Year Leader

King's Leadership Academy Wavertree; Grimsby; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly CPD

Coaching

Leadership development

AI workloads reduction tools

Job summary

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree, part of the Great Schools Trust, is seeking a Year Leader to drive pastoral welfare, safeguarding, and personal development for a designated year group. You will build strong relationships with families and staff to create a safe, high-expectation culture.

As a founding member of staff, you will help establish routines, standards and systems that shape King’s Wavertree for years to come, contributing to academic and character development across the academy.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting young people in an educational setting is essential.
• Excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills are required.
• Calm under pressure, professional in difficult moments and able to build trust with pupils and families.

Responsibilities

• Oversee pastoral welfare, safeguarding, attendance, behaviour and personal development of a year group.
• Know pupils and families well, challenge and support as needed.
• Collaborate with senior leaders, staff and external partners to foster a safe, valued and ambitious culture.
• Help establish systems, routines and standards for the school’s long-term development.

Skills

Pastoral care

Safeguarding

Attendance

Behaviour management

Communication

Organisation

Problem-solving

Leadership potential

Tools

AI systems

Job description

Year Leader

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree. Part of the Great Schools Trust

There are jobs where you inherit a culture. And then there are rare opportunities where you help build one.

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree is a new secondary school in one of Liverpool’s most challenged communities, now in its second year. We are seeking an ambitious, compassionate and resilient Year Leader to join our team and help shape the culture, routines and ambition of the academy as it continues to grow.

This is more than a pastoral role. It is a chance to change the daily experience, expectations and life chances of young people who deserve nothing less than excellence.

At King’s Wavertree, we believe every child can succeed, regardless of postcode, background or starting point. No glass ceilings and no excuses. Just high expectations, strong relationships, exceptional care and a relentless belief that education can transform lives.

As part of the Great Schools Trust, King’s Wavertree will combine academic excellence with outstanding character education. Our ASPIRE values — Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour — will not be words on a wall. They will be lived through routines, relationships, leadership, curriculum and the way we speak to every child, every day.

This is the King’s Way.

The Role

• As Year Leader, you will oversee the pastoral welfare, safeguarding, attendance, behaviour and personal development of a designated year group.
• You will know your pupils well. You will know their families. You will notice when something is not right. You will challenge, support, encourage and hold the line when needed.
• Working closely with senior leaders, teachers, families and external partners, you will help create a culture where pupils feel safe, valued and known, but also stretched, challenged and expected to give their best.
• As a founding member of staff, you will help establish the systems, routines and standards that will shape King’s Wavertree for years to come.

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who believes deeply in young people and refuses to lower the bar for them.

You will bring strong experience of working with children or young people in an educational setting, alongside excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills. You will be calm under pressure, professional in difficult moments and able to build trust with pupils, parents and colleagues.

Great pastoral care is not soft. It is precise, consistent, warm and courageous. It means seeing the whole child while still expecting them to rise.

We are particularly interested in people who:

• Build strong, respectful relationships with pupils, families and staff
• Understand safeguarding, inclusion, attendance and behaviour as central to school culture
• Believe routines and high expectations help children feel safe and succeed
• Remain calm, clear and kind when things are difficult
• Want to grow as a leader within a values-driven Trust
• Believe character, leadership and academic excellence belong together

Why Join Us?

You will be joining a Trust that is ambitious for children and serious about supporting staff. We believe adults flourish when they are trusted, developed and valued. That means high-quality weekly CPD, coaching, leadership development and access to innovative AI systems designed to reduce workload and improve how we work.