Year Team Leader

Our motivation is that every child can achieve their targets with the right support.  If you are dedicated to raising standards and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

We are seeking a creative and enthusiastic Year Team Leader to join our school who will have a primary role as a teacher of any subject with additional responsibilities as detailed below.  The successful candidate will teach up to GCSE, plus taking responsibility for a year group of students to monitor and track behaviour and welfare, and raising student achievement and progress.  This is an exciting opportunity for a colleague with aspirations for whole school pastoral leadership.

Key responsibilities of the role include:

• To successfully lead and manage a team of tutors.

• To have responsibility for the welfare of students within the year group. 

• To identify areas where students need additional support and work with the appropriate people to implement.  

• To oversee the planning, execution and monitoring of intervention for students in the year group.

• To organise and attend meetings with students and parents. 

• To assist with the development and implementation of behaviour plans. 

• To develop, implement and promote the school rewards system. 

• To arrange and promote activities within the school.

• To prepare and lead assemblies.

We will play to your strengths and can offer you:

• Regular feedback to develop your teaching expertise

• Access to expert coaching

• An opportunity to participate in a learning and teaching project

• Developmental opportunities for the next step in your career

• A comprehensive induction programme and mentor

• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, access to a gym and swimming pool, free parking, an employee discount scheme, provision of an iPad, a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through the Trust’s people strategy and well-being committee.  

• A strong and effective admin team to enable you to concentrate on your teaching

We pride ourselves on:

• Our recent OFSTED inspection upgrade to ‘good’ (April 2019).  Key findings include:

“Staff morale is high and relationships at all levels are very good”.

“The behaviour of pupils is good”.

“The curriculum is appropriate and interesting and pupils receive high quality support and guidance”.

• Being an oversubscribed and popular school, located close to the M42 and M6, in easy reach of Birmingham, Staffordshire, South Derbyshire, Warwickshire and Leicestershire.

• Being a highly innovative, driven, inspirational and ambitious organisation with a clear vision for achieving success.

• Being part of the Castle Phoenix Trust. This facilitates an opportunity to play to your strengths and provide excellent collaboration between colleagues and leaders, access to effective CPD and the chance to develop professionally.  The Trust is committed to invest in and develop all staff and, most importantly, bring about the best possible outcomes for our students who deserve the very best.  Our Trust values are really important to all of us and include Respect to All, From All, Innovation and Collaboration.

Our strong commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition.  We can offer you a range of benefits which include cycle to work, free parking, an employee discount scheme, a laptop and access to the on-site swimming pool.

Kingsbury has great deal to be proud of, hoping it is the kind of place people want to work with a meaningful focus on student outcomes and a desire to continuously improve.  

Visits and applications:  Martin Clarke, Headteacher, would be delighted to meet you and talk about the opportunity, please email Helen Jones, jones.h3@welearn365.com, to book a visit.

Application packs are available to download on www.wmjobs.co.uk www.tes.co.uk

http://castlephoenixtrust.org.uk/job-opportunities/vacancies/ or by email from the Trust People team recruitment@castlephoenixtrust.org.uk 

Application deadline:  12.00pm on Tuesday 24th May 2022

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).  The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.