Reporting to:	Assistant Headteacher
Start Date:	February 2024
Location:	Ark Victoria Academy, Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
Contract:	Permanent; Annualised Hours
Working Pattern:	Full Time
Salary:	Ark Support Staff Grade 8 (points 20 – 28; £30,295 – £36,648 p/a)
Closing Date:	Tuesday 9th January 2024 at 11:00am

If you are ready to add further value to our Educational Support Team and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.

About the role:

We are seeking an inspiring Head of Year to add to our Secondary phase. You will join a strong staff community responsible for supporting students, parents, teachers and the academy to establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which children can make good academic progress.

In this non-teaching role, you will provide high quality, well-planned pastoral support and guidance to students and their families to promote high expectations, raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress. As Head of Year, you will enable students to develop personal excellence and a sense of pride within the academy.

The successful candidate will:

• have strong communication skills and act as the first point of call for parents with queries about support for their child
• be able to analise student data to diagnose concerns and plan action
• be able to prepare documentation for liaising with other stakeholders involved in the pastoral care of students both within and outside the academy
• have strong behaviour management, ensuring calm quiet movement of students around the building
• be able to facilitate the supervision of students during break and lunchtime as well as the beginning and the end of the school day, ensuring orderly behaviour
• be able to organise and lead on a range of events to raise student’s aspirations such as assemblies, training sessions, celebrations and transition events
• be able to support teaching staff by providing pastoral expertise and advice as and when required

About Ark Victoria Academy

Aim high, be brave, be kind, keep learning!

Ark Victoria Academy is a high performing school across all key stages, providing pupils with a unique journey in their education through the curriculum, personal development programme, student experience offer and the vast range of opportunities that we are able to provide as an all-through school. 73% of all grades awarded at GCSE 2023 are grade 4 and above, against a national figure of 68%. 67% of students gained a grade 4 or above for English and maths. At KS2 82% of pupils gained the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against a national figure of 59%. 87% of our pupils achieved the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. Our provisional P8 score of +0.55, which based on last year's results would place us in the top 20% of all schools.

Whilst being a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice. 

It's for this reason that Ark Victoria Academy was judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019, with a strong emphasis on expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our students and staff.  

Why work for our school?

Hear what our teachers have to say about working at Ark Victoria Academy: https://arkvictoria.org/page-strips/hear-our-team-0

• We take CPD seriously, which is why we offer twice the number of training days as standard
• Our school’s ‘Wellbeing Wednesdays’ are a great hit – get in touch to find out more
• Our staff can take advantage of our on-site fitness suite
• Access to Ark Rewards scheme offering up to £1,000 a year in savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans of up to £5,000 available for season tickets or a bicycles
• Gym discounts offering up to 40% off your local gym

For an informal, conversation about the role please contact HR Manager, Kelly Mubarik on 0121 393 4459 or k.mubarik@arkvictoria.org   

For full details on this role, please click HERE.