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Head of Year (Non Teaching)
Manchester Communication Academy
Source: UK Teaching Vacancies API · original listing ↗
Source date: 11/6/2026
About this role
Dear Candidate, Thank you very much for your interest in becoming a Head of Year at Manchester Communication Academy. Manchester Communication Academy was first established in 2010 and has gone from strength to strength each academic year. The Academy has approximately 1300 students on roll in Years 7-11 and we boast a wonderfully rich and diverse school community. MCA is at the heart of the community and is committed to improving educational outcomes for all of our students. MCA is proud to be a community hub and our outward facing work is outstanding. Our non-teaching Heads of Year lead the day-to-day pastoral care, conduct and standards of their year group. Working with the Teaching Director, Pastoral Programme Lead and specialist teams, they combine high expectations with practical support so that every pupil is known, valued and able to learn. At MCA, we strive for excellence in everything we do. Implementing an ambitious, text-rich curriculum is a key priority and driving force in our ambition for excellence. We believe in the transformative power of knowledge in ensuring equitable opportunities for success. Our aspirational, bespoke curriculum ensures that all of our students gain the necessary experiences to compete academically, practically, socially and morally in the wider world. In order to achieve this, we invest deliberately in professional development. Drawing upon our EEF Research School, we are able to provide all staff with the most up-to-date and high quality evidence to develop their expertise. At MCA, we proactively promote staff wellbeing through our management of workload and additional benefits for staff, such as flexi days and the Employee Assist programme. As a result, our staff are highly skilled and knowledgeable professionals who embrace new opportunities to learn more and keep getting better - a culture that permeates the academy amongst staff and students. Our developments now focus on evolving the student experience and their sense of identity and belonging at MCA. We are continuing to develop student culture through a behaviour curriculum for staff and students where expectations and routines are explicitly taught and deliberately practised. Our students appreciate and relish the opportunity to learn and we support their effective learning behaviours through high expectations with emphasis on metacognition and our work with parents, families and the community. Having the highest expectations of our students means that our teachers can focus on teaching and our students can focus on learning. There needs to be relentless consistency with the implementation of the behaviour approach in every classroom, but this needs to be delivered with respect, to help drive the standards we are striving to achieve. We are now looking for staff who are aligned with our values and will accelerate the school’s journey to excellence. The position is a great opportunity for someone who shares our passion for delivering educational excellence. The right candidate will be able to engage our young people and work effectively with our parents. You will work with authenticity, clarity and empathy and place the wellbeing of students at the core of all decisions. If you are aligned to our mission and values, and could flourish with this opportunity, we very much look forward to hearing from you. We fully recommend that you take the opportunity to make an informal visit prior to making your application to see the school for yourself. Kind Regards Susan Watmough Headteacher