Non-Teaching Head of Year 7 (Job Share 0.6 FTE - Monday to Wednesday)

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  24 March 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,335.00 - £19,592.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 6 points 18- 22 term time plus 3 weeks, £30,559 - £32,654 (FTE) - Actual salary £18,335 - £19,592

Non-Teaching Head of Year 7 (Job Share 0.6 FTE - Monday to Wednesday) job summary

Are you passionate about pastoral care and committed to the success and well-being of every student? Do you thrive in a values-led, inclusive, and dynamic school environment? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

At King’s Leadership Academy Hawthornes, part of the innovative Great Schools Trust, we are looking for a Non-Teaching Head of Year 7 to join our expanding team and help us deliver exceptional pastoral support that enables every student to thrive—both academically and personally.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading the pastoral care for Year 7 students, as a unique and rewarding job share with a very experienced existing Head of Year 7

• The role allows a partnership approach and one day of handover to discuss how to best support behaviour, attendance, progress, and overall well-being

• Building strong relationships with students, families, and staff

• Inspiring aspiration and raising standards through proactive intervention

• Supporting safeguarding practices and delivering mentoring and personal development opportunities

• Promoting our ASPIRE values: Achievement, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour

What You’ll Bring:

• Excellent experience working with young people in an educational setting

• A calm, fair and solution-focused approach to problem-solving and behaviour management

• The ability to lead with compassion, purpose, and professionalism

• Strong communication and organisation skills, and the confidence to speak to large groups

• A collaborative mindset with the resilience to tackle challenges and raise aspirations

What You’ll Get in Return:

• A school community that genuinely cares about staff and student well-being

• A trust that champions personal and professional development

• Flexible working arrangements

• Competitive salary and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme

• BUPA Employee Assistance Programme – support for your well-being and family needs

• Opportunities to grow your career within a growing multi-academy trust

• Cycle to Work scheme, generous leave entitlement and more

Application deadline: Midday Monday 24th March
Interviews: Week commencing 31st March

For an informal discussion or school visit, we’d love to welcome you to see the impact you could make, please contact Phoebe Prenderville – p.prenderville@kingshawthornes.com

At Great Schools Trust, safeguarding is a priority. All posts are subject to enhanced DBS and reference checks. We promote a diverse and inclusive working environment where everyone is valued.Apply Now and Be Part of Our Journey

Commitment to safeguarding

The Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including an enhanced DBS check. Please note you must have the right to work in the UK.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 636 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-s-leadership-academy-hawthornes

King’s Hawthornes is situated in Bootle, several miles from Liverpool city centre. The school is part of The Great Schools Trust, an expanding multi-academy trust based in the North West.

King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes is a growing school of committed, friendly staff and a cohort of students who are polite, enthusiastic and keen to learn right across the curriculum. We are a school centred in our Aspire Values – Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. It is these values that drive our behaviours and relationships, a lingua franca that helps to bind our community together. An inspector captured the mission of the school when he observed that we were ‘building better people,’ something we are proud of.

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