Ark Acton Academy
Head of Year
Location: Acton, West-London — Excellent transport links, Acton Town station only 5 minutes’ walk
Salary: Ark Support Scale 8 Pay Points 19-29 £34,452 – £40,427
Start date: September 2024
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: Monday 15th July 2024 at 9am
Are you passionate about securing great outcomes for pupils and creating the conditions in which they can overcome obstacles to secure a future they choose?
About the role:
We are looking for an excellent Head of Year who will be responsible for the leadership of a specific year group, ensuring that we as a school create the conditions for excellent learning. You will lead on the achievement, behaviour and pastoral development of their year group, while playing a part in maintaining high behaviour expectations for all pupils in the school.
Our ideal candidate will have:
- Commitment to serving our diverse community in Acton
- High expectations for themselves and our pupils
- A keenness to learn and develop in your role and as a leader
- A team player with high standards of professionalism and courteousness
- A passion for supporting all students to achieve our mission
- Qualification to teach (QTS)
View the full job description and person specification here.
About our school:
We are a diverse and vibrant academy, having every language on the DfE census represented in the Academy. We are proud to be a true comprehensive school and we maintain this comprehensive intake right through into our 6th form.
We place the curriculum – what we teach – at the heart of the academy and it informs all decisions we make. We are looking for someone who shares our belief in disciplinary thinking and who will help improve and refine our curriculum thinking.
In the words of Alex Standish, we believe that “school subjects then are a way of inducting children into the intellectual habits of humankind, and hence into a disciplinary conversation about knowing our world” and we are looking for someone who shares this belief to join our team.
Find out more about us by visiting https://arkacton.org/.
View the school policies including the schools safeguarding policy here
View more information on the benefits of working for Ark here
We offer:
At Ark Acton we have stripped away anything we feel gets in the way of being a great teacher so that we can focus on the main thing. This includes:
• Feedback policies that sit at department level
• No graded lesson observations
• No report writing
• No parent’s evenings
• Only 2 data points a year
• No ½ termly data metrics to track progress
We are heavily committed to staff welfare and development, and this includes:
• Weekly staff training and coaching for every teacher
• Subject-specific knowledge development
• Free use of our leisure centre
• Access to the school counsellor
• Access to Ark’s employee rewards and benefits programme.
Click here to find out more about the benefits we offer.
How to apply:
Please visit https://arkacton.org/jobs/vacancies and submit your application. Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this advert may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. Early application is strongly encouraged.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for any other questions, please contact M.Murphy1@arkacton.org.
Our diversity and inclusion statement:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
Ark’s safer recruitment process:
Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.
Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment – this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.