Year Manager

37 hrs per week – Term Time only plus 10 days  

Working under the direction of the Leader of Learning Support and ensure that the pastoral care, personal development and safeguarding of students in the year group is of the highest standard. You will address attendance issues; seek help for students in need by liaising with colleagues, parents and external agencies and work closely with all stakeholders to ensure that “No child is left behind”. In addition, the School Manager will be instrumental in dealing with disciplinary matters and the application of the Leeds City Academy Way.   

General Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Work closely with the Inclusion Manager, the AP’s of KS3 and 4 and the VP for Behaviour, Safety and Welfare to ensure maximum support for students at risk of disaffection and to facilitate early intervention. 
• Use whole academy student tracking information to have an oversight on the academic and pastoral progress of all students in the year group, plan for future interventions, setting measurable improvement targets. Where necessary, present reports to the Inclusion Manager or to the Assistant Principal for your relevant key stage, regarding individual or year group progress. 
• Help uphold the academy’s principle of ‘respect for all’ by managing emotions and modelling good behaviour. 
• Recognise students’ positive contributions within the academy and ensure that their achievements are acknowledged, thus embracing the ‘Every Child Matters’ agenda. 
• Regularly engage with colleagues, parents and carers to ensure a coordinated, partnership focused approach to dealing with individual student and year group issues. 
• Maintain the professionalism expected of a School Manager in all dealings with colleagues, students, parents and other professionals. 
• Maintain accurate records on all significant interaction, intervention or contact with individual students, their parents/carers, colleagues and any external agencies using academy agreed systems.
• Be responsible for the implementation of positive and pro-active disciplinary measures within the year groups. 
• Assist in managing the Rewards and Sanctions arrangements within their school. · Develop relationships with students needing particular support in order that academic and behaviour progress targets are met. 
• Share and support the corporate responsibility for the efficient running of Moved room/Isolation and any other pastoral duties as designated by the Inclusion Manager, the AP KS3/4 or the VP for Behaviour Safety and Welfare. 
• In conjunction with the academy Attendance Officer, monitor and respond to poor attendance, truancy and absconding. Develop relationships with parents and plan interventions to engage with academy attendance expectations. This might include home visits to establish relationships with parents. 
• Help facilitate the smooth admission and departure of students to or from the academy. This includes the re-integration of pupils back into mainstream lessons following prolonged periods of absence or internal/external exclusion. 
• Assist Team Leaders, teachers, coaches and all other colleagues who require further action/consequences to support academy discipline initiatives. 
• Where necessary, attend and contribute to the organisation and smooth running of academy events such as open evenings, parents’ evenings and MYCDs.
• Attend academy meetings and training as directed by your Team Leader.
• Where necessary, conduct door knock visits where students are poor attendees. 
• Support and enforce the academy uniform policy. 
• To contribute and assist with the behaviour modification programme of student at LEA. 
• Assist the SLT in the organisation of assemblies. 
• Track and monitor student progress/attendance of PP students to ensure the gap is closed with other students. 
• Support in the administration and conduct of year group examinations (internal and external). 
• Assist during Fire Drills/Fire Emergencies and with other duties designed to keep students safe. 

 Leeds City Academy is an 11-16 school situated in the vibrant heart of Leeds. We are a smaller academy, enabling our staff to nurture the talent and realise the potential of each and every student. We provide an exceptional education and life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people. White Rose Academies Trust is dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve. We are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students. Working in partnership with Gorse Academies Trust, we are on a significant journey which will see all of our schools Ofsted rated as outstanding within 3 years.

Closing date: 12noon, 31 January 

Interviews to be held w/c 6 February 2017 

To apply visit www.leedscityacademy.org.uk  and download an application form. Applications should be returned to recruitment@whiteroseacademies.org