Start date: 20 February 2025 Hours per week: 37, Term time only Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust Fairfax School Fairfax Road Sutton Trinity Sutton Coldfield B75 7JT Telephone: 0121 378 1288 Contact email: r.boycefairfax.fmat.co.uk Contract type: Permanent The Assistant Head of Year will work with their allocated year group to ensure high standards of behaviour, attendance and punctuality in that year group. They will also provide a high level of pastoral support to ensure student’s needs are met. Fairfax is an academy with traditional values, and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education and training. We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become, and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectation meet endless possibilities. Applicants will join a well-led and motivated team committed to continuous improvement. The successful candidate will: ensure that all members of the school community keep a sharp focus on the behaviour and attendance of identified groups of students hold monitor and implement strategies where appropriate to raise the attendance of students across the academy celebrate and reward students who make positive progress develop and enhance the practice of others strategically lead and oversee Refocus, ensuring its continued growth In return we will offer you: access to support and guidance from other subject leaders across the MAT and form subject expertise within the Academy SLT bespoke continual professional development (in the academy and online via the National College) Perkbox example benefits discounts at nationwide retailers gym discount cinema discounts employee assistance programme up to 4 structured counselling sessions per year a MAT wide focus on staff well-being This is an exciting time to join us, and a great opportunity to be involved in the next stage of development of this strong team. Over the last few years, there has been a real drive to develop collaborative planning of a well sequenced knowledge rich curriculum in order to ensure our curriculum is inclusive and all students can achieve highly. This is an ideal opportunity for a colleague who is ambitious, creative and enthusiastic about helping students to learn in a strong supportive environment. Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. How to Apply To apply, please follow this link. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.