Description
CERT Solutions are working in partnership with a large secondary school based North East of Birmingham, who need a head of year to cover full time for the next month. The desired candidate must have previous experience working within secondary as a head of year.
About the role
The role is a temporary position as its covering an absent member of staff. The Head of Year is responsible for the pastoral care, behaviour, attendance, and academic progress of students in a specific year group (e.g. Year 9).
- Support students’ emotional, social, and behavioural development
- Handle serious behaviour issues and safeguarding concerns
- Work with counsellors, SEN staff, and external agencies
- Monitor behaviour and attendance across the year group
- Meet with students and parents when issues arise
- Track progress and achievement of the year group
- Support underperforming students
- Work with subject teachers to raise standards
- Lead year group assemblies
- Manage form tutors for the year group
- Communicate regularly with parents/carers
- Act as the main point of contact for year-group issue
A Bit about the school:
The school is a large secondary based in the North East side of Birmingham. They are rated Good by Ofsted and have great transport links as well as onsite parking.
Pay:
Paid to scale MPS1 – UPS3 (£162 – £251 per day PAYE) depending on your current pay grade
Requirements:
- A recognized teaching qualification (Bachelor’s in Education, PGCE, or QTS or QTLS).
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to engage with students, parents, and colleagues effectively.
- A commitment to ongoing professional development and a drive to continually improve teaching practices.
- Relevant teaching experience, preferably in a secondary school setting.
What CERT Solutions can offer you?
- Free CPD
- Refer a friend scheme (£200 per teacher – £100 per TA/Cover Supervisor)
- 24/7 contact with a member of the team.
- Competitive remuneration paid PAYE – NOT THROUGH AN UMBRELLA COMPANY
- An opportunity to work with a well-established agency that values its teachers and strives for educational excellence
What we stand for as a supply teaching agency:
- Communicative
- Efficient
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
To be shortlisted for this post please send your CV to Richard Harris at CERT Solutions or call our office number on 0121 728 6677. Further contact details can be found on our website.
‘CERT Solutions are committed to safer recruitment, please note each successful candidate will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS check with other safeguarding / compliance checks.
