Year Leader

Heritage High School; Bolsover; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A local educational institution in England seeks an enthusiastic Year Leader to support the Year Manager in addressing the pastoral needs of students. The successful candidate will raise student aspirations and manage attendance and behavior effectively. Candidates must be passionate about youth development, organized, and experienced in mentoring. This role offers competitive pay and various professional development opportunities in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive pay and pay progression opportunities

Discounted healthcare and gym membership

Professional learning opportunities

Career average pension scheme

Wellbeing support mechanisms

Qualifications

• Passionate about supporting young people to achieve their best.
• Well-organized with strong communication skills.
• Experience in mentoring or coaching young people is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support Year Manager in meeting pastoral needs of students.
• Raise student aspirations, self-esteem, and motivation.
• Monitor attendance, punctuality, behavior management, and academic progress.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Good communicator

Mentoring or coaching experience

Ability to handle difficult behavior

Job description

Grade and Salary: Grade 6: £30,610 - £33,862 per annum (£33,699 - £37,280 FTE)

Working Pattern: 37 hours / 41 weeks per year

Contract term: Permanent

The School

Heritage High School is a happy, safe and stimulating place to work and learn and it is our determination to continually improve that sets us apart from other schools. We believe that learning should be fun, challenging and stimulating and the quality of our people lies at the heart of achieving our goals

The role

We are looking for an enthusiastic Year Leader to join the team at Heritage High School. The successful candidate will be supporting the Year Manager to ensure pastoral needs of students are effectively met, raising their aspirations, self-esteem and motivation levels so that they can achieve their academic potential. You will be supporting attendance, punctuality, behaviour management, progress and attainment to an identified year group(s).

The person

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic hardworking and is passionate about supporting young people achieve their best. We are looking for a candidate who puts the welfare of children at the heart of their work, is well organised and is a good communicator. Experience of mentoring or coaching young people and who is confident in dealing with difficult behaviour with the courage to challenge students to reach their best and reach their full potential while maintaining a calm working environment is essential.

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

We offer:

• Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.
• We do not operate appraisal or appraisal related pay progression. All employees participate in our Professional Learning Scheme which supports colleagues to develop their expertise and benefit from valuable professional learning.
• An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership and extensive high street retail discounts.
• Entry to a career average pension scheme.
• Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.
• A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals.
• Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.
• We take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously. We have a range of support mechanisms and benefits available to employees and the Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter.

Applications must arrive by: 08:00am Sunday 11 January 2026

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 15 January 2026

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.