Head of Year: Post 16 (Non-Teaching & Pastoral)

We are looking for an experienced Head of Year (Pastoral/Non Teaching) to support our students at Harris Academy Chobham.

About Us

Chobham Academy is always on the lookout for inspirational and influential staff. Most of all, we are on the lookout for potential colleagues who like our students and want to help them succeed. In order to help our staff have the best possible experience and achieve a proper work- life balance, we have put into place a range of measures to benefit both our teaching and students services colleagues.

Our staff are regularly consulted on the wellbeing services the school provides and we always try to respond to staff suggestions. In this way, staff feel empowered and get more of the services they really want. We are very proud of our wellbeing programme at Chobham and hope you will agree that it shows our commitment to making the school an exemplary working environment.

Main Areas of Responsibility

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

• Oversee the pastoral progress of a named year group
• Liaise with parents and careers and other external agencies as appropriate under guidance from their line manager
• Be responsible for the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into/out of the Academy
• Ensuring that students enter the building in full Academy uniform and if not, following the agreed procedures
• Be responsible for calm and purposeful movement around the academy between lessons
• Be responsible for maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment by supporting the Academy Leadership Group (ALG) with duty during the academy day, proactively visiting lessons to ensure expectations regarding behaviour remain high and students remain focussed
• Work with the other members of the behaviour team as a unit to ensure students are monitored and supervised before school, during break and throughout lunch.
• Manage reflections as per the reflections schedule and rota
• Ensure that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet Academy standards
• Follow through any issues to do with behaviour as required by the Academy Leadership Group, such as taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues, and logging behaviour events on Bromcom or CPOMS

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
• Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies
• Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
• Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
• Basic knowledge of first aid (e.g. emergency first aid course)
• Two years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
• Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
• Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
• Experience of working with families
• Experience of supervising a group of students for reflections, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
• Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Rewards & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.