Head of Year 7 and Primary Transition

**Salary**: MPS / UPS plus TLR 1b **Job type**: Full Time, Permanent **Start date**: September 2025 23 February 2025 **Job overview**: We are seeking to appoint a well qualified and enthusiastic Head of Year 7 & Primary Transition. At LRGS we have a strong culture of child-centred pastoral care, and dedicated staff committed to supporting young people. The wellbeing of children is very important to us, and we work hard to support pupils to thrive in an often complex and challenging world. The role of Head of Year 7 & Primary Transition is therefore an important one, central to much of what we aim to achieve as a school. Our Head of Year 7 & Primary Transition will be a senior member of the school’s Pastoral Heads Team enabling them to influence school strategy and policy. They will work with other experienced members of the pastoral and safeguarding team. We want our Head of Year 7 & Primary Transition to be a high-quality teacher. They will be able to build strong and positive relationships with young people in and out of the classroom, with a commitment to each child’s holistic development. Relationships with our feeder Primary Schools are also very important to us, and we are proud of our primary outreach initiatives, especially InspirUS which has helped to stretch and inspire children from as young as Year 4 and 5. We are excited to plan our future work of primary engagement and outreach. Our new Head of Year 7 & Primary Transition will also be joining the school at an exciting time of development as we make progress through the Priority School Building Programme which brings potential for considerable investment in our school’s accommodation. You will find LRGS to be a thriving community of diverse and talented pupils, outstanding colleagues, and supportive parents and carers. This role will be paid on MPS / UPS plus TLR 1b Applications should be submitted by 5pm on Sunday 23rd February 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will take place in the week commencing 3rd March 2025. **About**Lancaster Royal Grammar School**: **Lancaster Royal Grammar School** - East Road, Lancaster - Lancashire - LA1 3EF - United Kingdom +44 1524 580600 Lancaster Royal Grammar School is one of the oldest state schools in the country. It was founded in the thirteenth century and endowed by John Gardyner in 1472. Originally situated close to Lancaster Castle, the school moved to its present site in 1851. Most pupils join in Year 7 having passed the 11+, and a substantial number of students also join the Sixth Form after taking GCSEs elsewhere. Smaller numbers join other year groups as boarders from the UK and overseas. From the outset the Free School of Lancaster educated boarding as well as day pupils, and of our current 1260 pupils about 140 are boarders. For these students, their education remains free, and parents only pay for the boarding element. It is an exciting time for our growing school. We welcomed our first Sixth Form girls in 2019, and more than 200 girls have now joined the school as day students or boarders. Our most recent Boarding Ofsted inspection (2023) found us Outstanding in all areas. Inspectors commented: “_"The boarding experience at this school has a profound positive impact on the lives of children. Boarders make exceptional progress because of the commitment of the staff team and their experiences of staying at the school."_ We value and promote diversity amongst both pupils and staff. We are a caring school which offers strong and effective pastoral support to individuals. We are forward-looking and leaders in the area of student support and well-being. A profusion of extra-curricular activities provides an exceptional range of social, cultural and sporting opportunities, including a full programme of Saturday games fixtures and thriving CCF and DofE provision. A dynamic programme of overseas trips has recently included rugby and cricket tours to South Africa and the UAE, music tours to Italy and Spain, and a range of other expeditions from Iceland to Costa Rica. We have made substantial investment into our estate and teaching facilities in recent years. This includes a Priority Schools Building project which has provided two new science laboratories and transformed Victorian boarding accommodation in Old School House into new classrooms and Sixth Form study and social spaces. We are now preparing for exciting new site investment over the next four years as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.