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The Brilliant Head of Year – Building Relationships, Routines, and Results
Description
This practical 2-hour course is designed to support current and aspiring Heads of Year in both primary and secondary school settings. It focuses on the key elements of effective pastoral leadership—from building strong relationships with students, staff, and parents to embedding consistent routines that promote positive behaviour and academic progress.
Participants will explore practical strategies for managing pastoral issues, leading meaningful tutor time programmes, and using year group meetings for ongoing improvement. The course will also address handling challenging conversations professionally, communicating with impact, and supporting staff working directly with students in their year group.
Whether you’re new to the role or seeking to strengthen your practice, this course offers practical tools, real-world insight, and time-saving ideas to help you thrive in one of the most rewarding middle leadership roles in school.
Key Features
- Completion Certificate
- Take-away Resources
- Essential Reading List
Learning Objectives
- Define the Head of Year’s key responsibilities and priorities in an international school.
- Build strong relationships with students, parents, and staff to create a culture of high expectations and support.
- Lead effective tutor time programmes that contribute to student wellbeing and personal development.
- Manage pastoral issues with confidence and clarity, including safeguarding and behaviour.
- Run purposeful year group meetings that support staff and drive consistent approaches across the year team.
- Communicate effectively, including how to prepare for and manage challenging conversations.
About the Presenter
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Costa Costantinou
Costa Constantinou co-founded Veema in 2013 after a long teaching career in London. He is driven by his passionate belief in the transformative power of education to create opportunities. Growing up in a migrant family, Costa embraced the significance of schooling from an early age. Having been deprived of education, his parents instilled a deep appreciation for learning.
Costa understands firsthand the needs and priorities of schools today. He has led national and international keynotes and workshops on improving teaching and learning, school leadership, and implementing and managing effective change. Costa passionately advocates that professional development is a requisite tool for teachers to engage with pedagogy, offer collaborative working partnerships, challenge and advance existing practice. Taken together, these sharpen our ability to focus on how we teach and how pupils learn — a reflective approach that, at its core, sees learning through the eyes of the learner.
Veema’s professional development and school improvement programmes empower teachers and school leaders worldwide, fostering continuous learning for the benefit of their students.
Publications: “A School Leader’s Guide to Leading Professional Development”
