Assistant Head of Year (Maternity Cover)
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD3 8HE9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 February 2026
Closing date
17 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
8 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - until 31 August 2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,403.00 to £28,142.00 per annum (Pro rata £23,292.45 to £24,826.57 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.
You will have:
- 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.
- Experience of working with young people in an education setting.
- Experience of providing Mental Wellbeing, SMEH, SEND or counselling support to students or young people.
- The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults.
- The ability to speak in front of large groups of students and small groups of staff.
What the school offers its staff
About Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy is a secondary school in Bradford. We joined Star Academies in 2016 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
The school was rated ‘good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in January 2023.
We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Laisterdyke Leadership Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 886 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Laisterdyke Leadership Academy website
- Email address
- info.laisterdyke@laisterdyke.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 01274 454 400
Laisterdyke Leadership Academy in Bradford, West Yorkshire is a 1200 place, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form. Laisterdyke joined the Trust on 1 April 2016. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
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