The Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly efficient Head of Year to join our school.  The successful candidate will combine leadership of attendance, behaviour and safeguarding across their designated Year Group.

The role includes creating a positive culture through insisting on high standards of student behaviour, supporting students, staff and parents of their year group, and monitor and improve students' behaviour and attendance within their year group. This is a busy but rewarding environment where every role in the school contributes to our students achieving their best possible outcomes.  Further information is included in our job pack on the school website.

Our staff are committed to honing their skills through coaching, Teaching and Learning communities and using evidence-based approaches to create expert lessons.  We believe that ‘Knowledge is Power’.  We are currently using the Rosenshine principles and Teach Like A Champion to underpin our professional development and teaching through explicit/direct instruction.

The successful candidate can be sure of working with a team of extremely dedicated staff in a very motivating, forward-thinking environment.  The school is committed to providing exceptional CPD at all levels including programmes for ECTs, recently qualified teachers and middle leaders.

About You

Role Purpose:

·         The Head of Year (HOY) position will combine leadership of attainment, attendance, behaviour and safeguarding across their designated Year Group.

·         The HOY will create a positive culture through insisting on high standards of student behaviour.

·         The HOY will pastorally support students, staff and parents of their year group.

The HOY will monitor and improve students' behaviour and attendance within their year group.

Role Tasks:

·         To actively monitor behaviour across the designated year group, responding to areas of concern and contributing to strategic planning to improve it

·         To create a culture of high standards and expectations across the year group

·         To actively monitor attendance across the year group and ensure that strategies are put in place to make improvements where needed

·         To take a proactive role in monitoring and working with individual students to ensure their behaviour is not adversely affecting their learning or the learning of others.

·         To actively engage with parents to ensure barriers to learning through attendance and behaviour are overcome

·         To work with Form Tutors to ensure that tutor group activities are well organised and coordinated to ensure best use of time

·         To take a lead role in the organisation and leading of assemblies

·         To lead daily rollcall giving clear and positive messages and ensuring high standards throughout

·         To champion your Year Group at every opportunity and create a genuine sense of belonging for all students

·         To ensure high standards of student uniform

·         To manage the induction of new students to Seahaven Academy

·         To investigate incidents as they arise, liaising with relevant staff and outside agencies when required

·         To communicate effectively with parents and carers including phone calls, texts, emails and letters

·         To organise parent meetings

·         To undertake home visits as appropriate

·         To support the SLT in RESET and on-call

·         To support and develop programmes which give student leadership opportunities

·         To support and promote the whole-school rewards policy and systems across the year group

·         To contribute to Senior Leadership Team meetings and planning on an invitational basis

·         To be highly visible around then school

·         To keep up to date with legislation around children protection, exploitation and safeguarding

·         To work with other staff in the coordination of support for those students who need to overcome barriers to fulfilling their potential and attaining the highest outcomes possible

·         To support the Academy's vision of becoming a year-on-year, high performing, fully inclusive school