Teacher with Head of Year

The Kingsbrook School

Part of the Insignis Academy Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to join our successful, vibrant community as a

Teacher with Head of Year 

with the ability to teach one of the following subjects to GCSE level: 

Food preparation and Nutrition, Business, English, Maths, History, Geography or Science

Start date – September 2025  

Closing Date: Monday 6th January 2025 at 12 Noon

Salary – MPS/UPS +TLR £5645

Full Time, Permanent 

At Insignis Academy Trust we are looking for a Head of Year with the ability to teach one of the following subjects: Food preparation and Nutrition, Business, English, Maths, History, Geography or Science for The Kingsbrook School. This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the growing pastoral leadership team in this flagship new school in Aylesbury, contributing strongly to the continued development of pastoral care, culture and ethos of the school as it enters it’s fourth year of operation in 2025-26. 

Opened in September 2022 to 180 year 7 students, the Kingsbrook school has grown by a year of entry each September. The first cohort of students begin KS4 in September 2025 and the school will be full in KS3 and KS4 in 2026-27 and 6th form in 2028-29. Located at the heart of the Kingsbrook Estate in Aylesbury, the school boasts state of the art facilities across the mainstream school and a purpose built Inclusion Unit for children with additional Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. 

The Kingsbrook School requires all of its teachers to be a well-qualified, enthusiastic professionals, who are eager and committed to supporting students’ education. This role includes the direct line management of the tutors in the attached year group. 

The role of Head of Year is to ensure that the pupils in the associated year groups are making appropriate progress in line with their individual targets and is responsible for the pastoral wellbeing of the pupils in Year. The Head of Year is also required to take a strategic lead on the behaviour for learning within the associated year groups. 

This role also requires a post holder who is passionate about developing the schools CPD offer and the fostering of a school based research culture. The Head of Year will also be responsible for guiding and supporting their tutor team to use current progress, attainment and behaviour data to deliver high quality mentoring to their tutees.

The successful candidate will also have experience of deploying interventions and additional support to enable students to make the most progress possible. The job description for the role outlines the initial expectations of the successful candidate.  

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

For any enquiries relating to the position please contact the Trust’s Human Resources Team, either by email recruitment@insignis.org.uk or by telephone 01296 744351, who will be happy to help.

Insignis Academy Trust operates rigorous ‘safer recruitment’ practices and the successful candidates will be required to undertake a criminal record check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.  

Closing date – Monday 6th January at 12 noon

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

The Insignis Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.