Head of Year
The Mountbatten School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Main or Upper Pay Scale (depending on experience) + TLR1a
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2024
- Apply by:
- 2 May 2024
Job overview
If you are ambitious and passionate about playing a central role in supporting our students achieve the highest possible standards then this is the role for you. You will be working as a key middle manager in the pastoral team supporting a team of ten tutors. Your role will be to support the behaviour, needs and progress of all students within the year group.
Roles and responsibilities include:
- Proactively working with students, parents and staff to maintain the highest possible standards.
- Supporting and quality assuring the work of your tutor team using appropriate systems, guidance and training to help them to maintain standards.
- Working with the Heads of Upper/Lower School and safeguarding team to keep children safe.
- Supporting tutors to develop effective strategies with students who exhibit repeated behaviours below our expected standards.
- Closely monitor students and work closely with the Heads of Upper/Lower School where there are significant concerns about students.
- Effectively liaise with external agencies as and when required.
- Securing the highest possible attendance.
Preference may be given to applicants who offer subjects where we have vacancies.
This post is not suitable for an ECT.
Application forms and further details are available from the school website: www.mountbatten.school, by emailing human.resources@mountbatten.school or by telephoning 01794 510227.
Closing date: Noon on Thursday 2 May 2024
Interviews: w/c Tuesday 7 May 2024
CVs will not be accepted.
The Mountbatten School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and all staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All our recruitment and selection practices reflect this and successful applicants are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service Checks along with other relevant employment checks.
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About The Mountbatten School
The school is situated in Romsey, a very pleasant abbey town in the southern Test Valley. Opened in 1969 and built on land formerly in the ownership of Earl Mountbatten's Broadlands Estate, the school enjoyed the patronage of Lord Louis until his assassination. We are honoured that his great granddaughter, The Lady Alexandra Knatchbull, is our current patron.
The school is one of the largest and most successful co-educational comprehensives in Hampshire. Our intake is 300, and there are currently 1466 students on roll.
The school serves a predominantly rural catchment area extending from the boundary of Southampton to the boundary of Wiltshire. We are the larger of two secondary schools in the town. The school is very popular and heavily oversubscribed.
The school is a Single Academy Trust. Andrew Portas, the school’s Headmaster, has been in post since September 2022 and was formerly the Senior Deputy appointed in September 2010. The school is organised into eight faculties with approximately 80 FTE teaching staff, and the pastoral structure is based on five year groups.
The school is fortunate to have extensive grounds as it was built on land that was formerly part of Lord Mountbatten’s Broadlands Estate. Since the school became an academy on 1 April 2011, there has been an extensive refurbishment programme over many years. As a result, all departments are very well-resourced and accommodated.
The school is high achieving and GCSE outcomes are very good. Ofsted carried out an ungraded inspection of the school in January 2024; the school remained ‘good’ with many aspects of the school’s work being recognised as ‘first class’. There is a very strong international ethos and tangible links with schools in Africa, Asia and Europe. The school has a very strong focus on staff development. Career development is pursued in leadership, pedagogy and pastoral opportunities.
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