Director of Studies (Head of Year)

The Schelwood Multi-Academy Trust is an exciting and innovative partnership of two coeducational secondary schools located in Slough, Berkshire. Herschel Grammar is a selective school and Beechwood a community school both founding partners.

At both schools our aim is for our students to have a great and memorable educational experience via access to a curriculum that supports outstanding learning, development and achievement in both academia and personal development. Our school communities are diverse academically, socially, culturally indeed in every dimension and we celebrate this.

All staff, students, governors, trustees and members share a commitment to the values and ethos of the Trust and this ensures we put our young people at the very heart of every decision that is made. We ensure that our young people develop the skills, qualities and attributes to enable them to pursue and enjoy successful and fulfilling lives, both professionally and personally. Our young people’s happiness and success is what drives us.

We are committed to providing equality of opportunity and to ensure that all members of the Trust school community experience an ethos of fairness, justice and dignity. 

We recognise, welcome and respect diversity.

Director of Studies (Head of Year)

UPS/MPS (fringe) + TLR 2c

Start date: Immediate Start/September 2024

Beechwood is an oversubscribed school and founding partner of The Schelwood Multi-Academy Trust. We are a vibrant and diverse school where students, staff and parents collaborate to create a strong community which has great ambition and is determined to achieve the highest of standards.

We are seeking to appoint an outstanding, enthusiastic and ambitious colleague who will have responsibility for leading a team of tutors and liaising with Heads of Subject to ensure that students in your designated year group are well supported academically and in terms of their social, emotional and pastoral needs so that they can fully engage in learning and achieve strong academic outcomes relative to their starting point on entry to our school. You will have the potential to become an outstanding practitioner who can consistently demonstrate the highest of standards and lead others to do the same. We particularly welcome applications from colleagues who can offer specialism in one or more of these subject areas:

Humanities/English/Maths/Science/Business Studies/Social Sciences

Beechwood is a forward-thinking dynamic learning community with an exceptional and special ethos. If you are committed to securing only the very best for young people and want to join a highly supportive team of colleagues who are on a rapid and successful school improvement journey with the goal of securing outstanding status, then we would be interested in meeting with you and discussing this position further.

For further details and an application pack please contact Jyoti Kumar, Trust HR Officer on 01753 520473 or via email to: j.kumar@beechwood.slough.sch.uk. Informal discussions and visits to the school are welcome.

Deadline for applications: 17th May 2024

We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date for an exceptional candidate.

The Schelwood Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. 

An enhanced DBS is required for this post. CVs are not acceptable.

At Beechwood School we understand the importance of achieving a healthy work-life balance. That's why we proudly offer flexible working arrangements.

If you are enthusiastic about education and are excited about the prospect of flexible working arrangements, we would love to hear from you!