Head of Year 

Permanent and full time

Payscale: MPS/UPS + TLR2c (£8,278)

Required for Easter 2025 or September 2025 

We are seeking a Head of Year to lead a year group, focusing on academic progress and achievement, behaviour, attendance and general wellbeing.  You will also be an inspirational teacher with the skills to teach across the ability range from KS3 to KS5, with excellent subject knowledge within your specialism.  

Your role will be:

• To provide leadership and direction for the year team and ensure that it is managed and organised to meet the objectives of the school and the pastoral system
• To lead the work of the year group tutors in promoting the best possible standards of learning, effort and achievement in students
• To monitor the progress of students with a commitment to raising standards
• To promote and celebrate excellent behaviour and rewards. To ensure behaviour management is consistent throughout the year group
• To work with colleagues to identify barriers to learning impacting on students’ progress
• To manage and deploy any staff or financial and physical resources relating to the post​.

As a teacher and a Head of Year, you should be able to engage, enthuse, motivate and challenge students to reach the highest levels of achievement.  You will be expected to monitor behaviour and attendance across a year group and work closely with colleagues to take appropriate action and put in place suitable support mechanisms.  You should also be flexible, adaptable and results orientated, able to prioritise and resilient under pressure.

If you think you can offer what we need, you are invited to join our existing team of Heads of Year (one for each year group) who work with students on a daily basis and:

• lead and manage students’ behaviour, acting as a role model for all by demonstrating high quality pastoral care and support, rigorous expectations and a visible, professional presence with students
• maintain strong communication links with parents and carers to ensure the behaviour systems implemented within the school are supported and communicated clearly to parents.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an online search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available online. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

For further information, please download the job description and person specification from the Lawnswood vacancies page and send your completed application (teaching staff version) with a covering letter addressed to Mrs J Bell, to hr@elawnswood.co.uk, or by post to Mrs J Bell, c/o HR, Lawnswood School, Ring Road, West Park, Leeds LS16 5AG.

Closing date:  Monday 3 February 2025 at 9am

This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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