Start Date: September 2026
Salary: Competitive United Learning Scale with a TLR 1 (£10,173)
Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 14th June 2026
This is an excellent opportunity for someone wishing to further develop their career in a Head of Year role.
We are looking to appoint a highly motivated Teacher to join our OUTSTANDING academies. This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a thriving, collaborative Pastoral Team and subject department within a school community that prioritises professional growth, academic excellence, and staff wellbeing.
Why join us?
At Avonbourne Academies, our work is guided by five core REACH values: Respect, Equality, Ambition, Community, and Hard Work & Determination. These values underpin everything we do, from the way we teach and lead, to the culture we build for our students and staff. We believe in developing not only academic excellence, but strong character, resilience and integrity. As part of our team, you will play an important role in modelling and nurturing these qualities in the young people we serve.
Since joining United Learning in August 2019, Avonbourne Academies have gone from strength to strength:
Avonbourne Boys’ Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in November 2023- Avonbourne Girls’ Academy – Rated OUTSTANDING in all categories in October 2024
Join a school where your passion for teaching and pastoral care can truly make a difference—and where you’ll be part of a team that supports, challenges, and celebrates success together.
The academies are part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. The academies benefit from working closely with The Cornerstone, Glenmoor, Winton and United Sixth Form Academies, as part of the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole cluster. We work as a team and achieve more, by sharing, than any single school could.
We are values-driven and our vision is to provide excellent education so that all young people are able to make a success of their lives. Our most important purpose is to teach young people things they would not learn outside school which empower them. Our mission is to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We also believe in ‘Education with Character’ – we want young people to look back on a schooling that has inspired and challenged them, given them wide opportunity and prepared them for the ups and downs of life.
We value our staff highly, and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose – teaching, in a sustainable way, unhindered by bureaucracy or poor behaviour.
What we are looking for:
The successful candidate will be:
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Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs. Someone that does not make excuses for what children can achieve.
- Aligned to our REACH values of Respect, Equality, Ambition, Community, and Hard Work & Determination, and committed to modelling these character strengths in everyday practice.
- Someone who understands the importance of building character as well as knowledge, helping students become confident, responsible, and resilient young people.
- aligned to our values and mission. If you are the type of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here.
- Able to motivate staff and students
- highly motivated and ready for the challenge a Head of Year role presents.
- a wider interest in the leadership requirements of a school.
- the ability to contribute positively to the requirements of a middle leadership role.
- Enjoys being part of a hardworking and supportive staff team.
What we offer:
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An exceptional salary, above the maintained sector.
- Enrollment to the Teachers’ Pension scheme.
- One personal day every academic year.
- Teaching staff have one flexi period a fortnight.
- Free onsite car park.
- Access to our health care cash plan and rewards scheme, Westfield, after six months service.
- Disruption-free learning and a ‘warm-strict’ behaviour system.
- Collaborative planning with centralised, shared units of work and resources.
- Opportunity to teach up to A Level.
- A feedback policy focused on whole class feedback – no onerous marking policies.
- A centralised homework system at KS3 – you do not need to mark KS3 homework.
- Centralised detentions, including homework detentions (you do not need to organise/run/chase them at all).
- No formal graded lesson observations – just ongoing ‘no-stakes’ feedback, helping you to continuously develop.
- Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the United Learning Bournemouth and Poole academy cluster.
- Up to 9 INSET days per year, dedicated to subject knowledge development and planning/resource development.
- An unrivalled professional progression model to enable great teachers to remain in the classroom via our Lead Practitioner (LP) and Specialist Leaders of Education (SLE) routes and/or progression routes to middle and senior leadership.
- A very pleasant location in beautiful Dorset.
Avonbourne Academies are an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor a VISA application for this particular role as it is not one of the shortage occupations listed on the UK Governments website at this current time.
Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.
For more information
To apply, please complete the online application form.
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Closing date for applications: Midnight on Sunday 14th June 2026
