Assistant Progress Leader (APL)
King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 9SJ17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
21 September 2026 at 8am
Date listed
4 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £26,612.00 - £28,346.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 6, SCP 18–22, starting at SCP 18. Actual salary: £26,612–£28,436.
Assistant Progress Leader (APL) job summary
King’s Leadership Academy Liverpool is seeking an ambitious, highly motivated and emotionally intelligent Assistant Progress Leader (APL) to join our pastoral team. Supporting the Head of Year, you will help ensure every student is known, supported and challenged to achieve their full potential.
Working closely with students, families, form tutors and colleagues, you will promote high standards of attendance, behaviour, wellbeing and attitudes to learning. You will be a visible and trusted adult who removes barriers and ensures students receive the right support at the right time.
The successful candidate will provide high-quality pastoral support and mentoring, support vulnerable and underachieving students, monitor student progress, respond to attendance and behaviour concerns and work collaboratively with parents, carers and colleagues to secure positive outcomes. Please see the attached recruitment guide for further details.
Why Join Us?
Transformational Leadership: Our Principal, Mr Scott Cordon, was named Outstanding Head Teacher of the Year in the North of England twice in 2025. His exceptional leadership and SLT have been nationally recognised for their profound impact on pupils, staff and the wider community.
National Recognition: King's Liverpool was ranked the 26th most improved secondary school in the UK for pupil progress - a testament to our relentless focus on raising standards, improving culture and delivering an aspirational education for all.
Part of a Leading Trust: The Great Schools Trust is ranked No. 2 nationally for most improved multi-academy trust performance. We are a mission-driven organisation where academic excellence, character development and student success go hand in hand.
Professional Support and Wellbeing: Staff benefit from high-quality professional development, clear progression routes, the Local Government Pension Scheme, a Trust-funded BUPA Employee Assistance Programme and access to a range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits.
At King's Liverpool, community is not just a buzzword: it is the foundation of everything we do. In our latest anonymous Edurio Staff Survey, King's Liverpool significantly exceeded the national average across several key areas, including;
- Staff highly recommend our Academy as a great place to work and study.
- Staff feel genuinely respected by our Leadership Team.
- Excellent communication between staff and leadership.
- Staff are actively consulted before key decisions are made.
- Leadership demonstrates that it takes staff feedback seriously.
Our survey results reflect the strong, collaborative culture we are proud to have built and continue to nurture. As one colleague put it: “Staff are warm, open and friendly. I can knock on my Head's door without a meeting set and always feel welcomed in.” Others described “a real sense of community”, while students make it clear that they appreciate what staff do.
Please do book in for a tour - it is highly recommended. Details are below.
How to Apply or Arrange a Visit
Submit your application via our website. For an informal conversation about the role or to arrange a tour of the academy, please contact our Operations Manager, Rebecca Denobrega, at r.denobrega@kingsliverpool.com or on 0151 727 1387.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About King's Leadership Academy, Liverpool
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 940 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
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