Head of KS3

About the Role As a Teaching Head of KS3, you will hold a dual role: delivering excellent lessons in your subject specialism while leading the pastoral direction for a specific year group. You will be the "face" of the year group for students, parents, and staff—establishing a strong culture of attendance, punctuality, and positive behaviour from the outset. This is a high‑impact role where you will identify barriers to learning and intervene early, ensuring that students navigate the transition through Key Stage 3 successfully and build the resilience needed for future success. Responsibilities Strategic Intervention: Work closely with the wider teaching team to identify barriers to achievement; guide and advise staff in the implementation of intervention and support strategies to overcome those barriers. Data & Progress: Monitor and record student responses, learning achievements, and progress against targets, preparing necessary paperwork for student reviews, including evaluation of progress against targets. Mentoring Oversight: Support identified students in need of specialised mentoring, coordinating sessions where appropriate or facilitating alternative opportunities, including signposting to external agencies. Behaviour Leadership: Take a lead in managing the behaviour of the year group, proactively monitoring the behaviour of all students, analysing patterns, and applying effective behaviour management strategies. Attendance Strategy: Have the overview of punctuality and attendance, liaising with parents, appropriate staff, and external agencies to implement measures necessary to improve individual and year group attendance. Pastoral Care: Act as a point of escalation for pastoral and welfare issues, working with identified students on emotional health and wellbeing and liaising with multi‑agencies to make referrals. Culture & Ethos: Be available to students (and parents) in the year group, coordinating home/school links regarding attitudes to learning to establish a strong sense of culture and learning purpose within the academy. Staff Support: Support staff in dealing with behaviour issues, developing and implementing intervention strategies for both pastoral and learning progress. Alternative Provision: Contribute to the identification of students at risk of Alternative Provision, ensuring all support has been exhausted, and support planning for successful transition back into mainstream school. SEND Liaison: Contribute to the development and implementation of Pastoral Support Plans and support the SENDCo in collating information for EHCPs. Qualifications The successful candidate must hold their QTS (Qualified Teacher Status) and have experience working with KS3 students. What the school offers its staff About WPT At Wickersley Partnership Trust (WPT), we are fueled by a single commitment: "We never knowingly do less for other people’s children than we would for our own." As a thriving network of schools across South Yorkshire, we combine high expectations with embedded inclusivity. We do not work in silos; instead, we rely on deep collaboration and school‑to‑school support to ensure every student develops socially, emotionally, and academically to achieve the highest standards. Why Join Us? Competitive salary (MPS/UPS + TLR) Generous Local Government (support staff) and Teacher Pension Schemes Health and Wellbeing, including a Westfield Health subscription Professional Growth and Development 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr