Head of Year

About this post - Head of Year

Salary - MPS/UPS/UQTS + TLR 2C £7,847

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 1.0 FTE

Start - January 2025

We are seeking to appoint an exceptional Head of Year to join our hard working and supportive Pastoral Team at St Cuthbert Mayne

We are looking for a Head of Year who has an ambitious vision for their year group. They will be able to create a strong sense of belonging and have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the pastoral issues that impact on young people and the experience of supporting students effectively. They will be an effective communicator who builds strong relationships with their team of Tutors, the wider staff and also with students, their families and external partners. They will have a good understanding of the academic curriculum and promote good learning habits. 

In addition to being a great leader, in the classroom they will be an excellent practitioner who is able to balance the demands of their pastoral leadership and teaching and learning responsibilities. The ability to teach Drama and Music would be an advantage. 

At St Cuthbert Mayne School we are committed to the professional development of all staff in school, regardless of their role. In addition to our own leadership and teaching professional development programmes, we work in partnership with Education South West, South West Institute for Teaching and other CPD providers such as Leading Schools South West to develop our staff, not because they aren’t good enough already but because we all know we can be even better. 

If you believe you have the skills, experience and determination to make a difference to the lives of our students then we want to hear from you. 

Application Process

Please complete and submit an application form. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of your application, then you have not been successful.  

You are asked to complete and include the following:

Application form - This can be found on our website at https://www.st-cuthbertmayne.co.uk/teaching-staff-vacancies/ 

Submit your application to Human Resources : recruitment@stcm.torbay.sch.uk  

Please do not submit your CV. As a school, we are committed to safer recruitment and as such can only accept applications that are on the school’s application form. Please complete all sections of the form in full.  

Closing date: 10.00 am on Tuesday 15th October

Interview date: Tuesday 22nd October

St Cuthbert Mayne School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service Check and references will be taken for all shortlisted candidates.

• St Cuthbert Mayne School is an equal opportunities employer and as such we do not discriminate based on age, gender, disability, race or any other equal opportunities criteria.