Head of Year

An exciting opportunity to join the team at Oasis Academy Sholing

We are excited to announce an opportunity for an exceptional individual to join us as the Head of Year. As the Head of Year, you will play a pivotal role in guiding and nurturing a designated cohort of students, ensuring their academic success, personal development, and well-being throughout their journey at our school. If you are passionate about making a positive impact on the lives of young people and have a strong commitment to student welfare and achievement, we invite you to apply and lead our dedicated team in shaping the future leaders of tomorrow.

The role and what we are looking for

We are looking to recruit a dynamic and inspiring leader. This is an exciting opportunity to shape a year group and make it your own. We need someone who will set high expectations for behaviour, inspire students to love learning, and challenge our young people to think in new ways.

Our academy

We are an over-subscribed academy dedicated to celebrating success through world-class aspiration and a love of learning. Our focus is on our students, and staff wellbeing and working with parents to ensure the wider community is engaged with our school, supporting our leaders, and playing an active role in community transformation through academy-led projects. Being part of the Oasis Community Learning Trust, we work to collaborate in sharing best practices with our regional schools, Regional Director, and wider Oasis family.

Our offer to you

When you join the Sholing family, there are several offers you will receive that make us stand out as an employer of choice. These include but are not limited to:

• Opportunities for training and development internally and externally – including certifications, with access to NPQML, NPQSL, and NPQH programmes through Oasis
• Reduced workload through the Oasis curriculum resource bank
• Defined benefit teachers’ pension
• Cycle-to-work Incentive
• Healthcare Cash Plan Scheme
• Free eye tests
• Flexible working
• Free use of our dedicated gym area
• Access to free counseling service
• Integrated IT provision to support teaching, including your own laptop and iPad 
• A friendly environment with colleagues who care

Application process

Like what you see? For further information and an application pack, please visit www.oasisacademysholing.org or email us at recruitment@oasissholing.org or phone 02380 448861.

For an informal discussion about the role and the Academy, please contact Suzanne Ashley, Vice Principal at Suzanne.Ashley@oasissholing,.org.

Closing date: 12:00 on 13 May 2024

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016); therefore, the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Oasis Academy Sholing is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.