advantage
- Be well-organised and capable of working on their own initiative to a high level of accuracy and presentation
- Have excellent inter-personal skills and be able to communicate effectively with tact, diplomacy and discretion
If you have the qualities we require, along with the passion and aspirations to contribute to the success of the School and the MAT, we urge you to hit the "Apply" button.
Cumbria Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List.
In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches are carried out on successful candidates.
Commitment to safeguarding
Kirkby Stephen Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and
expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening,including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. KSGS is an equal opportunities employer.Member of the South Lakes Federation.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Kirkby Stephen Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 347 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Kirkby Stephen Grammar School website
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