Head of Year
Unity College
Lancashire
- New
- Salary:
- MPS/UPS + TLR 1.2 (currently £12,038)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Summer Term or ASAP
- Apply by:
- 8 January 2025
Job overview
Heads of Year are a really important part of our college leadership structure. The Head of Year holds ultimate accountability for the Year Group. They are supported in this by a non-teaching Deputy Head of Year and expert pastoral teams: Student Support (including Mental Wellbeing Workers and an Early Help Co-ordinator); Targeted Support; SEND and Attendance. Heads of Year line manage a team of 12 tutors and are line managed by a member of the Senior Leadership Team, with whom they will meet regularly.
The successful candidate will possess excellent leadership, management and communication skills and will have demonstrated an ability to work with young people and their families successfully. They will be aware of some of the challenges facing young people yet hold the highest aspirations for Unity College students. They will also be committed to and use strategies that will ensure that all students are given the very best opportunities to be successful in all areas of their lives.
The Heads of Year will work with the Senior Leadership Team to create and deliver a shared vision for the personal development, behaviour and attitudes, wellbeing and safeguarding of all members of the College community. The Heads of Year are some of the most senior leaders of the College and, as such, play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Unity College.
Working at Unity College is tremendously rewarding and this role is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to young people’s lives as well as offering abundant prospects for professional development. As a College we are firmly committed to continuous professional development for all and we invest heavily in developing our staff at all levels.
We offer:
· the opportunity to be integral to College improvement
· well-considered professional development and a wide range of professional opportunities, including significant leadership development opportunities
· excellent career progression opportunities
· a high level of support for all new staff
· an exciting and stimulating place to work in a friendly environment
· a modern, purpose-built building and excellent facilities
You will:
· share the College’s very high expectations
· be an excellent classroom practitioner
· be committed to working collaboratively with colleagues, students and parents
· be confident in your ability to support and develop colleagues
· be enthusiastic about giving young people the best possible start in life
Unity College is a co-educational, 11-16 college. With 1500 students on roll, we are one of the largest secondary schools in Lancashire.
For further details about the post including details of how to apply, please visit https://unity-college.com/vacancies/ or contact Joanne Lever, HR Manager: j.lever@unity.lancs.sch.uk
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 8 January 2024 at 9.00am.
Attached documents
About Unity College
Our vision based around three simple words :
PASSION UNITY RESPECT
PASSION: Passion for Life - Passion for Excellence
UNITY: Uniting the Community - United in Learning
RESPECT: Respect for Yourself - Respect for Others
Unity College will offer a safe and caring learning environment for all. We are committed to making education an enjoyable, rewarding and stimulating experience, developing an ethos where students have a passion for learning. We aim to create a culture where it is ‘cool’ to learn and to achieve. Unity College students and staff have high expectations of themselves and the confidence to achieve their goals. Students and staff have a real sense of ownership and a true commitment to Unity College.
As a learning community, we believe that improving the quality of learning and teaching is the key to genuine and sustainable school improvement. The curriculum at Unity College provides opportunities for all students to learn and to achieve. We aim to promote students’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and prepare all students for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of life. At Unity College we offer a rich, diverse and challenging series of educational experiences which will form the basis of both personal and academic development, with a key focus on preparing young people for adult life and the world of work. The College’s strength in the Arts will underpin the whole curriculum. The curriculum is supported by coherent and positive discipline and behaviour policies. By providing a caring, purposeful, inspiring and challenging environment, we will help all students to feel motivated to excel, to achieve their potential and become responsible citizens in our community. We expect every student to leave Unity College with a strong sense of personal worth, be suitably skilled and qualified to either access a place in further or higher education, or take a place in full time employment.
As a member of the Burnley Learning Partnership we will work collaboratively as part of an 11–19 continuum, aiming to raise attainment, increasing participation beyond the compulsory phase and to create an ethos for life long learning. We are totally committed to becoming an extended school, where we will offer a diverse range of leisure and learning opportunities for the wider community. We hope that Unity College will become the hub of the local community.
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