Salary:
Salary is worked out to pro rata reflecting weeks worked.
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
10 January 2025
Job overview
Up Holland High School is looking to recruit a Head of Year (non-teaching) to join a current team of 4. You will need to be enthusiastic, ambitious and committed. You will need to be child centred, possess excellent communication skills, be a strong team player and be dedicated to excellence.
The scope of work appropriate for this post is detailed below:
* To ensure the whole school community has high expectations for students’ behaviour and conduct.
* Monitor and show demonstrable improvement in the behaviour and attendance of students who have particular needs.
* To eradicate or minimise incidents of concern, bullying, aggression, discrimination and derogatory language; if they occur, they are dealt with quickly and effectively and are not allowed to spread.
* To support students in pastoral care and encourage a commitment to their learning, helping them to study effectively and to be resilient to setbacks.
* Ensuring students have high attendance, come to school on time, and are punctual to lessons. When this is not the case, the Pastoral team takes appropriate, swift and effective action.
* To encourage positive relationships among students and staff and a respectful culture; students are safe and feel safe.
* Identify students who may need early help or who are at risk of neglect, abuse, grooming or exploitation; help students reduce their risk of harm by securing the support they need, or referring them in a timely way to those who have the expertise to help.
About Up Holland High School
* Address: Sandbrook Road, Orrell, Wigan, Lancashire, WN5 7AL, United Kingdom
* Contact: +44 1695 625191
HEADTEACHER'S WELCOME
Up Holland High School is dedicated to excellence and prides itself on the opportunities it offers to all students to develop and succeed.
This is achieved by offering a broad and balanced curriculum delivered by high-quality practitioners. The school has an outstanding reputation for academic achievement and educational standards, placing the individual child’s needs at the core of our ethos and decision-making.
We recognize that the development of the ‘whole child’ is integral to our work. We want students to achieve fantastic outcomes and develop their interpersonal skills to be confidently prepared for life beyond school. Our core values of leadership, organization, resilience, initiative, and communication are at the heart of this ethos.
We strongly believe in the power of the ‘student voice’ and afford children the opportunity to positively impact change and improve our school by representing our student councils and junior leadership team.
The pastoral care is a real strength of our school. We pride ourselves on knowing the students as individuals, enabling us to successfully work in partnership with parents and carers. This partnership is critical in ensuring students are happy, healthy, and successful.
OFSTED
Up Holland High School was most recently inspected on 24th May 2023 and continues to be ‘Good’.
Ofsted Report
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