NUAST

Job Description  

Job Purpose: 

As a Head of Year, you will demonstrate outstanding pastoral care ensuring that each student in your year group is well cared for and makes outstanding academic progress. You will be an outstanding classroom practitioner who consistently demonstrates the highest standards of delivery and is fully committed to raising attainment across all key stages. You will be able to deliver teaching in one of the following areas; 

• Mathematics
• PE
• Art
• Design Technology/Engineering                                                                      

Duties and Responsibilities: 

The Head of Year will be responsible for the delivery of the following key priorities: 

Strategic Leadership & Development:

• Support the development and implementation of the vision and strategic direction of the academy
• Contribute to academy-wide planning activities
• Monitor the quality of tutorial work, provide guidance on/ programmes of activities for tutors and ensure that time is effectively used, in order to promote a strong learning ethos in the year group
• Reward and encourage a positive ethos which reflects a caring atmosphere with the year groups
• Monitor attendance, uniform, homework and other broad aspects of provision
• Meet fortnightly with Assistant Principal Pastoral to formally feedback on progress and key issues in the year group. 

Student Support:

• Identify and celebrate student attainment and achievement in all aspects of school life, particularly ensuring student involvement in enrichment and leadership roles
• Have responsibility for student attainment and progress
• Identify under achieving students so that a suitable intervention plan is implemented
• Meet with students over whom there are concerns and contact home where necessary in conjunction with the appropriate staff
• Monitor and support of students in the FSM and PP groups regularly on their progress and effectiveness of support
• Work with the DSLs and with outside agencies supporting students (such as CAMHS) and Assistant Principal Pastoral regularly on their progress and effectiveness of support
• Monitor the quality of tutorial work, provide guidance on/ programmes of activities for tutors and ensure that time is effectively used, in order to promote a strong learning ethos in the year group
• Reward and encourage a positive ethos which reflects a caring atmosphere with the year groups
• Meet with students over whom there are concerns and contact home where necessary in conjunction with the appropriate staff
• Monitor attendance, uniform, homework and other broad aspects of provision
• Act as the main point of contact for tutors with student concerns
• Attend parent/carer evenings, information evenings and other events
• Support all students in transition. 

Behaviour for Learning:

• Promote a positive attitude to learning and celebrate student success, ensuring high achievement, regular attendance, excellent behaviour, good punctuality and good personal organisation
• Identify and celebrate student attainment and achievement in all aspects of school life, particularly ensuring student involvement in enrichment and leadership roles. 

Safeguarding:

• Comply with the schools Safeguarding Policy in order to ensure the welfare of children and young persons
• Liaise with outside agencies as appropriate, including playing a role in external meetings including Child in Need and Looked After Children. 

Community:

• Develop and identity an ethos in line with the academy vision and culture
• Contribute to students' wider development and to encourage participation in clubs and extra-curricular activities
• Organise year group activities such as competitions to develop a sense of community
• Maintain the Year Committee/Student Leaders and other initiatives to promote dialogue with pupils, including student representation on School Council
• Work with external agencies in hosting assemblies and supporting student’s personal development
• Ensure that students makes a positive, proactive and regular contribution to the internal and external community of the school. 

Staffing & Communications, Marketing and Liaison:

• Promote NUAST as a quality education provider to prospective year students at internal and external events
• Lead aspects of tutor meetings and provide an agenda of points to be considered
• Take part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open Evenings, Parents’ Evenings, liaison events with partner schools and colleges, etc.
• Contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies
• Act as a point of reference for parental communication
• Regularly gain student and parent feedback. 

Personal Responsibilities:

• Play a full part in the life of the school community
• Actively promote school policies and procedures
• Be responsible for own continued professional development
• Comply with the school’s Health & Safety policy and undertake risk assessments as appropriate
• Undertake duties before the school day, at break, at the end of the lunch period and after the school day on a rota basis
• Attend meetings scheduled in the school calendar punctually
• Set cover work during any leave of absence
• Adhere to the NUAST Safeguarding Policy
• Ensure that all students reach their potential, behave well and have a good attitude towards learning whilst taking responsibility of support, wider development and discipline of students. 

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