Havering Schools Jobs
Head of Year
- Employer: LIFE Education Trust - The Frances Bardsley Academy
- Reference: SCH/24/275673
LIFE EDUCATION TRUST
The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls
An 11-18 Academy with Visual Arts Specialism
Brentwood Road, Romford, Essex RM1 2RR
Tel: 01708 447368
Web: www.fbaok.co.uk
Executive Headteacher: Mr J. Dutnall LLB, BA, MA, MBA
Head of Year
Hours: 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. FTE 86.69%
Salary Scale: SO1.23 to SO1.25, £35,577 to £36,567 per annum (inclusive of Outer London Weighting)
Actual Salary: £30,842 to £31,700 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Required: September 2024
Building Great Learning Communities
Our Mission is 'To build great learning communities where children flourish’. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: Courageous Optimism, Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools to deliver excellent pupil outcomes, create vibrant, exciting environments and offer rewarding careers for
employees. To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a passionate and inspiring Head of Year at The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls to join a talented and supportive Pastoral Team.
This is a non-teaching role so being a qualified teacher is not a prerequisite.
The successful candidate will:
- Have the vision, skills and experience to successfully take on a leading role in pastoral care at FBA.
- Develop personal knowledge of students and provide information and advice as required.
- Work in collaboration with all colleagues, to be responsible for:
- the moral, intellectual and social development of students.
- pastoral care, safeguarding, sanctioning, rewarding and counselling of students - Liaise with external agencies and help write reports and attend appropriate meetings when required, some of which may be at a different site.
- Be motivated to challenge and help develop amazing young women in line with our mission to empower young women
- Be creative, empathetic and reflective in your approach
- Keep, maintain and track student records for attendance, achievement, behaviour and safeguarding for the year group.
- Share our commitment to building great learning communities where children flourish
The successful candidate will become part of an oversubscribed, successful girls’ school for 11 to 18 year-olds, with an ethos rooted in female empowerment, and dedicated colleagues who strive for excellence. The school is committed to providing the best learning opportunities for students in, a safe, secure and friendly environment with "Confident, courteous and articulate students".
In return we can offer you:
- Welcoming and friendly colleagues
- A stimulating and welcoming learning environment with excellent facilities, including our purpose-built wellbeing centre, a farm, an art gallery and our own railway
- Strong links with girls' schools in the UK and abroad through the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS)
- Access to the Schools Advisory Service (SAS), the Trust’s employee well-being support and medical programme. This includes 24-hour-a-day access to a GP helpline for you and those within your household, a counselling service, stress management, a weight loss programme, physiotherapy, menopause support and much more
- Links with the local community, including our charity partner, The Trussell Trust Food Bank
- Increased priority in admissions to our school for your child/ren
- Close proximity to the M25, Romford Railway Station (Elizabeth Line) and a main bus route
Applications:
Please forward your completed application form, together with a letter of application and supporting paperwork to recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com by 9am Monday 15th April 2024.
A copy of the school's Support Colleague Application Form can be found on the school website www.fbaok.co.uk.
For further information about this role, please contact recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com.
Visits to the school are welcomed.
The Trust reserves the right to interview prior to the deadline date. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds and all parts of the
community, particularly people from ethnic minorities who are currently under-represented. LIFE Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer
and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate
to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please forward your completed application form, together with a letter of application and supporting paperwork to recruitment@lifeeducationtrust.com by 9am Monday 15th April 2024.