Job Title: Head of Year
Actual Annual Salary: £27,362 - £29,850 Based on hours and weeks worked
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £31,954 - £34,860 (Grade D) Based on Full Time hours all year round
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week. Monday to Friday, Term time only, plus inset days
Provisional Start Date: September 2026
Are you passionate about supporting young people to achieve their full potential?
We are looking for a dedicated and proactive Head of Year to lead the pastoral care, wellbeing and progress of a designated year group to join our unique Studio School.
Working closely with students, families, staff and external agencies, you will promote high standards of behaviour, attendance and engagement, providing support and challenge to help every student succeed. You will lead a team of tutors, coordinate interventions, manage pastoral concerns and play a key role in creating a positive and inclusive school community.
This is a rewarding opportunity for someone with excellent communication skills, strong emotional resilience and a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for young people.
About you:
You will be:
- a qualified teacher or hold an equivalent teaching qualification.
- experienced in providing support to particular groups of students, including experience of working one to one with students to assist progress and attendance.
- experiences in working with challenging young people; disengaged or demotivated about study.
- a strong communicator with the ability to embrace change, motivate colleagues and build positive relationships with students, staff and parents.
- familiar with assessment of student progress and reading/ interpreting data
- committed to enabling all students to achieve high standards
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About Digitech Academy:
Digitech delivers a specialised curriculum for 14 to 19-year-olds, where we offer progression into the creative digital and high-tech sectors. We are located in Warmley, on the outskirts of Bristol and South Gloucestershire. Studio schools are small by design, and we only take 90 students into each year group. This allows us to meet the needs of students in a personalised way.
Digitech Studio School has been on an enormous improvement journey over the past few years which has seen outcomes consistently improve year-on-year with all indicators. The academy is diverse in its intake and proud that we serve all of the families in our community. There is real pride from colleagues that they work at Digitech Studio School and contribute to a cause greater than themselves.
Why CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 36 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 and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, 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.
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: 14 July 2026 @11.59pm
Short-listing: 15 July 2026
Interviews: 20 July 2026
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 cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
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.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know how we can assist.
The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification (where applicable), prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.