Head of Year

Wellfield Academy, Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2TP

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 February 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: £28,142.00 - £32,061.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 6 SCP 11-19

Head of Year job summary

Are you looking for a role where each day is different, filled with experiences that are both challenging, enjoyable and fulfilling? A role where you go home with a sense of reward and achievement? An opportunity has arisen at Wellfield Academy to join our school as a Head of Year to help support students within the school from a pastoral and behaviour perspective. We are looking for a dedicated, proactive individual with a passion for working with children, who has a commitment to ensure that all children make the best possible progress in their academic, social and independent skills.

Why you?

• You are creative, flexible and kind in your approach to supporting children to achieve their best
• You demonstrate good communication skills and show commitment to working in a caring, supportive team
• You have a clear understanding of the importance of safeguarding

We welcome staff who share our commitment to help children experience better days and better lives. Through ongoing development and training, we ensure our staff are well prepared for their jobs and given every opportunity to extend their skills.

This role is full time (37 hrs), permanent and term time only plus two weeks. Hours are 8:15am-4:15pm Monday to Thursday and Fridays 8:15-3:45pm.

Please complete our online 'My New Term' application form in full, along with supporting summary to support your application and outline the relevant experience you can bring to Endeavour Learning Trust.

Applications should be submitted by 9am on Monday 16th March 2026

Interviews are to be confirmed

If you require any further information please contact our Recruitment Manager, Eleanor via e.duncan-jameson@wellfieldacademy.org

Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

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

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.

About Wellfield Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wellfield Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wellfield-academy-leyland

Wellfield Academy is an ambitious, growing and thriving school. At our school, students experience inspirational and challenging teaching, excellent pastoral care and a genuine belief that every child can succeed. The successful candidate will join us at an incredibly exciting time for the school. We are one of just a small number of schools nationally to be chosen for the Department for Education’s Schools Rebuilding Project, which will see us move into a brand-new state of the art school in the coming years. In addition, our fantastic reputation in the local community has secured a significant growth in the number of students attending Wellfield. The number of families choosing Wellfield as their first-choice secondary school has more than trebled in the past three years and we are excited to welcome more staff into the Wellfield family as a result.

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