Assistant Head of Year

TimePlan Education; Harrow; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

TimePlan Education is seeking an Assistant Head of Year 9 for a secondary school in Harrow, London. The role involves leading pastoral care with the Head of Year to support learners, improve attendance and behaviour, and enable students to reach their potential.

You will work with senior staff to monitor concerns, analyse progress data and coordinate support, liaising with external agencies and parents as required. A strong safeguarding ethos and collaborative approach are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in senior pastoral and behaviour management.
• Ability to analyse attendance and progress data.
• Excellent communication with staff, students and parents.

Responsibilities

• Lead pastoral care for Year 9 alongside HoY to raise achievement.
• Identify student concerns and monitor behaviour and attendance.
• Coordinate pupil support unit operations and liaise with external partners.
• Prepare data and reports for HoYs; engage parents regularly.
• Support in reflective/restorative practices with students.
• Attend meetings with external agencies and parents.
• Maintain safeguarding commitments.

Skills

Pastoral leadership

Team collaboration

Data reporting

Job description

Assistant Head of Year - Year 9

A secondary school based in Harrow, North West London who are looking to secure an Assistant Head of Year to start asap on an ongoing long term assignment.

The school

This secondary school is a mixed, non-selective, non-denominational secondary school with over 1500 students on record. The school is located in the London borough of Harrow and is a short walk from a popular overground station. The school has a well-deserved reputation of giving all students equal opportunities to succeed. It supports their individual needs so they make outstanding progress. They have been rated Outstanding by Ofsted for the last 10 years and have continued to go from strength to strength.

Assistant Head of Year 9

This role will involve taking a leading role, alongside the Head of Year (HoY) in the provision of pastoral care and support to learners in the relevant year group, in order to ensure that they are able to achieve their full potential. This will involve resolving issues which present as barriers to learning such as attendance, lack of motivation and poor behaviour.

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

• Work with a range of teaching and support staff in school, and external partners as appropriate, to promote positive learning behaviour with students and support students' personal and academic development by removing barriers to learning.
• Work with the SLT, Heads of Year, other Assistant Heads of Year, and teaching staff to identify and monitor student concerns and to assist in the identification and support for students with organisational or behavioural difficulties.
• Respond to immediate student concerns clarifying the situation for the Senior Leader/Heads of Year and to make decisions on the use of lower level sanctions where appropriate.
• To support in the effective running and function of the Pupil Support Unit, including staffing the school pupil reception on a rota basis with other Assistant Heads of Year.
• Prepare data and reports for HoYs as required.
• Support students working in the reflection room, through the use of restorative behaviour techniques where appropriate.
• Liaise with external agencies where directed and to attend relevant meetings with them and/or parents as appropriate.
• Act as a point of contact with parents and to maintain regular contact with them to encourage parental involvement in their child's education.

TimePlan Education Group LTD are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expect all staff to show this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to complete Disclosure and Barring Service declarations in line with Section 115 of the Police Act 1997.

TimePlan Education Group LTD are committed to Equal Opportunities Employer and therefore will not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability or sexual orientation.

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