Head of House

Job Title: Head of House

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Salary: CLF 10 - £33,450 - £37,129. Actual starting salary for Term Time only + 5 inset days + three additional weeks - £30,850.

Start: As soon as possible

What we are looking for:

Due to our new additional site which opened in January 2024, Winterstoke Hundred Academy are pleased to be looking for an inspiring Head of House to join the existing supportive and talented team. This role requires a professional and ambitious person who has a passion for transforming students’ learning and inspire those around them. Our staff have high aspirations for their students and want to play a part in improving these young people’s life chances. This role has been created to enhance our house system and will be a non-teaching position.

What we are looking for:

We look for individuals who want to be a part of transforming education and will make an active contribution to the development of the Cabot Learning Federation. We are looking to appoint an experienced Learning Mentor to lead and take responsibility for the Pastoral support of a ‘Head of House’ at Winterstoke Hundred Academy. We operate a vertical tutoring system and have organised our pastoral structure into four houses. This is an exciting career opportunity for anyone wishing to expand their current mentoring experience by taking on a leadership role. The successful candidate will help direct the work of the tutor groups who will support you in this role and work closely with other internal support personnel and external agencies. In this role you will be:

• Monitoring/tracking individual student progress and behaviour, anticipating, or acting upon any issues detrimental to learning and referring on where appropriate.
• Ensuring parents are informed of progress regularly and of any issues in relation to welfare/safety
• Improving the rates of attendance and reducing the incidences of lateness of students in your college as well as contributing to schemes to improve these across the Academy
• Actively contribute to the raising attainment agenda to support and improve the achievement and attainment of students in your house.

You will be a highly committed professional with a high level of emotional intelligence, and keen to create something unique and move beyond expectations in learning for life. You will share our passion to deliver an outstanding student experience and have the ability to deliver outstanding results. You will be an excellent communicator. You will be innovative, creative and flexible in your approach to achieve the best results.

About the Cabot Learning Federation: 

The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 15,000+ pupils who all attend nine secondary academies, nine primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.  

CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.  

We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupil’s needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.  

How to Apply: 

Please submit your application form via the CLF recruitment portal by clicking ‘Apply’ on this page and then logging into your account/registering for an account. CV’s will not be accepted and any submitted will not be considered alongside your application. 

Please note updates regarding an application, which could include an invite to interview, will be sent to the email address used when registering an account. Copies of all correspondence will also appear under the ‘messages’ section, in the event that emails are being directed to a ‘junk’ or ‘trash’ folder please make regular checks on the status of an application. 

Safeguarding and pre-employment checks: 

The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity. 

The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.