Deputy Head of Year (Student Services)

Shorefields; Hutton; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Two-week October half term (term-time)

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

St Martin's School in Hutton, Brentwood, Essex is seeking an enthusiastic MIS Officer to join the Student Services team on a part-time basis. The role requires reliable administration and IT skills, with the ability to relate well to both students and staff.

Hours are 37 per week across 39 weeks per year, term-time plus one week, with a salary dependent on experience. Applicants should be organised and capable of working both independently and as part of a team.

Qualifications

• Experience in an education setting preferred
• Excellent administrative and IT skills
• Ability to relate to both children and adults

Responsibilities

• Assist Student Services Team to maintain high standards of behaviour, learning and achievement
• Provide administrative support across all year groups
• Handle a range of needs for students and support staff

Job description

Job Ref No. ECC5433-551 Position Type: Administration Pay Range: Essex Schools Pay Scale 5/6

Position Start Date: 01/01/2027 Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent

Application Close: 29/11/2026 Midnight Date of Interviews: To be advised

Monday to Thursday 08.00 - 16.00, Friday 08.00 - 15.30

Salary dependent on experience

37 hours per week - 39 weeks per year (term-time, plus one week)

The successful candidate will assist our established Student Services Team to ensure a high standard of behaviour, learning and achievement with students.

We are seeking an enthusiastic, hard-working, organised person who will assist with dealing with a wide range of needs for our students across all year groups.

You will need to have the ability to relate to both children and adults and ideally have experience of an education setting. You will need to be able to work both individually and as part of a team, possess excellent administrative and IT skills.

Information about the School

St Martin's School is a large co-educational comprehensive school located in Hutton, Brentwood. The school benefits from a pleasant semi-rural environment with agricultural land to the rear. The school, which also includes a large sixth form block, is situated on an open, attractive 30 acre site. Parking is available on-site and there are good transport links by both rail and bus. Hutton is five miles from the M25 and 19 miles from London, which is easily reached by road or train (25 minutes to Liverpool Street Station).

This is a large, but friendly school in which all staff are helped to develop their talents. This is supported by an extensive and wide ranging in-house continual professional development programme (CPD). We have high quality mentoring and induction programmes for staff with excellent opportunities for training and professional development.

2025 – 74.9% of students achieved grades 9-4 in GCSE English Literature and 74.8% of students achieved grades 9-4 in GCSE English Language and 78.1% of students achieved grades 9-4 in Mathematics2024 – 77.5% of students achieved 9 - 4 in GCSE English Literature and 79.5% in GCSE English Language and 79.9% of students achieved 9 - 4 in Mathematics- Over Subscribed - 1184 applications for 292 year 7 places in 2023- Ofsted 2024 - Good with outstanding leadership

About Discovery Educational Trust:

Discovery Educational Trust, formed in 2014, is a successful and established multi-academy trust based in South Essex, comprising just under 4000 pupils and 500 staff, across 5 schools.

Our schools are:

• Chase High School (Westcliff-on-Sea)
• St. Martin's School (Brentwood)
• Hogarth Primary School (Brentwood)
• Kelvedon Hatch Community Primary School (Brentwood)
• Larchwood Primary School (Brentwood)

We aim for each of our schools to become the school of choice within the community, offering a broad and exciting range of extracurricular activities to enhance the opportunities within their formal curriculum.

Our vision is that strong and effective leadership places our children and young people at the heart of everything we do.We value relationships, which are open and honest, underpinned by kindness, trustworthiness and compassion.

We offer ongoing training and professional development for all staff in a supportive and collaborative environment.

We offer the following benefits for employees:

• Pension scheme - also automatically includes Life Assurance
• Generous Referral Bonus for employees who refer quality candidates to join Discovery Educational Trust
• Two-week October half term (term time staff)
• Employee savings and discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme – free confidential wellbeing support for employees and dependants
• Mental Health First Aiders – we have qualified MHFA England trainers within the Trust and continue to add to our pool of trained MHFAs
• Ongoing training and professional development in a supportive and collaborative environment
• Gifted Service Leave for long service
• Health Cash plan to support with every day healthcare costs – e.g. dental, optical, physiotherapy. Includes Virtual GP service

As an equal opportunities employer, Discovery Educational Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age; disability; gender re-assignment; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity; race (which includes ethnic origin, nationality and ethnic or national origins); religion or belief; sex; and sexual orientation. We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join Discovery Educational Trust.

Discovery Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding our pupils against radicalisation and extremism and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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HR Team
St Martin's School
Hanging Hill Lane
Hutton, Brentwood
Essex, CM13 2HG Telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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