Teaching Head of Year

We are seeking an enthusiastic and passionate Teaching Head of Year to deliver high quality pastoral leadership and teaching for our growing secondary school. This is an exciting opportunity to join a committed, friendly and professional team of teachers providing a transformational quality of education to the pupils in our thriving school.

 At Houstone, our values of Integrity, Ambition, Excellence are underpinned by very high expectations and drive in everything that we do. We have a powerful culture which is warm but strict, based on clear routines, systems, and structures. As a result, our teachers enjoy their teaching with impeccable behaviour in lessons and hardworking, highly motivated pupils.

Joining Houstone School as a Teaching Head of Year is a fantastic opportunity to be part of our story – providing transformational experiences for thousands of pupils, developing our staff to be the very best they can be, and influencing the wider system by demonstrating first-hand what is achievable. We welcome applications from experienced teachers who may be looking for their next step in their career and from experienced Heads of Years looking to move school.

Key Duties:

·         Be able to develop, plan and deliver effective and high-quality learning experiences to all students

·         Lead and manage the achievement, progress and pastoral/safeguarding provision for pupils within the year group.

·         To be responsible for raising the standards of attainment for all pupils in the specific year group and to contribute to whole school improvement at a strategic level.

·         Liaise with parents over the progress and pastoral needs of pupils in the year group whilst maintaining the tutor’s role as a point of contact for parents who have a concern.

·         Organising Parents Evenings for the year group.

·         Organise and conduct assemblies that contribute to strengthening a positive learning culture

The successful candidate will:

·         Have experience of providing an academic, knowledge-rich curriculum that values the distinctiveness of subject disciplines

·         Have the ability to provide excellent quality, evidence-based classroom practice

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

·         Have excellent interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to work in partnership with pupils, parents, staff, and the wider Community.

·         Be intrinsic in further developing a school that will offer families a genuine choice of an excellent education for their child, including:

• A disciplined “can do” culture that allows every pupil to be known, feel safe, and be cared for
• An intensive focus on the basics of reading, writing and maths
• High quality PSHE provision
• Plentiful, high quality enrichment opportunities, including trips, visits, after-school clubs and sporting fixtures. 

Job Specifics

Start date: September 2025

Salary: AST 1-12 dependent on experience plus Head of Year Allowance £3,391

Job role: Permanent, Full time

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

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.