Head of Year
The King Alfred School, an Academy
Highbridge, Burnham on Sea, Somerset
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- MS/UPS + TLR 1:2 (£9,472)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1st September 2018
- Apply by:
- 22 April 2018
Job overview
The King Alfred School (TKAS) is a thriving, friendly and vibrant community where everyone is provided with the tools to thrive. We ensure that we provide an environment where everyone can feel confident, secure and valued. Our core ethos is ‘Belong. Believe. Be Proud.’
We are looking for an exceptional Head of Year who supports our ethos. You will be key working with a team of Tutors and an Assistant Head of Year. You will lead, manage and monitor the academic progress and pastoral development of approximately 250 students within a particular Year group. Working closely with staff, parents/carers and students, you will promote high standards of attendance, behaviour and a culture of aspiration across the Year group.
As Head of Year you will be part of the Extended Leadership Team at TKAS, and an integral part of the school’s Pastoral & Inclusion Team. You will use academic and pastoral data to identify, intervene and evaluate, working with Heads of Department and the Leadership Team to enable our students to make progress and improve their life chances.
We as a school share a collective philosophy to develop the whole child, combining an intellectually challenging academic environment with outstanding pastoral care and support. The school has an extensive CPD programme to support all staff.
This is a very exciting opportunity for an experienced Head of Year, or an experienced teacher ready to step-up to this key role. The importance of the role is reflected in both the associated TLR and the teaching allocation (5 additional hours protected non-contact time weekly).
We are an 11-18 mixed comprehensive with 1197 students on roll, serving the Somerset towns of Burnham on Sea, Highbridge and the surrounding villages. Situated close to the M5, we are within easy reach of Bristol and Exeter, as well as fast train links to London and the North.
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About The King Alfred School, an Academy
- The King Alfred School, an Academy
- Burnham Road, Highbridge
- Somerset
- TA9 3EE
- United Kingdom
The King Alfred School Academy (TKASA) is a mixed, non-denominational community secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. It is located in Highbridge. Somerset, and has about 1,350 pupils. The school moved to its present site in 1957, where it was officially opened in 1958. Predecessor institutions were known as The King Alfred County Secondary School, and Burnham County Secondary School, which occupied a number of sites in Burnham-on-Sea.
Over the past six years since academisation the Academy has seen rapid improvement, with student numbers increasing year on year to now being oversubscribed, a high performing Sixth Form Centre which has seen numbers triple since 2017, an ambitious and knowledge rich curriculum and very strong behaviour systems in school that have created exceptional conduct from students, recognised by the Local Authority as being a beacon of success. In 2023 the Academy was acknowledged by the Regional Director for its glowing Ofsted report having moved from Inadequate to Good in such a short period (see report below). The school motto is Belong, Believe, Be Proud and this creates an Academy that is inclusive, diverse and a great place to work. It is a real Community school.
Principal
Mr Dan Milford
Values and vision
The school’s aim is to provide pupils with a learning environment that will motivate, engage and challenge. The school encourages pupils to develop skills, and encourages them to challenge themselves on a daily basis.
The King Alfred School Academy aims to create independent learners and strong leaders who will contribute to their own learning. It describes its goal as, “to ensure that every student achieves the best they can both academically and socially, providing our community with young people to be proud of.”
The King Alfred School Academy vision encourages every child to enjoy their childhood, to achieve their potential and turn 18 with the skills, knowledge and qualifications that will give them the best chance of success in their adult life in the 21st century.
Ofsted
'There is a strong sense of community at this school'.
'Low level disruption is not tolerated. There are strong behaviour systems in place'.
'The school site is calm. Routines are the bedrock of this positive culture'.
'Staff are proud to work at this school. Staff well-being is always considered when leaders make changes'.
'There is an ambitious, knowledge rich curriculum in place for all pupils, including those with SEND and/or disabilities'.
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