Head of Year - KS2
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Central Bedfordshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- TLR 2B + salary
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or sooner
- Apply by:
- 28 January 2022
Job overview
We are looking to recruit a new Head of Year to provide an excellent pastoral system to join the team. It will be for Y5 in the first instance. You will lead the year group team to carefully monitor and support children’s academic success. You will model excellent relationships with children, parents and colleagues. Part of the role involves liaising with the senior leaders and subject leaders to support the wider running of the school. The head of year is required to uphold the values and vision of the school within their team. You will be required to report to the senior leadership team on the progress and achievements of your year group.
Our academy provides a unique opportunity to teach both key stage two and key stage three children. We work with children age 9 – 13 (Y5 – Y8) and this age range enables us to put the curriculum at the heart of what we do. There are no national tests or exams at the end of key stage three and this empowers teachers to focus on driving a broad and balanced curriculum. As a teacher you will be surround by professionals from a range of backgrounds including both primary and secondary training. Teachers share pedagogical practice with each other and there is a genuine sense of a learning community.
Our aim is to ensure that through the highest quality teaching of a broad, balanced and challenging curriculum in a stimulating environment, each pupil flourishes. With an excellent pastoral care system, we foster an environment where children feel safe and able to learn. We are a community that values each child and provides them with the opportunity to fulfil their potential and enjoy learning. We believe in building a child’s confidence, adaptability and resilience for the future within an ordered and structured environment, where high expectations are a habit.
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks.
Visits to the school are welcomed.
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About Gilbert Inglefield Academy
- Gilbert Inglefield Academy
- Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard
- Bedfordshire
- LU7 3FU
- United Kingdom
About Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is a popular 9-13 middle school of 450 pupils, though expected to expand further in the near future. The school is situated on the outskirts on Leighton Buzzard, and expanding market town in the south of Bedfordshire. It is well served by rail and motorways to London and the Midlands – London is only 40 minutes by train. The city of Milton Keynes with a wide range of facilities is nearby.
The school covers both the primary and secondary curriculum at Key Stages 2 and 3, with pupils undertaking an accelerated KS3 in English and maths. Primary pupils have the opportunity to be taught by specialist teachers using secondary-level facilities and so achieve well.
Gilbert Inglefield became and Academy in 2012 and standards have risen during this period. Our last Ofsted inspection in June 2016 saw us returning to a ‘Good’ rating following an unfortunate inspection in January 2015 which placed us in Special Measures following a dip in the Maths results back in 2014. Standards recovered quickly which resulted in us returning back to the “Good” rating previously held. Our Key Stage 2 results tend to be around the national average but by the time pupils leave us at the end of year 8 to go to Upper School, they are achieving above national averages for children a whole year older.
Our school is known within the community for being caring and inclusive. Our Aspire unit is dedicated to supporting our most vulnerable children and has had great success in ensuring these children make great progress and achieve their potential, despite difficult life circumstances. Similarly, our most and least able children make excellent progress here at Gilberts. Behaviour in the school is good: our pupils have a very positive attitude to learning, are engaged and eager to learn.
Gilberts is also known for the excellent quality of its provision for sports and the arts. We were originally established as a Sports Academy and have had much success at local, County and regional level in a wide range of sports. Our Music department is especially strong and Gilberts’ pupils perform at many local events as well as for Lower Schools in the area. Drama and the visual arts are also a key strength of the school. In addition, the school holds the Gold Quality mark for standards in RE teaching and several teachers of foundation subjects are recognised by other schools for their expertise.
The school has a good range of specialist facilities: there are three well-equipped Science laboratories; a music block; design studio and workshop; art and pottery room; food technology room; gym and large library as well as a range of ICT suites and tablets. The school is well-equipped for modern approaches to learning with interactive whiteboards in all teaching rooms.
The school is well-staffed with a number of outstanding and experienced teachers and staff work together well. Ours is a very happy and supportive staffroom. Over the years we have provided mentors and coaches for trainee teachers and NQTs with great success. Our Head Teacher, who joined the school at the end of 2014, is a Local Leader of Education, previously Head of an Outstanding school. This is a school in which innovation is welcomed and staff are supported in developing new ideas and exploring their own potential.
The school has achieved the national Healthy Schools Award, Sportsmark and a Gold Award for Safeguarding. We have an active School Council and Eco Council and encourage responsibility in our pupils through the Young Sports leaders programme, Music Leaders, ICT Champions and Anti-Bullying Ambassadors.
We ensure our pupils have an enriched curriculum by offering a huge range of extra-curricular clubs and activities, for which participation rates are very high. In addition we run termly cross-curricular “Theme days” and both day trips and residentials. Holidays are often used for trips further afield such as skiing in Italy or sports tours to Spain or the Netherlands. All staff are offered the opportunity to join these trips.
Our governing body is very supportive and they are a well-informed team who visit the school often and take part in many events.
We hope you will want to join Gilberts: we are a very happy school with great pupils, supportive, hard-working staff and an atmosphere in which every person is valued and able to develop.
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