Contract: Permanent 

Start Date – February 2025

Closing Date: 8am on Friday 3rd January 2025

Salary: S01 – (£28,698 - £30,305 working Term Time only plus 5 days)

Hours – 37 hrs per week working term time only plus 5 days

As a Year Leader you will play a crucial role in pastoral care for your designated year group. You will work closely with teachers, parents and students to ensure a positive and effective learning experience.

You will work with the Key Stage Leaders and SLT to ensure the planning and delivery of an effective and supportive transition process, as well as developing and implementing targeted strategies with identified students to secure good attendance, behaviour and attitude to learning. 

Benton Park is a thriving and growing state funded, local authority maintained comprehensive school with over 1550 students – including around 300 in the Sixth Form. We are located in Rawdon, on the outskirts of Leeds City Centre and we work amongst a vibrant and supportive local community. We have completed a move into a state of the art premises following a successful £28.5 million building project. Our new environment is an excellent place to work and learn and we are committed to our work being supported by the latest technologies in our classrooms. 

We are a successful, inclusive school where our students are our greatest asset. We have high standards and expectations which are matched equally with our high aspirations for all members of our school community and we work hard to provide support and investment to enable these to be achieved. We pride ourselves on treating each and every one of our students as an individual and the excellent climate we have created for great learning, success and opportunity enables our students to achieve their full potential. 

Our work is underpinned by our five key values: Endeavour, Resilience, Inspiration, Collaboration and Compassion. Our values are aimed at developing young people to be the very best they can be and to equip them with the skills, knowledge and attributes to be confident, rounded and successful members of society.

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure Barring Service Check.

We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

To apply, please download an application pack from the School’s website – www.bentonpark.org.uk 

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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