Head of Year

**Salary**:
Pay Band 8

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

22 April 2025

**Job overview**:
**Key responsibilities**
- Create, foster and build strong relationships with students in the year group and their parents/carers
- Work with the Attendance Officer to provide support concerning the attendance and punctuality of all students within the year group and in liaison with the Attendance Officer arrange meetings to support students who struggle to attend regularly
- Provide feedback to students in relation to attainment, progress, achievement, behaviour, and attendance
- Be responsible for keeping and updating records, including relevant filing, as agreed with other staff, contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested
- Implement the Academy’s Rewards and Sanctions policy
- Assist with Year Assemblies as directed by Head of Upper/Lower School
- Monitor House Tutor Time with daily drop ins to ensure programme is followed and that students are engaging and following Academy expectations
- Organise and manage Year extra-curricular, charity and community activity
- Contribute to the leadership and management of the behaviour strategy, including supervision of the ‘Internal Exclusion Room’ as appropriate
- Assist with the development and implementation of pastoral and personal care programmes
- Liaise with primary feeder schools and secondary schools to ensure effective and high-quality transition
- Participate in comprehensive assessments of students’ academic and pastoral progress
- Plan and implement reward events in collaboration with appropriate staff
- Support the Academy safeguarding, attendance and behaviour policies working closely with colleagues to ensure these are conducted effectively and efficiently
- To train as a deputy DSL
- To deputise for the Head of Upper/Lower School in their absence and cover for absent colleagues as requested
- Support the whole Academy detention rota
- Celebrate and praise the success of the Year group through Academy assemblies and newsletters
- Work closely with external agencies to support the young people in our care.

We also offer:

- An exciting and vibrant place of work
- Gym facilities
- Local Authority reward scheme
- High-quality continued professional development
- A valuable pension package

**About**The Skinners' Kent Academy**:
**The Skinners' Kent Academy**
- Sandown Park, Tunbridge Wells
- Kent
- TN2 4PY
- United Kingdom

+44 1892 534377

The Skinners’ Kent Academy is a co-educational, non-denominational secondary school for children aged 11-18 with around 1,100 students currently on its role. Located in Tunbridge Wells, the Academy is a non-selective school in a local authority that operates a selective system.

The Academy is part of the Skinners' Academies Trust who are supported by The Skinners’ Company, one of the 12 great livery companies in the City of London.

**Principal**

Miss Hannah Knowles

**Values and vision**

The Academy is founded on principles of high standards and high aspirations. It aims to be a emotionally enriching place with a culture of active participation.

Teachers seek to create, develop and maintain an education that provides opportunities for success for all. The Skinners’ Kent Academy aims to celebrate the achievement of everyone, in all aspects of life.

**Ofsted report**
- “The school motto of ‘pride in our success’ permeates through how pupils conduct themselves around the school. They strive to become well-rounded and respectful members of society. Pupils show kindness and consideration to each other because they want everyone to feel included. A strong pastoral provision in every key stage means that pupils feel well supported and have someone to go to if they need help. Should bullying happen, pupils know that staff will help them resolve issues quickly. Relationships between staff and pupils are nurturing and positive. This means that pupils feel safe and well looked after._
- View The Skinners’ Kent Academy's latest Ofsted report