Head of Year

Job

Purpose

To

ensure that Form Tutors:

help ensure that all students in the year

group make maximum progress across the curriculum. This

particularly applies to vulnerable students and the successful candidate

will work closely with the Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion Lead, in this

regard;

communicate and empathise with families of

students in the year group ensuring they remain engaged with their

son/daughter’s progress at school;

work closely with the pastoral

facilitators to ensure students are supported and challenged as necessary

and achieve optimum levels of engagement with school life;

help maximise student attendance in

conjunction with the attendance officer;

role model excellent practices including

going ‘above and beyond’ and intervening with students outside the

curriculum as necessary;

ensure that students are correctly

equipped and parents are held to account for providing their son/ daughter

with the tools students need to learn effectively;

communicate appropriate information to

teaching and support staff;

are highly visible and a point of contact

for students.

Safeguarding

To be familiar with school policies, in

particular safeguarding procedures, and promote the welfare of children.

To train to be a safeguarding officer.

Key

responsibilities

To

ensure that Form Tutors:

help raise the aspirations of vulnerable

and pupil premium students;

help contribute to high levels of student

attendance and punctuality;

be a point of contact for students and

families when personal matters affect learning and progress;

support and challenge Heads of Department

so that underachieving students ‘catch up’, particularly in Maths, English

and Science;

contribute to a confidential record of

issues affecting the educational progress of students;

work with agencies in school and beyond

to support students and their families, conducting home visits when

required;

lead

and deliver assemblies;

ensure

school uniform is worn correctly;

produce internal and external reports as

necessary;

work within school systems on

safeguarding and communication to inform teaching and non-teaching staff

about issues affecting students’ progress and wellbeing;

work

with parents, as necessary, to engage them in their child’s education and

support their child’s achievement;

promote positive attitudes to learning and

behaviour for learning with vulnerable students;

liaise with the SEND Department to ensure

the best cohesive support packages are in place for the most vulnerable

students;

monitor, evaluate and review attitude to

learning within the year group, developing and implementing strategies as