Head of Year ( Non Teaching)

Post Title:                    Head of Year (non-teaching)

Hours:                          37.5 Hours, Term Time + 2 weeks + 5 INSET days

What can we offer? 

•      The opportunity to save money across hundreds of major retailers, through Perkbox

•      Disruption-free learning: a culture where teachers can teach, and students can learn

•      5 INSET days per year +3 additional planning days each term, dedicated to subject knowledge development and planning/resource development to support in planning, resourcing, moderation and most importantly, workload

•      The opportunity to play a key role in part of our transformational journey to ensure all learners receive an excellent education

At The Lowry Academy we have high expectations and believe every single child can achieve. Our staff are highly professional, and we are relentlessly ensuring those high standards are maintained so teachers can teach, and students can learn. We prepare children for future success and ask students to live our values of Aspiration, Respect, Confidence, Creativity and Resilience. To maintain this strong culture, we have non-negotiable expectations:

·        All students arrive on time for their lessons. Students must arrive on time to be admitted to the lesson

·        All students are expected to have full equipment for every lesson

·        All students must think hard and work hard in lessons. Students are not allowed to opt out of their learning

·        The school has a straightforward approach to disruption to lessons. We follow a warn-remove policy where any student who disrupts learning, having been previously warned and given the opportunity to correct their behaviour, including opting out of work, is removed from the lesson

·        The Academy has zero tolerance for any act of defiance or disrespect towards staff or other students

 We are not just about academic success; we work hard to ensure that we role model the right behaviours and provide opportunities for our pupils to develop the skills and understanding required to both be personally successful in the future workplace but also have a positive impact on the world.

Our aim is to prepare our students for adulthood and to be good citizens with high ambitions and the courage to exceed in their future. If you are passionate and share the same desire about changing the lives of students, we would like to hear from you.

We welcome visits to our academy so that you can experience the unique ethos of The Lowry Academy for yourself. If you would like to visit the academy, please contact Jannat Abutaeva (HR Assistant), on 0161 529 5177 or via email to Jannat.Abutaeva@lowryacademy.org.uk

The Role

As Head of Year you will lead by example to implement and deliver excellent pastoral care for pupils and to support the pastoral team as appropriate: Monitor and support the overall progress and development of pupils and facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides pupils with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.

The Lowry Academy is an inclusive and aspirational community committed to bringing our core values of Aspiration, Resilience, Respect, Confidence and Creativity to life in all we do. Our values underpin every decision we make on our transformational journey to provide all students in our local community with the very best education. The team of staff at The Lowry Academy are a committed, cohesive team who establishes a culture of high expectations and support for all students. In return, we support all colleagues with CPD opportunities and ongoing shared experiences and benefits through our close relationship with other Academies in the Cluster.

The successful candidate will:  

•      Support the senior leadership team and staff in implementing a vision for excellence by providing a level of service to all stakeholders based on high standards

•      Support the senior leadership team and colleagues in creating a climate hospitable to education in order that safety, a co-operative spirit and other foundations of fruitful interaction prevail

•      Cultivating leadership in others so that students and colleagues assume their parts in realising the school vision

•      Providing a level of service which enables teachers to teach and students to learn

•      Provide a high standard of pastoral care and support to students and their families

Why Us?  

We are a caring yet ambitious academy at the heart of our local community. We provide all our students with opportunities to strive toward academic excellence and develop interpersonal skills in order to make a positive contribution to society. We have a calm and supportive environment characterised by respectful relationships between staff and students. Through our clear focus on delivering excellent academic standards for all students, we put high-quality teaching and learning at the core of our approach.

In joining The Lowry Academy, you will also be joining United Learning, a successful Multi Academy Trust. United Learning schools work as a team and achieve more thorough sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our Group-wide intranet, our own curriculum, and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resource, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.

As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff’s wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call, the best in everyone.

The Lowry Academy is committed to creating the best place to work, where all staff can reach their full potential. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation. We look forward to receiving your application.

Please contact HumanResources@lowryacademy.org.uk for a recruitment pack. We reserve the right to close any adverts before the closing date once we have received sufficient applications. 

The Lowry is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all of its students. This responsibility necessitates a child protection policy and robust procedures. Each student’s welfare is of paramount importance. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy can be read here.