Assistant Head

Overview

Fairfax is an academy with traditional values and an ethos built around hard work, high expectations and opportunity. Our aim is to ensure that our students leave the Academy prepared to succeed in the next stages of their careers, education and training. As Assistant Head of Year, you will work with your allocated year group to ensure high standards of behaviour, attendance and punctuality.

You will also provide a high level of pastoral support to ensure students' needs are met. To find out more about the role from the Principal of Fairfax Academy, please . We believe that every child should leave school proud of the young adult they have become and that every youngster attending our Trust deserves the opportunity to thrive in an atmosphere where high expectations meet endless possibilities.

• Ensure that all members of the school community keep a sharp focus on the behaviour and attendance of identified groups of students
• Hold, monitor and implement strategies, where appropriate, to raise the attendance of students across the Academy
• Celebrate and reward students who make positive progress
• Develop and enhance the practice of others
• Strategically lead and oversee Refocus, ensuring its continued growth

At Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust, Fairfax Academy has been on a path of continued improvement to become an Outstanding provider of education and wellbeing. With attendance above the national average and improved behaviour, Fairfax is a school that nurtures holistic development. We're a large Academy with just over 1,500 students from Years 7 to 13, but we value creating a sense of belonging, with a House System that generates a family feel amongst our students - and we want you to be part of it.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust offers outstanding pastoral care and opportunities across our four academies in and around Birmingham, recognised for delivering quality education and holistic wellbeing.

• Educational support
• Flexi perks
• Salary sacrifice scheme
• Perkbox subscription
• Professional learning and regular training
• Counselling, Mental Health First Aiders and access to a Wellness Hub
• Wellbeing updates and stress management guidance
• Menopause awareness training
• Free flu jabs
• Access to fitness programmes, including yoga, HIIT and more
• Access to physical activities during our Trust-wide Wellbeing Week
• Diet and nutrition webinars

Closing date:
Noon on 6 February 2026. Interview date: 12 February 2026.

Fairfax Multi-Academy Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) as well as providing evidence of qualifications. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).

This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: