Head of Year

7 months ago

Yeovil, United Kingdom Westfield Academy Full time

**Main Purpose of Job**
- Create a distinct identity for the Year Group to which students feel a sense of belonging, identity and pride.
- Be responsible for the day-to-day pastoral care of students within a Year.
- Ensure good communication exists between school and parents.
- Guide the students through year specific events. e.g. Transition, Options, GCSE Exams and Prom.

**Main Responsibilities and Duties**:

- Create a distinct identity for the Year to which students feel a sense of belonging, identity and pride_
- As part of the Head of Year team, and in conjunction with other members of staff, devise and support a range of year group events.
- As part of the Head of Year team, and in conjunction with the SLT, organise and support reward events.
- Lead the Year Assembly Programme.
- Celebrate success of students whether academic, sporting, aesthetic or other, through recognition in assemblies, reports on the school website, through displays, letters to parents etc.
- Regularly remind students of key expectations about attendance, behaviour and commitment to learning (ABC) and disseminate key messages to students via assemblies and Year notice boards.
- Be responsible for the day-to-day pastoral care of students within a Year_
- Guide and support students in order to establish good standards of attendance and behaviour and positive attitudes to learning.
- Encourage students to become “successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens”.
- Ensure safeguarding and the Every Child Matters agenda are fully embedded in the work of the Year Group.
- Ensure student records are accurate and kept up to date.
- Monitor patterns of attendance and behaviour within the Year and seek ways of improving these.
- Use a range of positive behaviour management strategies to ensure inappropriate behaviour is challenged.
- Record incidents and interventions on students’ behaviour log.
- Contact parents with any concerns and seek their support.
- With the reports administrator, ensure tutors report effectively to parents.
- Implement appropriate sanctions for unacceptable behaviour, including detentions and internal isolations.
- Implement suspensions as necessary, consult with the Head of Pastoral Care, who will discuss further with the Headteacher.
- With the SLT, be “on duty” before school, at break and lunch times to supervise students.
- Support the learning of students within the Year Group_
- Act as a “key worker” for vulnerable students, including those new to the Year, poor attenders, school refusers and students facing challenging temporary circumstances, for example bereavement, illness or injury.
- In conjunction with the SEN team, support the learning of students on the SEN code of practice where appropriate.
- Formulate and implement Pastoral Support Plans and Medical Care Plans to address identified behaviour, attendance and medical concerns.
- Undertake 1:1 and small group work with students designed to improve the social and emotional aspects of learning.
- Develop effective links with external agencies, including the Education Safeguarding Officer (ESO), Careers South West, the Police, Children’s Social Care, the School Nurse, the PFSA and FIS (Family Intervention Service).
- Be responsible for co-ordinating the work of tutors in communicating and implementing school systems_
- Lead by example - be a positive role model..
- Direct the work of tutors through leading regular Year meetings.
- Monitor the work of tutors to ensure school and Year protocols are adhered to.
- Support the leadership team in their role of identifying and challenging ineffective use of tutor time and supporting underperforming tutors.
- Ensure good communication exists between school and parents._
- As part of the Head of Year team, manage the arrangements for Parents’ Evenings.
- Facts and Figures_
- Supporting around 230 students from within your Year Group.
- Responsible to the Head of Pastoral Care
- Working with 8 form tutors within the Year but will have no line management responsibility.
- Working with 4 other Heads of Year to deliver 1:1 and small group work according to their particular expertise.
- Working with a Deputy Head of Year and an Academic Head of Year

**SUPPORTING PROCESSES**

**Problem Solving and Creativity**
- Ability to think creatively and find solutions to the concerns of individual students, within the context of school policy and available resources.
- Ability to make holistic assessments and work with staff, students and parents to devise and implement action plans linked to their assessed needs.
- Be ready to explore new opportunities and innovative ideas for supporting the attendance, behaviour and achievement of students.
- Ability to work with competing deadlines and changing demands, prioritising and planning time carefully to focus on the outcomes that will have most impact on students’ personal development and well-being.
- Readiness to deal with unexpected and urg

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