Non-Teaching Head of Year 7 (0.6 FTE)
King's Leadership Academy Hawthornes, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 6AQ5 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 (0.6 FTE) 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 Monday through Wednesday each week to help us deliver exceptional pastoral support that enables every student to thrive—both academically and personally.
King's Hawthornes is part of Great Schools Trust, ranked No. 2 nationally for most improved multi-academy trust. Our schools don’t just deliver academic excellence – they transform lives. We are relentless in our focus on people and wellbeing, ensuring that staff are supported, developed and valued. With dedicated weekly CPD time, access to leading leadership programmes and a trust-wide commitment to work-life balance, this is a place where both students and teachers thrive.
What You’ll Be Doing:
- Leading the pastoral care for Year 7 students is a unique and rewarding job shared with a very experienced existing Head of Year 7 who works Wednesday through Friday.
- The role allows a partnership approach and one day of handover (Wednesdays) 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
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.
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.
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
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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