Assistant Head of Year

Assistant Head of Year

The Chalk Hills Academy are currently looking to recruit an Assistant Head of Year to join our supportive pastoral team. This is a pastoral role where you will assist the Head of Year to ensure significant academic progress and excellent behaviour of students across a year group. To succeed in this role, you will be able to inspire and motivate students to excel in their education and have high expectations of what students can achieve. You will be part of the pastoral team, led by a Senior Head of Year and includes Heads of Years and Assistant Heads of Year and this will be a non-teaching role.

The Chalk Hills Academy are proud of the unrivalled education experience offered. You will certainly benefit from forward-thinking and supportive leadership, an encouraging and enthusiastic staff body and enterprising students. Our academy has state of the art facilities, fit for all your teaching needs. ‘We recognise talent, recruit for attitude and train you for the skills’

If you want to grow and develop in a fast paced, dynamic and successful Academy, come and join us at The Chalk Hills Academy!

Key Duties

To work within the school’s pastoral support team under the guidance of the Senior Heads of Year, Assistant Headteacher (Behaviour), Vice Principal (Whole School Behaviour), and other SLT (Senior Leadership Team) staff.

To work with the SLT, Heads of Year, other Assistant Heads of Year, and teaching staff to identify and monitor student concerns and to assist in the identification and support for students with organisational or behavioural difficulties.

To respond to immediate student concerns clarifying the situation for the Senior Leader/Heads of Year and to make decisions on the use of lower level sanctions where appropriate.

Within the pastoral team and with liaison with the appropriate staff, draw up and implement a range of preventative strategies for students with organisational and behavioural difficulties e.g., anger management, mentoring, attendance workshops or other related sessions to promote positive learning behaviour within the scope of the post.

To support in the effective running and function of the Alternative Provision Unit (Compass), including staffing Compass on a rota basis with other Assistant Heads of Year.

Publicise the achievements of your year group. Collation of articles for the monthly newsletter and update Year Group notice boards and website pages.

Support with the preparation of school events such as open evenings and parents evenings.

Prepare data and reports for HoYs as required.

To support students working in the reflection room, through the use of restorative behaviour techniques where appropriate.

To liaise with external agencies where directed and to attend relevant meetings with them and/or parents as appropriate.

To act as a point of contact with parents and to maintain regular contact with them to encourage parental involvement in their child’s education.

To refer upwards those issues that may need the guidance/involvement of outside agencies to the Head of Year and Senior Head of Year

To undertake additional roles and responsibilities as directed by the Headteacher.

The successful candidate will:

Have the ability to inspire and motivate students to achieve high standards of behaviour and academic achievement

Possess excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Be an outstanding ambassador for the academy

Have energy, commitment and attention to detail

Hold high expectations and aspirations of all students and staff

Be able to lead, develop and manage form tutors

Have a good sense of humour and the ability to diffuse potentially difficult situations with ease

Show an understanding of how an effective pastoral system underpins high academic achievement

Possess excellent organisational skills and an ability to meet deadlines under pressure

Have the ability to maintain a whole school perspective on daily routine

Be able to hold people to account

Be enthusiastic, self-starter, ability to work and liaise with a variety of departments and colleagues

Have resilience and the ability to work as part of a team

Be passionate about pastoral support

Have the ability to run intervention to support students needing additional support

Local community knowledge would be beneficial

Those who can run clubs/extra curriculum welcome

Job Specifics

Start date: 1st September 2025

Salary: AS 15-20 dependent on experience actual pro rata salary £25,507- £27,670

Job Role: Permanent, Full-time, Term-time 5 INSET days, 37 hours per week

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.

Safeguarding

We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.

The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.

The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.

Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:

“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”

The definition of ‘children’ includes everyone under the age of 18.