Head of Year
The Kingston Academy
Kingston Upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main pay scale / UPS dependent on experience + TLR2b (Outer London)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 18 March 2018
Job overview
The Board of Trustees wish to appoint a talented and motivated Head of Year to join our fast growing, ambitious and STEM focused Academy. As a Head of Year and secondary teacher the successful applicant will be responsible for the daily pastoral and co-curricular life of our pupils. This position would be suited to a candidate with a proven track record of pastoral care, collaborative leadership and skilled communication. We are able to offer key subject responsibilities to the right candidate and as a rapidly developing school, The Kingston Academy will provide you with exceptional opportunities for career development and progression.
The Kingston Academy is new Free Secondary School in North Kingston, which opened for the first time in September 2015 with a cohort of Year 7 pupils. The school will grow annually by an additional year group until 2021. TKA has received a substantial capital grant for the refurbishment of the existing educational facilities and for additional new modern buildings. Our mission is to provide a world-class education for all the young people within our community to ensure that every pupil is safe, happy and succeeds. By September 2018 we will have around 680 pupils across the four year groups of 7, 8, 9 and 10.
Candidates wishing to visit the school are welcomed and encouraged. To arrange a visit please contact Justine Free, PA to the Head Teacher on 0208 465 6208 or email jfree@thekingstonacademy.org. However, if you are unable to visit the school prior to the deadline, your application will not be disadvantaged in any sense.
The successful candidate will have overall pastoral responsibility for pupils in one of our four houses. As such they should possess the following attributes:
- Good honours degree
- QTS
- The ability to lead, inspire, motivate and support pupils
- Broad base of subject knowledge
- Proven track record in a pastoral care role in a secondary setting
- Exceptional communication skills
- Ability to teach across key stages 3, 4 and 5 ultimately
- Successful training, teaching practice and / or successful prior teaching experience
- Vision of successful classroom practice
- Possess a range of teaching and learning strategies
- Ability to work effectively as part of a curriculum / subject team
- Effective ICT skills
- Ability to maintain good classroom behaviour
- Effective organisational skills e.g. lesson preparation, scheme of work development, meeting deadlines, good record keeping etc.
- Effective inter-personal skills
To apply for the role, applicants will need to use the link to visit the recruitment portal on school's website where they will be guided through the on-line application process.
Attached documents
About The Kingston Academy
The Kingston Academy is an ambitious and outstanding new mixed, mainstream secondary school located in a newly renovated traditional school building and significant, state-of-the-art new extension in Kingston upon Thames, near to the River Thames.
The Kingston Academy was established in 2015 by the Kingston Educational Trust, a partnership between Kingston University, Kingston College and the Royal Borough of Kingston. The school initially opened with a single cohort of Year 7 pupils and has grown every year with an additional year group. It will eventually comprise all year groups including a Sixth Form in 2021-22.
The school's first full Ofsted inspection took place in May 2018 and the resulting report declared the school to be outstanding in all categories with no areas identified as needing improvement.
The announcement of the new cohort for September 2019 revealed the school to be heavily oversubscribed, drawing from a catchment area of less than 1km from the school.
Headteacher
Ms. Sophie Cavanagh
Values and vision
The Kingston Academy has an ethos of inclusion, where all are welcomed and every individual is valued for who they are and what they can bring to the school. The focus on learning and communication is powered by a STEM-focused curriculum (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).
The secondary school helps to build a strong sense of identity, encouraging students to be global citizens and to value their place in the wider world. Teachers are offered continuing professional development, which allows them to keep up with new technologies and best practices.
'Teaching successfully challenges all groups of pupils to aim high and achieve their best.' Ofsted, June 2018
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