Job Description

The Headteacher of Shoeburyness High School and the CEO of SECAT are seeking to appoint a Deputy Head of Year (2 days a week) across two different year groups. The other 3 days per week you will fulfil the role of Teacher. You will provide continuous pastoral care and strategic leadership of year groups for part time colleagues. You will receive appropriate timetablereductions to allow you to be able to effectively fulfilthese duties.

If you are an aspiring Head of Year this could be the ideal post for you. You will be a charismatic and outstanding teacher and you will be responsible for fostering a culture that enables all students to maximise their potential across the spectrum of school life. You will be instrumental in our aim to provide every student, regardless of their background, with an outstanding education and real choices in life. This is an integral role in ensuring theacademic, personal, social and emotional development of students within the school through the consistant and fair implementation of our values and expectations.

You will work in partnership with a Pastoral Year Manager who is very experienced and knowledgeable in supporting the safeguarding and pastoral needs of their year group. Together you will maintain the highest expectations for your students.

This post would would suit colleagues with a strong desire to support and challenge young people. Although we have desirable subjects (Science, Maths, Languages, English) we have no real preference for the subjects that you currently teach, as it is a leadership role. That said, you will need to be a role model in your area of the school in terms of behaviour for learning and student outcomes. Your year group will need to see you as a model professional, to admire and respect you in all aspects of your role in the school.

Shoeburyness High School is a large, vibrant and diverse secondary school thathas an excellent reputation as a warm and supportive environment in which to work and learn. We are a very popular school with families in the local area and beyond and consequently we are heavily oversubscribed.

Our young people deserve the best and if you have high expectations married with energy and positivity then we would love to hear from you.

Please click on attachments for the specific job description for the role, the SECAT Recruitment and Selection Policy and Privacy notice for Job Applicants and further information about the school or visit the school's website atwww.shoeburyness.secat.co.uk

Information about the School

Shoeburyness High School is a very successful, large and oversubscribed 11-18 Community Academy and a member of the Southend East Community Academy Trust (SECAT).

First and foremost we are a place of learning and high aspiration but we add value to this core purpose with our focus on developing the whole individual; there is something for everyone at Shoeburyness High School and we remain very proud of our fully inclusive ethos.