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Your RoleHead of Year
Brayton Academy, Doncaster Road, Selby, YO8 9QS
Pay Scale & Salary: £34,237 - £37,563** per annum FTE (SCP21-SCP25)
Actual Salary: £29,283 - £32,409** per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week. Term Time Only plus 5 days
Contract: Permanent
Start Date: 24 August 2026
About the role:
We are seeking an inspiring Head of Year to join our vibrant and supportive academy community. You will lead all aspects of the year group, developing the year group identity and culture. In this non-teaching role, you will provide high quality, well-planned pastoral support and guidance to students and their families to promote high expectations, raise aspirations and facilitate academic progress. As Head of Year, you will enable students to develop their resilience, character, personal excellence and a sense of pride for the academy community.
You will join a strong staff community responsible for supporting students, parents, teachers and the academy to establish a supportive and nurturing learning environment in which children can make good academic progress.
The successful candidate will:
• have strong communication skills and act as the first point of call for parents with queries about support for their child
• using data to proactively identify cohorts of students and intervene effectively
• have strong behaviour management, ensuring calm quiet movement of students around the
building
• be able to organise and lead on a range of events to raise student’s aspirations such as assemblies, training sessions, celebrations and transition events
• be able to support teaching staff by providing pastoral expertise and advice as and when required
Brayton Academy is part of Resilience Multi Academy Trust, which also includes, BBG Academy, Brayton Academy, Churwell Primary Academy, Featherstone Academy, Southway, UTC and the founding school, Rodillian Academy. Brayton Academy is oversubscribed and holds an Ofs