Head of Year
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 25 Ebrill 2026 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 08 Mai 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Lancs, Lancashire, BL9 9NH |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | bc31a27a-81b4-4864-ab70-545d6efabab5 |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a full time Head of Year to join our strong and highly supportive Inclusion Team. This is an exciting career opportunity for an ambitious individual who is looking to develop their leadership skills and gain further experience of pastoral work within a school.
The successful candidates will need to demonstrate.
• an awareness of how to monitor and track individual student progress, behaviour and attendance
• their impact within a school
• high expectations of themselves and others and a passion for ensuring all our students achieve their potential
• the ability to provide leadership of the team of form tutors
• a highly significant contribution to the wider life of the school
Applications should be through the application form outlining
• The reasons for your application
• The skills and experiences you would bring to the role
• Your vision for the role (we are particularly interested to hear your ideas to address the Ofsted requirement to improve the student attendance of a year group, especially for FSM and SEN students as well as ideas based around what good inclusion and pastoral care looks like.
What the school offers its staff
At The Derby High School we ‘Inspire to Make a Difference’. We have high ambitions for all our students. We are passionate about improving life chances and are committed to providing an outstanding education. We want each and everyone of our students to enjoy their high school experience, achieve exceptionally well and succeed in life.
The school is an oversubscribed 11-16 Co-Educational Comprehensive (approx. 950 students on roll).We are situated in the Northwest of England in the heart of Bury, Greater Manchester and have good transport links to the city and neighbouring towns. The school's intake is truly comprehensive, with students from a diverse range of backgrounds.
The Derby High School, built in 1959, is an iconic building within the town with its distinctive look and extensive playing fields. Over recent years there have been a number of unique additions to the school, and these have enhanced our curriculum offer: a bespoke Performing Arts building, INSPIRE, three state of the art science laboratories, DISCOVER and a multimillion-pound Sports Hall, EXCEL. In 2018 we built a STEAM Garden, a cross-curricular outdoor learning space, designed by our students for the school and wider community. Two years ago, we opened CREATE, a purpose-built Design & Technology block that enables our students to develop skills working with various materials, Food and Nutrition, Engineering and CADCAM. Computing and Business lessons are taught in ExcITe. Reflecting our commitment to providing an outstanding education for our most vulnerable students we have also renovated an area of the school to house INCLUDE, a bespoke base for our SEND students.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We are seeking to appoint a full time Head of Year to join our strong and highly supportive Inclusion Team. This is an exciting career opportunity for an ambitious individual who is looking to develop their leadership skills and gain further experience of pastoral work within a school.
The successful candidates will need to demonstrate.
• an awareness of how to monitor and track individual student progress, behaviour and attendance
• their impact within a school
• high expectations of themselves and others and a passion for ensuring all our students achieve their potential
• the ability to provide leadership of the team of form tutors
• a highly significant contribution to the wider life of the school
Applications should be through the application form outlining
• The reasons for your application
• The skills and experiences you would bring to the role
• Your vision for the role (we are particularly interested to hear your ideas to address the Ofsted requirement to improve the student attendance of a year group, especially for FSM and SEN students as well as ideas based around what good inclusion and pastoral care looks like.
What the school offers its staff
At The Derby High School we ‘Inspire to Make a Difference’. We have high ambitions for all our students. We are passionate about improving life chances and are committed to providing an outstanding education. We want each and everyone of our students to enjoy their high school experience, achieve exceptionally well and succeed in life.
The school is an oversubscribed 11-16 Co-Educational Comprehensive (approx. 950 students on roll).We are situated in the Northwest of England in the heart of Bury, Greater Manchester and have good transport links to the city and neighbouring towns. The school's intake is truly comprehensive, with students from a diverse range of backgrounds.
The Derby High School, built in 1959, is an iconic building within the town with its distinctive look and extensive playing fields. Over recent years there have been a number of unique additions to the school, and these have enhanced our curriculum offer: a bespoke Performing Arts building, INSPIRE, three state of the art science laboratories, DISCOVER and a multimillion-pound Sports Hall, EXCEL. In 2018 we built a STEAM Garden, a cross-curricular outdoor learning space, designed by our students for the school and wider community. Two years ago, we opened CREATE, a purpose-built Design & Technology block that enables our students to develop skills working with various materials, Food and Nutrition, Engineering and CADCAM. Computing and Business lessons are taught in ExcITe. Reflecting our commitment to providing an outstanding education for our most vulnerable students we have also renovated an area of the school to house INCLUDE, a bespoke base for our SEND students.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.