Head of Year
King's Leadership Academy Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PF20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
24 April 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 April 2025
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
- £30,559.00 - £32,654.00 Annually (FTE) Scale 6 points 18 -22 Term Time Only = £27,546 - £29434 Actual
Head of Year job summary
This is a fantastic opportunity for a driven and compassionate pastoral leader to shape the life chances of young people, join a mission-led team, and make a meaningful difference in a vibrant, high-performing school.
King’s Leadership Academy Warrington, part of the Great Schools Trust, is seeking an inspirational and dedicated Head of Year who is passionate about pastoral care, committed to student success, and thrives in a collaborative and values-driven environment. You’ll be part of a supportive, forward-thinking academy where character, leadership and academic excellence sit at the heart of our work.
Located on a 30-acre greenfield site, King’s Warrington is a non-selective free school delivering a world-class education. Our school is founded on international research and traditional values, with a huge emphasis on character education, leadership, and academic rigour.
Our motto, *Credimus*—We Believe—reflects our unshakable belief in our students, our staff, and the future we’re building together.
About the Role
This position offers the chance to lead a year group with full responsibility for its pastoral welfare, behaviour standards, and student development. You’ll work closely with SLT, families and staff to create a culture of aspiration, integrity and personal growth, empowering every student to become a successful citizen in tomorrow’s world.
You’ll also play a key safeguarding role, mentor tutors, lead weekly assemblies, and take an active part in building positive school-home partnerships and student attendance.
What Our Staff Say
At King’s Warrington, our staff don’t just work together, they thrive together. Here’s what they told us in our most recent anonymous Edurio Staff Survey (Sept 2024):
- 89% would recommend our school to parents as a good place for their children to study
- 83% would recommend our school as a great place to work
- 88% say our school is *very* or *completely* safe in terms of student behaviour
- 77% rate behaviour across the school as *good* or *extremely good*
“Staff want the best for the students.”
“The support I get from colleagues and leadership is exceptional.”
“There’s a strong sense of community, shared goals, and open communication.”
Why Join Us?
Ofsted Outstanding since September 2019 - recent section 8 inspection April 2025 attached!
Supportive, aligned staff culture – a school where values are lived, not laminated
Exceptional CPD offer – including coaching, trust-wide leadership development, and team-building
Wellbeing-first approach – with access to **BUPA Employee Assistance Programme**
Opportunities for growth across a nationally recognised and expanding MAT
Modern, tech-forward learning environment – every student has access to a personal tablet
Smaller class sizes and year groups – allowing you to truly connect with students
Who We're Looking For
An ambitious, caring, and organised professional who:
- Has experience working with young people in an educational setting
- Brings a calm, confident and solution-focused approach to behaviour and wellbeing
- Thrives in a fast-paced environment where teamwork, integrity and initiative are valued
- Believes that every child, regardless of background, can succeed
Ready to Apply?
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification (attached in the recruitment pack) before applying. For further information or an informal chat, reach out to Stacey Perrie at s.perrie@kingswarrington.com.
Safeguarding Commitment
King’s Leadership Academy Warrington is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS checks, references, and vetting procedures as outlined in our safer recruitment policy.
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 are not accepted.
About King's Leadership Academy Warrington
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 789 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King's Leadership Academy Warrington website
“King’s Warrington – Winner of the first National Character Award”
King’s is an 11-18 school that was founded on traditional values. The school is highly regarded and significantly oversubscribed. In the 2018 national performance tables, King's was ranked in the top 2% of schools in the North West.
We are unique in our approach in that we seek to develop character and leadership skills in our students. Every student at the school is conscientious, hardworking and an absolute pleasure to teach - our staff never have ‘Sunday night dread’. For the successful candidate, this represents a rare opportunity to join a caring team of outstanding practitioners, dedicated to each other’s well-being and the future of every child.
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