Progress Leader

Hillside High School, Bootle, Merseyside, L20 9NU

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,869 - £28,242

Progress Leader job summary

We seek to appoint a highly motivated Progress Leader with experience of working with young people to join our dedicated Pastoral Team. The role will involve the successful applicant leading and inspiring their pupils in their year group and a team of form tutors. With accountability for the academic, social, personal progress and attendance of all pupils in the year group and promoting ‘Excellence in the Heart of the Community’. The successful candidate will work collaboratively in contributing to an effective learning environment and maximising learning opportunities for each individual pupil in their year group.

Where possible our Progress Leaders take their year group from Year 7 through their Hillside journey to finishing at the end of Year 11.

We can offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work with highly trained, supportive and experienced staff, the Pastoral Team at Hillside is a very experienced team and a strength of the school. We have a whole school commitment to professional development as we believe that development of staff is a key aspect in raising standards for our pupils. As a member of the Wade Deacon Trust, we can offer the successful candidate numerous exciting opportunities to further develop their career.

Come and find out more by getting in touch, we would welcome staff who would like to take a tour of our school.

The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance. 

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

Hillside High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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 Hillside High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 741 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hillside High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillside-high-school

Hillside High School is a warm and welcoming 11-16 school at the heart of the community of Bootle. Visitors often tell us that their first impression of the school is of a friendly, warm and stimulating learning community. They commend the good behaviours of the pupils and passion for learning. Hillside High School is a member of the Wade Deacon Trust

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