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REFRESHED JUNE 2025 In this resource, you will find resources to help you prepare for a Head of Year or Pastoral Leader interview. You can also find two smaller bundles here: Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle 1: /teaching-resource/head-of-year-head-of-house-pastoral-role-interview-bundle-12348298 Pastoral Leader Interview Bundle 2: /teaching-resource/head-of-year-head-of-house-pastoral-role-interview-bundle-12425576 This ultimate bundle of resources contains 20 resources to help you prepare for almost every area of an interview! This includes: **Interview Questions: ** 3 x sets of pastoral interview questions - 45+ questions questions in total (no answers - just questions!) set 1, set 2 and set 3 of my 5 big pastoral questions. These each include how to answer 5 common questions or scenarios posed in an interview (15 questions and answers total) set 1 of my pastoral question and answers series - this details 15 questions with potential responses in bullet point form NOTE: you may find some duplication of questions in the resources above - however, they are all designed to give you breadth and depth of understanding in relation to the questions you may face on interview and the answers you could provide! **Data Analysis and Interpretation: ** 2 x progress data analysis prep tasks to help you hone your data skills - great for practicing data analysis as a pastoral leader 1 x attendance data analysis prep task to help practice analysing attendance data a detailed guide to analysing progress data as a pastoral leader - full of top tips and hints for how to offer your best analysis from a pastoral perspective a detailed guide to understanding and analysing attendance data as a pastoral leader and how to improve attendance within your year group **Year Group Improvement: ** an example year group planning and improvement planning document for you to read and be able to reference ideas from two booklets to read before your interview ‘40 Ideas for…’ a) improving attendance and behaviour b) working across school and leading a team **Interview & In Tray Tasks: ** guidance on the prioritisation in tray task a 7 page PDF guide on getting ready for a pastoral leader interview including tips on what to expect, what skills you’ll need to show and what you can practice before the day! a PDF on student panel guidance and how to ace a student panel - a task which has been included on every HOY interview I’ve attended guidance on writing a response to a letter of concern from a parent - a common in tray task A genuinely awesome bundle of resources to help prepare you for an interview. To aid these, there is also lots resources in my shop which you may want to consider adding to your prep!

In this bundles you will find lots of resources to help you prepare for in tray tasks at a Head of Year interview! an overview of the interview day, organisation and in trays you can expect on a Head of Year/pastoral role interview - this resource also covers 10 tasks you might be asked to tackle and briefly how to approach each one a detailed guide on how to analyse data as a Head of Year 2 x example progress/attainment data analysis tasks for you to practice prior to the day (whole year group practice data) 1 x example progress/attainment data analysis tasks for you to practice prior to the day (select focused cohort practice data) 1 x example attendance data analysis task for you to practice prior to the day a detailed guide on how to respond to a parental complaint letter in tray task 2 x example prioritisation in tray tasks with worked examples and space for your own completion of the task guidance on a gold fish bowl task and how these types of tasks work guidance on scenario tasks and preparing for questions on dealing with specific scenarios as a HOY

This bundle includes almost 40 potential questions for a Head of Year or Head of House interview. These have been collated over the times I have been to interview as a Head of Year (or equivalent) and give a real range of the potential questions you could be asked. These can be paired with with my other resources which focus on answering these questions - these can be found in my shop: ‘five big pastoral questions.’ Please leave a review if you find this useful. Please follow me on: www.facebook.com/teachcoach

In this bundle, you will find: an application letter/supporting statement letter for Head of Department to help you write your perfect letter 3 x sets of interview questions for the Head of Department role including 40+ questions you may be asked in the formal interview a set of student panel questions - a frequent part of Head of Department interviews a non subject specific HOD progress data analysis task guidance on Head of Department goldfish bowl tasks

In this bundle, you will find several resources designed to help you practice and develop your understanding of analysing data in preparation for a Head of Year/Pastoral Leader interview. A frequent in tray task for these interviews is data analysis and improvement planning. You will find: 2 x whole year group practice progress data tasks with hints and tips on how to complete 1 x select student group practice progress data task A detailed guide to analysing progress data as a Pastoral Leader 1 x attendance analysis in tray practice task These documents will give you a great way to develop your understanding of data and how to improve progress and understand analysing attendance as Head of Year. Please follow me: facebook.com/teachcoach

This bundle is a collection of very popular resources which I have collated over the three times I have completed transition as a Head of Year. These have all recently been re-vamped! The bundle includes: • 1 x word document containing details of the plans for the induction day • 1 x PPT for the ‘writing task’ on abandoned places; this provides a baseline for teachers in terms of writing and helps form tutors get a feel for the ability of students • 1 x learning mat to match the writing task on abandoned places • 1 x student transition booklet which students can be issued with during form time to help aid transition • 1 x instructions for using the ‘shields’ or coat of arms; these are used during form time to help students bond and create a sense of community in their forms • 1 x shield templates • 1 x tour quiz for students to complete as they have their tour around school • 1 x PPT for tutors to deliver in their first interactions with students • 1 x over 15 ice breaker activities which can be used with forms • 1 x student panel question to gather feedback from transition • 1 x PPT for your first assembly with Year 7 •1 x transition rewards assembly • 1 ‘design your own school’ form time for tutors to deliver or could be used as part of transition