Assistant Head of Year

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy, Rochdale, Lancashire, OL11 5EF

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  13 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • Other leadership roles
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - Until 21/07/2027
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 to £28,142.00 per annum (pro rata £23,663.85 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 Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

Oulder Hill Leadership Academy is a secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds in Rochdale, which joined Star Academies in March 2022. We are a rapidly improving school with high ambitions and expectations for all our pupils, as evidenced by our most recent Ofsted inspection in January 2025, when we were graded ‘Good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework.

Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism – providing 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

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Assistant Head of Year.pdf - 298 KB (opens in new tab)

About Oulder Hill Leadership Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1152 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Email address: recruitment@oulderhill.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 01706 645522
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oulder-hill-leadership-academy

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