Assistant Head of Year in Leicester

We are looking to appoint an Assistant Head of Year to join our experienced team at Babington Academy.

Babington Academy is a highly inclusive 11-16 comprehensive academy with an excellent reputation locally and regionally for its high standards and work to ensure that students of all abilities, including those with a wide range of special educational needs, reach their full potential. All our children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are fully included in mainstream lessons, including students who are part of our designated specialist provision for children with speech language and communication difficulties, including autism.

The successful candidate will:

• provide pastoral care and education support across our academy.
• monitor the welfare, behaviour and attendance of students working closely with Heads of Year and form tutors to ensure that we make a profound positive difference to all students.
• support faculty leaders and class teachers in the management of student behaviour to ensure all students adhere to our high expectations at all times.
• support students to build positive relationships with their peers during social time.
• liaise with parents and students to ensure all understand, and support, the ethos of the academy.

Our strength comes from collaboration, with an emphasis on Inclusivity, Accountability, Integrity and Ambition. We know that by positively celebrating and sharing the great work we are doing, through our vision and values, there are no limits to how high we can aim, and to what our students, staff and communities can achieve.

You will be given the opportunity to grow professionally and personally in this role and you will have access to meaningful professional development.

As a Trust we value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you’d prefer to work part-time or as a job-share, please let us know on your application and we’ll facilitate this wherever we can. We’re keen to ensure our Trust works for everyone, so we particularly encourage applications from different under-represented demographics.

What we can offer you:

• Access to the highly competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to extensive, free and confidential wellbeing services, including counselling, physiotherapy, GP phone and video consultations, menopause support, manspace and mindfulness programmes
• Staff Benefits Package – access to a huge range of savings from retailers such as Currys, Halfords, Wilko, Asda, Tesco, M&S, Morrisons and many more
• Cycle to Work – make tax and National Insurance savings on a new bike and safety accessories via salary sacrifice, managed through the Trust
• Free Financial Support Service from Barclays – support with all aspects of your financial health and wellbeing, open to all staff
• Eye Test Vouchers – free SpecSavers vouchers
• Free Annual Flu Vaccine

Visit the section Employee Benefits of the Trust website for more information.

How to Apply:

For safer recruitment purposes we will only accept fully completed application forms through eTeach. CVs and resumes will not be considered.

Salary - Grade 5 point 11, £28,598 pro rata per annum (actual salary £24,681.17 pa)

Hours - 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Safeguarding Statement: The Learning without Limits Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Social Media Checks: As part of the shortlisting process, in line with measures identified in statutory guidance relating to safeguarding practice, the Trust will conduct searches on candidates selected for interview, through a third party, on social media in order to identify anything that could give rise to a safeguarding concern in what has been said or done online. Only information relevant to safeguarding concerns obtained from the search will be passed over for consideration during the recruitment process.