Head of Year 12

**Summary**
We are looking for a highly motivated, inspiring and proactive Head of Year 12 to join our academy.

At Harris Rainham Sixth Form, you will join a dedicated team of teachers and staff supporting our excellent students. If you are looking for an opportunity to grow, inspire and develop, this may be the role for you.
**About Us**
Harris Rainham Sixth Form is a new sixth form serving the community of Rainham and Wennington. We are a dedicated group of staff who are deeply committed to serving our community and ensuring our students are on the path to the best universities and careers. We have built a school on our core values of Curiosity, Compassion, Commitment. These values are at the heart of our school and all that we do.

**What makes us different**:

- Our values are at the centre of our school and aren’t simply a slogan on a website.
- Our leaders are role models, they lead by example, admit mistakes, welcome opinions and love honest conversations.
- We are a standalone sixth form but work closely with Harris Academy Rainham an 11 - 16 Academy. This gives us the strengths of an 11-18 school and the benefits of a sixth form only environment.
- We are a staff united against educational disadvantage with a fierce determination to show our students the world beyond Havering.

**What we can do for you**:

- Great career progression both within our Academy and the Federation.
- Excellent professional development opportunities. We focus our training on the latest educational thinking and research and we believe our people are our greatest asset.
- Meaningful measures to manage workload - no graded observations, early finish on a Friday, no onerous marking requirements but sensible feedback policies.
- Bespoke support and line management from excellent leaders across the school.
- Opportunities for fantastic professional growth due to our close working relationship with Harris Academy Rainham and other academies across the Federation..

**Main Areas of Responsibility**
The purpose of your role will be ensuring high standards of behaviour of students in the given Year Group, identifying areas for improvement of their behaviour and leading the improvement of their behaviour:

- Acting as the first point-of-contact for students and their families regarding their attendance, behaviour, personal development and welfare.
- Undertaking investigations and responding to Duty Principal requests for students in the given Year Group.
- Liaising with other leaders, including (among others) the whole school lead for Personal Development, Literacy and Numeracy, Careers and E-Safety, Enrichment and Healthy Schools, Safeguarding and Inclusion to ensure a rich programme of personal development, behaviour and welfare education.
- Liaising with other leaders on pastoral and behaviour matters pertaining to students in the given Year Group.
- Identifying and supporting a caseload of students from the given Year Group through the design and implementation of appropriate interventions.

Your areas of responsibility will include:

- Leadership of day-to-day behaviours of students
- Leadership of pastoral, behaviour and welfare interventions for students in the given Year Group
- Leadership of attendance and punctuality for students in the given Year Group
- Leadership of student pastoral development programmes

For a full list of duties, please download the Job Pack.
**Qualifications & Experience**
- Hold QTS (or equivalent) and a relevant undergraduate degree
- Have successful teaching experience at secondary level (can be teaching practice), ideally including experience in multi-ethnic urban schools and of working in an 11-18 school
- Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning
- Understand the importance of high expectations and equality of access for all students, and of being a tutor
- Have knowledge of National Curriculum requirements at KS3 and KS4, and of writing lesson plans, developing resources and assessing students' work
- Be able to work as part of a team and to develop and maintain positive relationships with all staff
- Have a good level of ICT skills, ideally including innovative use of interactive white boards
- Be able to create a motivating and safe learning environment for all students
- Be able to communicate positively with parents, carers and other external agencies where necessary
- Have good written and spoken communication skills
- Be able to lead and manage their own work effectively
- Have excellent time management skills
- Be able to motivate students and raise their aspirations through a range of strategies

**Next Steps**

**Professional Development & Benefits**
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every