Year Leader


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Nottingham, NG8 5GY
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	3 Sept 2026
Closing date:	21 Sept 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Be proactive in establishing behaviour for learning across the school.

• Meet with parents/carers to establish a strong sense of culture and the learning purpose within the School.

• Co-ordinate home/school links over a range of issues e.g. attitudes to learning and individual progress.

• Work closely with Senior Leaders and the Senior Leadership team to monitor the individual progress of all students in the designated group and take or support appropriate intervention to facilitate progress in line with target grades.

• Monitor, record and evaluate the impact of various interventions for students within the designated group, ensuring use of, and feedback for, the most effective interventions by the Pastoral and Faculty Teams.

• Identify students in need of specialised mentoring, and provide mentoring sessions where appropriate or facilitate alternative mentoring opportunities.

• Access student voice via year group or, focus groups, interviews and questionnaires analysing student feedback to promote the learning experience and inform best practice for Pastoral and Faculty teams.

• Proactively use the Go 4 Schools system to regularly monitor behaviour and learning of all students, analysing any sub-group patterns and feeding back to Tutors, Mentors and the wider pastoral team, as appropriate.

• Support and review parents’ evenings.

• Establish and co-ordinate proactive intervention strategies for both pastoral and learning progress by liaison with Pastoral Teams and Heads of Departments.

• Lead tutor meetings and briefings and where necessary, pastoral meetings.

• Quality assure the effectiveness and delivery of the pastoral curriculum.

• Improve and monitor attendance of the year group in liaison with the attendance officer.

• Be involved in the creation and establishment of Pastoral Support Plans and support the SENCo in collating information for EHC plans and JCQ access assessments.

• Champion an ethos and culture of high standards, resilience and self-belief within the student group through positive communication, assemblies and tutor time activities.

• Conduct walkabout, lunchtime and afterschool duty, late duty and bus duty as appropriate.

• Liaise with external agencies.

• Safeguard vulnerable students whilst acting as the Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead.

• Use of CPOMS or other safeguarding platforms to record and action any student concerns

• Accept reasonable changes in responsibility or teaching commitment according to experience, expertise and the needs of the School.

• Support the Academy with Events that take place throughout the year as and when needed.

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions

• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice

• *Access to Teachers’ Pensions / Generous pension scheme

• Access to discounted travel schemes

• Cycle to work scheme

• Comprehensive training and support

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

• Eye care voucher scheme

• Free flu vaccine

• Access to e-learning and development

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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