Head of Year - Birmingham, United Kingdom - King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
Description
Job InformationKing Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy
New Street
Longbridge
Birmingham
B45 0EU
Telephone number:
Required September 2023 or as soon as possible
This is an opportunity to work within an ambitious and caring pastoral team.
In addition to the role of head of year, the role will also encompass acting as assistant designated safeguarding lead (DSL) and have a key focus on completing early help assessments and implementing our family plans.
Furthermore, the postholder will ensure that our young people receive the appropriate support in order to nurture and develop their effective learning and emotional wellbeing.
Who will you be joining?Our expectations and aspirations
King Edward VI Balaam Wood Academy has the highest aspirations and expectations for all members of its community.
As a member of staff, you will be valued, challenged, and supported in making a difference to the lives of our young people.
We are exceptionally proud of our academy and our young people and would encourage interested applicants to come and spend some time with the leadership team to understand our shared vision, have a look around and experience what life is like as part of our community.
The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the city since 1552.
Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of "making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK".
Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and five non-selective academies.Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.
The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham ("the Academy Trust") was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above.
The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the foundation office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.
Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy which aims to bring in a further five academies over the next five years.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Please note previous applicants need not apply.
Safeguarding
Support Staff
enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Terms and 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.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
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