Vacancies

About the Post

We are looking to appoint a Head of Year to lead and inspire excellence throughout TGS ensuring that students are consistently working hard so they can have great lives.  This is a crucial role within the school being responsible for the efficiency and effectiveness of our pastoral systems. Successful colleagues will be driven by a desire to shape the culture and ethos of the school alongside ensuring excellent attendance, behaviour and punctuality within the year group.

We are looking for an outstanding individual who will relish the opportunity to:

• Ensure that the students in their year group live out the culture and ethos of the school daily.
• Be responsible for ensuring that students in the year group behave with consistently high levels of respect for others, demonstrating high levels of self-control and consistently positive attitudes to their education.
• Take responsibility for the efficiency and effectiveness of the pastoral systems and structures to ensure excellent attendance, behaviour and punctuality within the year group.
• Ensure the implementation of an expertly designed ‘pastoral curriculum’ and behaviour curriculum that fosters a sense of belonging to the school community and ensures excellent behaviour is ‘taught not caught’
• Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

What we can offer you

• An opportunity to work with wonderful children and their families
• An exceptional CPD offer from ECT through to preparation for senior and system leadership
• The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust
• The opportunity to work in one of the most beautiful areas of the South Coast
• Automatic membership of the Teachers Pension Scheme
• Free on-site parking

Who we are looking for

We would love to hear from you if you:

• A high energy and passionate individual with a relentless desire to improve life chances of young people
• Are highly emotionally resilient
• Are confident in the use of data and a good understanding of whole school accountability measures
• Can inspire and relate well to the whole community
• Are ambitious for future senior leadership and ready for the demands that come with this

You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:

• Aim high
• Keep improving
• Don’t leave anyone behind
• See the bigger picture

Any questions?

To discuss the post or your application, please contact Alison Brown on 01202 495716 or email us at recruitment@twynhamlearning.com

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: recruitment@twynhamlearning.com  

Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here:  www.twynhamlearning.com/187/staff-vacancies

The closing date for applications is Monday 15^th April at 3pm.

Twynham Learning values diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote diversity throughout our whole workforce. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities to all job applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability status, gender reassignment, marital/partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/national origin, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. Only people who can evidence their right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy. We are committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes as part of our strong commitment to safeguard children and young people. An enhanced criminal records check will be undertaken on the successful candidate. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.