Head of Year
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Stockport, Cheshire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £23,246 - £26,139
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April / May 2018
- Apply by:
- 18 March 2018
Job overview
Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Head of Year
Required for April / May 2018
Salary: £23,246 - £26,139
Permanent position
Hours: 37 hours per week, term-time only plus one week.
This varied and key role offers the opportunity to make a real difference to the outcomes of students though effective support and acting as a positive role model.
Heads of Year oversee and support the pastoral and academic progress of the students in their year group, taking the strategic lead role to deliver student success. They are responsible for securing students holistic development by celebrating successes and providing support in relation to overall conduct, academic performance, wider school involvement, and well-being. They play a vital role in the delivery of an excellent education to all of our students and to open the door to the future of their choice.
The role requires:
- Strong communication skills
- Energy and a firm commitment to uphold the School’s standards and expectations.
- Highly effective administrative skills
The person appointed will be able to deal successfully with students, staff, parents and outside agencies. They will lead a team of tutors and year group decisively and by example.
Laurus Cheadle Hulme is a secondary free school opening in Stockport for 210 year 7 students, growing year on year to full capacity of 1050 students. The school will replicate the outstanding provision offered by the Laurus Trust founding school Cheadle Hulme High School.
CHHS is the founder school of the Laurus Trust, a new multi-academy trust in the North-West of England.
The vision of the Trust is for everyone regardless of background or circumstance to be inspired.
CHHS is a hugely oversubscribed school with a reputation locally, and further afield for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and determination to ensure that every child succeeds.
In the list of secondary state schools, CHHS is in the top 20 non-denominational comprehensive schools nationally. This is a fantastic achievement for students and staff and particularly for the Sixth Form, celebrating only its third set of A level results.
We were judged Outstanding in every single category by Ofsted in 2011 and 2015. The 2017 results for CHHS put us in the top 3% of schools nationally (based on the 'Progress 8' performance measure), which is the highest rating in Stockport and shows CHHS outperforming many schools throughout the Greater Manchester region.
A training school for thirteen years and a Teaching School for a further five, CHHS is home to the Altius Alliance centre of excellence providing School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SCITT) for teachers of students aged 11-16, judged Outstanding in 2017.
If you relish in the opportunity to join us at an exciting time for learning and development as we expand and open new schools in the Trust and have the passion, commitment, drive, and determination to work with a highly ambitious and successful Trust, then we would like to hear from you.
To apply, please click the button below. CVs will not be accepted.
Deadline for applications: 9:00 am Monday 19th March 2018
Interviews to be held: Monday 26th March
The Laurus Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment.
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About Laurus Cheadle Hulme
Laurus Cheadle Hulme (LCH) is a non-selective, non-denominational Free School. It opened in September 2018. We currently have a total of 1071 students on roll.
Cheadle Hulme is a pleasant residential suburb on the edge of the Borough of Stockport, eleven miles south of the centre of Manchester. The location enjoys the advantages of proximity to the open countryside of Cheshire and the Peak District and the cultural and sporting activities of a major city.
Our students are housed in a purpose-built building with access to state-of-the-art facilities and overlooking Bruntwood Park, with our Year 11 students progressing to Sixth Forms in the Laurus Trust. We share the same site as Cheadle Hulme Primary School.
In 2023 Laurus Cheadle Hulme achieved an outstanding set of GCSE results with over 70% of students achieving at least a grade 4 standard pass and 61% a strong pass in English and Maths. Our Year 9 students also received phenomenal results in GCSE Spanish. 89% of our Year 9s achieved the gold standard of a grade 5 or better, 79% of students achieved at least a grade 6 or above and 42% of students achieved at least a grade 7 or above. These results far outstrip national Year 11 figures.
The school is run by the Laurus Trust and replicates the outstanding education offered by the Trust’s founder school, Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), based in Stockport. CHHS is a hugely oversubscribed school and has been named as one of the UK’s top-performing schools in The Sunday Times, ranking as the 15th non-denominational comprehensive school in Manchester and the North West in the annual Parent Power Survey for 2022.
To view the School's Prospectus, please click here: Admissions - Laurus Cheadle Hulme
About the Laurus Trust
The Laurus Trust is a highly successful and growing multi-academy trust in the North West of England, with Cheadle Hulme High School (CHHS), the founder school, at its centre. Our vision is for everyone regardless of background or circumstance to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and to work hard to achieve them.
All our Laurus Schools are hugely oversubscribed and have a reputation, both locally and further afield, for outstanding teaching and learning through the relentless pursuit of excellence and the determination to ensure that every child succeeds. It’s important to us as an employer that our staff feel that we care about them at work. 97% agree that we do!
At the Laurus Trust, it is not just about what we do but also about how we do it. We are seeking individuals who are able to demonstrate our core behaviours which set out the expectations we have of our staff.
The Laurus Trust is an inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We welcome and encourage applications from all individuals regardless of individual background or circumstance.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we strongly encourage applications from all persons with a known disability, and we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants, that meet the minimum criteria for a role, will be offered an interview and given the opportunity to demonstrate their skills, talents and abilities.
The Laurus Trust and its affiliated schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to a safer recruitment process, including online checks and the disclosure of criminal records. It is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
To view our Safeguarding Policy, please click here.
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