This PDF includes 5 key questions asked on pastoral interview and their answers in detail. These are intended to support existing or new heads of year as well as being potential questions you may get asked on interview. In this set I answer: how do you deal with angry parent? how do you support a student struggling to fit in? how do you lead a team? how do you deal with poor student behaviour? do you monitor student progress? These answers are suggestions – they are not necessarily definitive. If preparing for interview, I always recommend you tailor your questions to the school you’re applying to and ensure you are giving specific examples of what you’re able to offer. If in post, always remember the policies of your school. You can also find Set 2 of this resource here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12527827 Please follow on facebook at: facebook.com/teachcoach

This is an assembly focused on anti-bullying. It covers a variety of topics including: a link to a starter video from Pixar which begins to explore the treatment of those different to ourselves defines bullying exploration of words closely linked to the definition and those which are most powerful linked to bullying exploration of the different types of bullying and what they look like exploration how bullying makes people feel and the impact on others an activity used in the assembly to encourage students to recognise how bullying may feel provides the case study of Felix Alexander - who took his own life after being bullied, including a video interview with his mum Lucy - a very powerful video. facts about bullying how we can stop bullying Please make sure you follow me on: facebook.com/teachcoach

Updated This resource is a Head of Year application covering letter. It has been created using knowledge of the role and experience of previous pastoral applications. This includes sections on: attendance behaviour progress using experience of being a form tutor and teacher parent-carer partnerships high expectations and behaviour management student development/extra curricular/pastoral development working with a team of tutors reading data working with external agencies celebrating student achievement This template is over 4 pages long and packed full of ideas to use! Please consider following my page at: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource, you will find a set of approx. 15 questions which you might be asked on a Head of Year interview and, for each question, a set of bullet points which detail ideas for responses. These are perfect for getting yourself ready for Head of Year/pastoral interviews! make sure to follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

IMPROVED FOR 2024 This resource is an example application letter for the position of SENCo in a secondary school. This letter should be developed by including your own examples of where you have completed the points referenced and the impact of that work as well as your learning from the work you have completed – using the spaces to help you do this. This letter is for guidance only and should not be used exclusively to apply for a SENCo role but instead used to support the writing of your own letter. Letters should always be tailored to the school you are applying to and your own experiences. This example includes more ideas than you may wish to include in your own letter and is intended to highlight a variety of content you could use. This template is over 5 pages long and full of ideas which you could use or remove. This resource is aimed a secondary school SENCo role, but could provide ideas for other stages of education also. Please note: covering letters should not exceed 2 pages in length. I never recommend sending blanket templates for prospective roles and always advise an application is tailored to you and the school.

This resource is my first set of practice data task for Heads of Year/Pastoral Leaders preparing for interview. The resource provides a fictionalised set of data from a fictionalised year group, space to analyse the data yourself and to come up with your three priorities. In addition, I provide the three priorities I would identify in timed conditions as well as the ‘answers’ I would provide in an interview circumstance. This is the great way to practice your data analysis skills for interview from a pastoral perspective. This resource goes well with my other resources on raising attainment and analysing data as a pastoral leader. You can find a 2nd example of this in tray here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12732369. This is another set of data to provide a 2nd chance to practice prior to interview. How to analyse data as Head of Year: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-analyse-data-pastoral-leader-interview-cpd-data-analysis-and-progress-achievement-12436735 How to raise attainment as Head of Year: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/how-to-raise-attainment-secure-progress-head-of-year-house-pastoral-role-interview-cpd-12425572 Please consider following me facebook.com/teachcoach

This resource is intended to take your through a prioritisation task which you may find on a SENCo interview. This resource includes information about what this kind of task looks like, why interviewers include this kind of task, the skills they are looking for you to demonstrate, common pitfalls and how to avoid them. It also includes top tips on answering prioritisation questions on interview and an example prioritisation task for you to practice prior to interview day On the PDF, there is a blank chart for you to practice 12 provided priorities and 5 of these have been put into a worked example also. Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

This spreadsheet is designed to be used to track attendance for a year group. It is set up into three sheets. The first is for tracking attendance year to date and tracking weekly attendance as well. The second is set up to track the multiple interventions which you may use to try and raise attendance. The final is for tracking attendance rewards to ensure your rewards are well distributed. The first sheet is conditionally formatted - this means that the sheet will change colour depending on the % of attendance inputted. This will give you a visual overview of any students who are concern. All of the sheets have been set up to filter - so you can easily find a student name or see who has had rewards etc. Please leave a review if you find this useful. Please make sure follow me at: facebook.com/teachcoach

In this 4 page resource I detail guidance for completing a prioritisation task in a pastoral interview. This includes answering the questions: What is a prioritisation task? Why do interviews use it? What questions might you be asked on prioritisation? What kind of answers could you give to prioritisation questions? This also provides an example of a prioritisation task and a worked answer of the order I would organise the tasks in as well as my justifications. Great for preparing you for one of the in tray tasks at interview! Please also follow me on facebook: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

This assembly is ready to be used and consists of sections on: why we should give to charity the history of charities how we can support charities celebrity links with charities It also includes 3 powerful videos which are designed to get students to reflect on their own views of charity and how they can move forward to support charities more or how they can be more giving themselves. The assembly also contains a choice of slides for the opening - you can chose from a slide set up for ‘International Charity Day’ or you can chose a slide set up with ‘The Importance of Charity’. This means the assembly can be used for either occasion. Please follow me on facebook: facebook.com/teachcoach Please leave a review if this is useful.

This PDF includes 5 key questions asked on pastoral interview and their answers in detail. These are intended to support existing or new heads of year as well as being potential questions you may get asked on interview. In this set I answer: how would you maintain positive parent relationships? what would you do for high ability students? how important is the role of FT? how would you deal with a failing tutor? how would you target bullying? These answers are suggestions – they are not necessarily definitive. If preparing for interview, I always recommend you tailor your questions to the school you’re applying to and ensure you are giving specific examples of what you’re able to offer. If in post, always remember the policies of your school. You can find set 1 here: www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12348129 Please follow on facebook at: facebook.com/teachcoach

UPDATED! This assembly was designed after a series of fighting and physically violent incidents in my year group at the time. The message is very clear about the potential fatal consequences of fighting and one punch kills. At the time, I could not find an assembly which fitted these purposes. It includes: statements students might hear in relation to violence; as aggressors and bystanders information about why one punch kills are so dangerous a list of potential injuries from punches explanation of potential life long changes 3 news stories about fatal punches and a visual representation of the connection between people involved The final slides also include an interview with one of the offenders about the impact of his decision on the rest of his life. Very powerful, very moving. There is also a link to a police video on the dangers of one punch kills. Please check it is appropriate your year group before using - sensitive content. Please leave a review and like my page: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource, we explore 10 questions you might be asked on a SENCo interview and 10 detailed possible answers. This resource is 7 pages long. This is a complimentary resource to the set 1 and set 2 SENCo questions listed in my shop. It can be used in conjunction or on its own to help you prepare for interview. We answer the questions: Why are you interested in the role of SENCo? What skills could you bring to our SENCO role? Give us a summary of your understanding of the Code of Practice: How would you use data to inform this role? How would you demonstrate value for money in this role? Tell us about your ability to work under pressure. A parent arrives in reception angry about the support their child with SEN has received. What do you do? How would you time manage as a SENCo? A student with ADHD is struggling in their English lessons – they are not making expected progress and the teacher is challenged by their behaviour - how would you support the teacher to help the student? Why have you chosen this school to apply to as SENCo? Please note: whilst the questions are detailed and thorough, they are NOT a definitive list, and the answers are not exhaustive. You may want to select parts of the answers which apply best to your knowledge. You should also add to your answers using experiences of your own and include your learning from these experiences that you would take into the new role. You should never use generic answers in an interview setting. Always link your answers with what you know about the school and their priorities.

This resource contains a 16 slide presentation for form tutors to use to introduce themselves and their expectations to their form during transition. This includes: a welcome slide a ‘meet your form’ starter where students find out information about someone else ‘who am I?’ form tutor introduction slide ‘what does a form tutor do?’ discussion and slide ‘form rules and expectations’ slides a ‘find someone who’ bingo get to know your form activity an all about me worksheet task a target task for students to set themselves 5 targets a 5 minute embedded video from BBC about having a positive mindset 3 blank slides for information from your school a form tutor checklist a final task for students to share adjectives about themselves This resource also includes a PDF of over 15 different ice breaker activities which form tutors can use to encourage their form to get to know each other. facebook.com/teachcoach

This PDF contains a set of 18 positive thinking cards. Each card contains a quote or message which relates goal setting. These have been designed to be used to support students in thinking about setting goals. They can be printed or given to students as a set or used as part of a session. These could also be used during tutor time or PSHE lessons if appropriate. There are lots of potential uses. :) These are not a replacement for counselling or other mental health services and are not intended to be reductionist. Instructions for use are included also. You can find set 1 on positive thinking here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-cards-set-1-positive-thinking-happiness-12347514 You can also find set 2 on overcoming challenges here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-cards-set-2-overcoming-challenges-growth-mindset-12347774 Finally you can find a bundle of inspirational resources, including assemblies and form time resources here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/little-inspiration-card-assembly-form-bundle-positive-thinking-goal-setting-and-overcoming-challenges-12348103 Please follow me on facebook: facebook.com/teachcoach

In this resource you will find 10 positive postcard templates, this includes the back and front of the postcard. Each postcard includes a different design using phrases like: congratulations well done you are amazing you are capable of more than you know today is full of possible great work you’re brilliant These are designed to be used to promote and reward excellent student behaviour and to share this with home. Please make sure you follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

This is a compiled list of websites and resources which are useful for reading to help improve student vocabulary and to ‘close the vocabulary gap’. These are not my websites - I have simply compiled a useful lists for professional developed purposes. Please check out my page: https://www.facebook.com/teachcoach/