Head of Year
St Birinus School
Oxfordshire
- New
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS plus a TLR1(1) of £8,291
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2025
- Apply by:
- 21 October 2024
Job overview
We are looking for a forward thinking, ambitious and energetic teacher who will be responsible for the progress, achievement, pastoral welfare and support of a year group and an effective leader of a team of tutors.
Preferred teaching subjects: Mathematics, PE or Science.
Job Purpose
As Head of Year, you will lead a team of tutors to support the well-being, progress and achievement of a year group of students.
You will lead a team of tutors to ensure high standards of pastoral care and well-being for all of the students within the year group. You will be responsible for setting and sustaining high standards of behaviour within the year group and for ensuring that our values as an inclusive school community form the ethos of your year group.
St Birinus School
We are hugely proud of our school community. The ethos of an all boys’ school is literally written all over the walls of the school and we pride ourselves on creating a vibrant environment in which all boys thrive. Progress measures are very strong and our results are highly impressive within the context of boys’ achievement nationally.
St Birinus offers excellent career development opportunities and a highly supportive working environment. If you have the ability to inspire and motivate others, are driven towards the highest standards of Teaching and Learning and are unrelenting in your pursuit of all students having no barriers to what they can achieve, we should be delighted to receive your application.
St Birinus School is judged to be a securely Good school with students meeting the school’s high expectations (OFSTED Report February 2020). The OFSTED reports states …
“St Birinus School is a vibrant and inspiring place for pupils to learn. Pupils are very proud of their school. They feel it is a friendly and welcoming place where they really feel valued.”
St Birinus is in the top 5% of all schools nationally for boys’ progress which accurately reflects our aspirational expectations and ethos.
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About St Birinus School
St Birinus School is a secondary academy for boys aged 11-18, based in Didcot, Oxfordshire. On 1st September 2015, St Birinus School joined together with Didcot Girls’ School under the Didcot Academy of Schools multi-academy trust.
Headteacher
William Manning, BA (Hons)
Values and vision
St Birinus School expects its teachers to set high standards for behaviour, uniform and equipment. Staff carefully plan activities that will engage students of all aptitudes and abilities. They instil in students a spirit of enquiry and genuine curiosity about the world around them.
The secondary school has a wide range of activities for students to embrace, including teams, bands, clubs and productions for pupils of all abilities, aptitudes and interests. From weightlifting to Warhammer (both of which are extremely popular), there is something for everyone.
Ofsted report
“Most pupils are confident about whether they are on track to achieve their target grade and if not what they need to do to improve… Pupils are safe and well cared for in the school. There are good procedures in place and policies are regularly reviewed; record-keeping is comprehensive and all staff training is up to date. Governors are also appropriately trained and knowledgeable about safeguarding, meeting regularly with school staff so that they have good oversight of the procedures and practices in place.”
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