Head of Year

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy Full time

Job Information

King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy

New Street

Longbridge

Birmingham

B45 0EU

Telephone number: 0121 464 9901

Required September 2023 or as soon as possible

This is an opportunity to work within an ambitious and caring pastoral team. In addition to the role of head of year, the role will also encompass acting as assistant designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and have a key focus on completing early help assessments and implementing our family plans. Furthermore, the postholder will ensure that our young people receive the appropriate support in order to nurture and develop their effective learning and emotional wellbeing.

Who will you be joining?

Our expectations and aspirations

King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy has the highest aspirations and expectations for all members of its community.

As a member of staff, you will be valued, challenged, and supported in making a difference to the lives of our young people. We expect the same of our pupils. We demand courtesy, endeavour, and resilience from all of our pupils and the support of their parents and carers.

We are exceptionally proud of our academy and our young people and would encourage interested applicants to come and spend some time with the leadership team to understand our shared vision, have a look around and experience what life is like as part of our community.

About our Academy Trust

The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the city since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.

Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and five non-selective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.

The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the foundation office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.

Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy which aims to bring in a further five academies over the next five years.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Please note previous applicants need not apply.

Safeguarding

Support Staff

enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Terms and conditions

Rehabilitation of offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Further information

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.


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