Assistant Head of Year

The Stockwood Park Academy are currently looking to recruit an enthusiastic and committed Assistant Head of Year to join our team. This is a pastoral role where you will assist the Head of Year to ensure significant academic progress and excellent behaviour of students across a year group.  To succeed in this role, you will be able to inspire and motivate students to excel in their education and have high expectations of what students can achieve. You will be part of the pastoral team, led by a Senior Head of Year and includes Heads of Years and Assistant Heads of Year.

The Stockwood Park Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered.  You will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body, and enterprising students.  Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs. 

‘We recognise talent, recruit for attitude and train you for the skills’

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic, and successful Academy, come and join us at The Stockwood Park Academy!

Key Duties

·       Track student progress, behaviour, attendance and punctuality data and support follow up and intervention.

·       Mentor identified students in and where appropriate across Year Teams

·       Support staff in the management of student behaviour

·       Communicate and meet with staff, parents and carers and outside agencies. 

·       Support the Head of Year in the consistency of student rewards and awards.

The successful candidate will have

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

·       Energy, commitment, and attention to detail

·       A good sense of humour and the ability to diffuse potentially difficult situations with ease.

·       An understanding of how an effective pastoral system underpins high academic achievement.

·       A ‘can do’ attitude, hard worker.

·       Resilience and the ability to work as part of a team.

·       Passionate about pastoral support.

·       Can run intervention to support students needing additional support.

·       Local community knowledge would be beneficial.

·       Those who can run clubs/extra curriculum welcome.

Job Specifics

Start date   September 2024

Job Role      Permanent, Full-time, Term-time 5 INSET days plus 2 weeks

Salary           NJC L5 Point 15-20 £27,803 - £30,296 FTE dependent on actual experience

                      Actual pro-rata salary £25,343 - £27,615, Plus £2,500 Per annum Fixed term until December 2027

                        (please see details below)

Permanent working hours - Monday to Thurs 8:00am to 16:00pm and Friday 8:00am to 3:30pm, 37 hours per week

Plus an additional payment £2,500 per annum Fixed term until December 2027 for additional 30 minutes per day - Monday to Thurs 16:00pm to 16:30pm and Friday 3:30pm to 16:00pm

Working day including the fixed term to support with Parental contact and behaviour - Monday to Thurs 8:00am to 16:30pm and Friday 8:00am to 16:00pm.

The Shared Learning Trust – Staff Benefits

We offer a fantastic range of benefits across our trust, supporting our staff in a variety of ways. From an extensive Wellbeing package to an onsite car wash, you can be reassured that we have your best interests at heart.

Perkbox and Perkbox Medical

NPQ’s Teacher Development Trust and training courses with The National College

Staff social events, including 5 a-side football and BBQs

Reduced gym membership rates and free on-site gym

Staff recognition with reward shopping vouchers

On-site Indian head or shoulder massage

Online delivery drop off service, including Amazon

Free eye test vouchers

Support for all staff with an experienced licensed counsellor

Free tea and coffee plus a reusable bamboo coffee cup for new starters

Free onsite car parking at all academies

Cycle to work scheme

Enhanced pension employers’ contribution and death in service payment

Refer a friend £500 bonus scheme

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.