Job Title: Head of Year (with a desirable characteristic that they can teach History)
Actual Annual Salary: £31,650 - £49,084 (M1 to UPS3) plus TLR 2BB - £7,711 per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time (32.5 hours per week)
Additional role info: Working Pattern = Monday to Friday
Start Date: September 2025
John Cabot Academy are looking for a passionate and inspiring Head of Year, ideally specialising in History.
You will have the opportunity to use your talents to play a key role in championing the success and life chances of all children in our trust. Our commitment to high expectations and standards, a joy-filled contemporary curriculum and excellent teaching means that we can create more opportunities for the lifelong success of our pupils as they become young adults.
In addition to teaching 21 periods a week, you will lead a non-teaching Student Support Leader and together will provide the pastoral support for a year group. This will include behaviour, attendance and safeguarding.
About you:
You will be/have:
- a qualified teacher or hold an equivalent teaching qualification.
- able to deliver the curriculum in History and consistently teach high quality lessons across relevant key stages.
- able to meet the needs of learners from key identified groups, including pupil premium, looked after children, SEND and High Attaining students.
- Experience of providing support to particular groups of students, including experience of working one to one with students to assist progress and attendance
- Able to develop and maintain appropriate contact and relationships with families and carers of children
- Familiar with assessment of student progress and reading/ interpreting data
- Experience of working with challenging young people; disengaged or demotivated about study
- Able to work with students, colleagues and parents with a high level of professionalism
- a strong communicator with the ability to embrace change, motivate colleagues and build positive relationships with students, staff and parents.
- able to recognise, value and support the delivery of opportunities which extend beyond the confines of classroom delivery and seek to enrich and add value to the students experience & learning.
- empowered to develop your own expert practice and support the development of others.
- highly competent in all elements of the Teachers’ Standards and your achievements and contribution will be substantial and sustained as an Upper Pay Scale teacher.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job descriptions and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About John Cabot Academy
John Cabot Academy is an 11-16 academy in South Gloucestershire, close to the border of Bristol. We share our site and staffing with the CLF Post-16 provision, forming an 11-18 academy, which has earned a strong reputation both locally and regionally.
We want our students to thrive academically; flourish and grow as young people. When they leave us they will have a strong sense of self, their place in the world and the agency to fulfil their potential. To fulfill this ambition, our staff are inspired by learning and create a school where students are engaged, challenged and inspired.
We have a supportive and compassionate culture in which the whole person is nurtured and the voice of students is valued. We celebrate the diversity of the members our community by enabling them to learn from each other, by encouraging them to respect each other’s differences, and by providing opportunities to contribute to academy life and the wider community.
Why CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. Over 59% of the students who attend John Cabot Academy are from global majority groups, so we particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme.
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing support for career development and wellbeing.
- Sector-leading professional development entitlement and opportunities.
- Collaboration with colleagues across the trust through subject communities and specialist networks.
- Shared CLF curriculum, written and curated by trust experts, reducing individual teacher workload.
- Career enhancing and progression opportunities within the trust and through the CLF Institute.
- A collaborative culture which supports workload.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking and many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 18 May 2025 @11.59pm
• Interviews: 23 May 2025
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas may be sponsored through this role, where it meets the minimum salary threshold set out by government, based on the hours required. Candidates are advised to check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
