Year Coordinator (Teaching Head of Year)

The Role

We require an inspiring and enthusiastic teacher who is looking to progress their career by working within our wider pastoral team as Year Coordinator.  The Year Coordinator has responsibility and oversight for a full year group’s academic progress, including line management of the year group Tutor Team.  The Year Coordinator will work alongside and in partnership with a full time non-teaching Pastoral and Behaviour Officer for the year group and together lead and manage the academic and pastoral concerns for the year group, liaising with staff, students and home.

The successful candidate will be part of a very successful and forward looking pastoral team who puts student needs and outcomes first! Our goal is to provide outstanding pastoral and academic support for our young people. 

Applications are welcome from teachers from any subject.   

The school

We believe in ‘opportunity and achievement for all’, are committed to the highest outcomes for students and to develop the best opportunities for staff. 

Join us now and you will become part of a highly successful team with a supportive, collaborative and creative ethos. The Year Coordinator role is a vital one and the successful candidate will provide support and professional leadership and management to a year group to secure high quality learning and achievement for all students.

This post represents an opportunity to join a consistently oversubscribed school, which enjoys strong community and international links.  The School’s commitment to excellence in education is recognised nationally.   Ofsted describe us as a ‘good school with outstanding features’. We offer a nurturing environment within which everyone can reach their full potential, behaviour is graded ‘outstanding’.

For our 1400 students, Horsforth School provides an engaging environment of discovery and growth. For our colleagues too, this setting offers some great benefits. Located in north-west Leeds, the school is just five miles from the city centre with its thriving retail, leisure and cultural facilities, yet on the edge of open countryside. York, Harrogate and the Dales are within easy reach.

If you’d like to find out more, please call 0113 226 5454. Or for full details and to apply, please visit www.horsforthschool.org or email recruitment@hors forthschool.org. 

Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 19 April 2021

Start date: Starting September 2021

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and we expect all colleagues to share this commitment.  Appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.