Non-teaching Head of Year 7 and 8

Required for January 2025

Term Time – Permanent 

PCD Salary Scale point 8 : £31,067 - £31,586 per annum
(£23,832 - £24,230 per annum pro rata plus annual leave based on continuous years’ service)

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, term time plus inset days plus one week during the school holidays (40 weeks in total)

11-18 Mixed Comprehensive Academy:  NOR 360

The governors are seeking to appoint a non-teaching Head of Year 7 and 8.

The successful candidate will:
•    foster a culture of high expectations and achievement within the school;
•    have the ability to motivate students and enable them to make sustained progress; 
•    have a key role in leading and implementing school behaviour and attendance policies;
•    genuinely care about the welfare of all young people.

We can offer you:
•    the opportunity to join a supportive staff and governing body and work with well-motivated students;
•    good facilities and superb location in the Eden Valley with easy access to the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks;
•    the opportunity to join an improving and successful academy.

Further details and a recruitment information pack can be downloaded from the school’s website, application is through the TES website.  Informal discussions with the Headteacher about this post are welcome.

Application is by completed application form and by letter (no more than two sides), outlining the reasons for your application and why you consider yourself a suitable candidate for the role. 

The closing date for receipt of completed applications is 12.00 noon on Wednesday 4 December 2024.

Interviews will be held on Thursday 12 December 2024.

Please note that if you have not been contacted then you must assume that you have not been shortlisted and your application has been unsuccessful.

Previous applicants need not apply. 

Appleby Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to completion of satisfactory employment vetting checks in accordance with statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education, September 2024.