A free, practical checklist covering everything a Head of Year needs to do in the week before term starts and through to the end of day five. Tick-box format with a notes column on every row — print it, keep it in your planner and work through it in real time.
30 tasks across four sections:

Before Term Starts — form list checks, briefing form tutors, reviewing SEND and welfare flags, assembly booking
Day One — gate presence, year group assembly, register checks, unexplained absences, end-of-day logging
Days Two & Three — absence chasing, uniform and behaviour follow-up, tutor check-in, walkabouts
By End of Week One — new student introductions, attendance review, parent welcome, HOY team meeting, self-check

Name, year group and academic year fields at the top — print a fresh copy at the start of every academic year.
Designed by a former Assistant Headteacher with 17 years of secondary experience and responsibility for behaviour and attitudes.
Part of the New HOY Survival Toolkit bundle — see the Classroom to Corridor TES shop for the full resource set.
Requires: Microsoft Word.