Location Ark Victoria Academy Role Type Head of Year
Vacancy Description Deputy Head of Year - Secondary Salary From £24,702 Salary To £29,777
Reporting to:
Head of Year/Lead Practitioner of Personal Development
Start Date:
ASAP
Location:
Ark Victoria Academy, Talbot Way, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0HJ
Contract:
Permanent
Working Pattern:
Full Time, term-time only
Salary:
Ark Support Staff Scale, Grade 6, Points 8-19 (£24,702 - £29,777 per annum)
Closing Date:
14th March 2024 at 11:00am
If you are ready to add further value to our committed team of Educational Support staff and to work alongside a brilliant school leadership team, then you will find this job extremely rewarding.
About the role:
For this critical role of Deputy Head of Year, we are seeking a motivated and progressive individual to work with our secondary pastoral team and to support students’ learning by focusing on behaviour, attendance and to promote personal excellence.
You will work closely with staff, parents and external agencies to develop positive attitudes and approaches to learning and be the first point of contact for parents with queries about support for their child, as well as contributing to the overall management of support and care for the learners of this large all-through School.
Our values mean a great deal to us and underpin all that we do, and so it is important that you champion Ark Victoria’s pledge of being Ambitious, Resilient and Kind as well as living by the Ark ethos and six pillars that enable us to achieve our mission.
The successful candidate will:
1. be self-motivated, exceptionally well organised and a good team worker with the ability to work effectively with students and their parents/carers; excellent communication skills are essential as well as good IT skills
2. be committed to young people and their development, with an understanding of the issues young people face.
About Ark Victoria Academy
Aim high, be brave, be kind, keep learning!
Ark Victoria Academy is a high performing school across all key stages, providing pupils with a unique journey in their education through the curriculum, personal development programme, student experience offer and the vast range of opportunities that we are able to provide as an all-through school. 73% of all grades awarded at GCSE 2023 are grade 4 and above, against a national figure of 68%. 67% of students gained a grade 4 or above for English and maths. At KS2 82% of pupils gained the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against a national figure of 59%. 87% of our pupils achieved the expected standard in reading and 85% in maths. Our provisional P8 score of +0.55, which based on last year's results would place us in the top 20% of all schools.
Whilst being a large school, we are able to retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.
It's for this reason that Ark Victoria Academy was judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2019, with a strong emphasis on expert subject knowledge from our teachers, strong teaching and leadership and a focus on excellence for our students and staff.