Year Lead (Assistant Head of Year)

Cedar Mount Academy, Gorton, Greater Manchester, M18 7DT

11 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Head of year or phase
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,507.00 - £31,277.00 Annually (Actual) NJC grade 6 scale points 21-25

Year Lead (Assistant Head of Year) job summary

The post holder will provide day-to-day pastoral support for students, helping to secure high standards of behaviour, attendance, punctuality, wellbeing and personal development. They will support the Head of Year in

identifying barriers to learning, coordinating timely support and ensuring that students are ready to learn and able to make strong progress.

The Year Lead will build positive relationships with students, families and staff. They will use student information carefully and effectively, keep accurate records, follow Academy systems and contribute to a

consistent, caring and purposeful year group culture.

All members of Academy staff are expected to be professional and active members of the Academy community. They will work as part of a wider team to raise standards, improve outcomes and widen

opportunities for all students, while promoting a lifelong love of learning.

Bright Futures Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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 Cedar Mount Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 820 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cedar Mount Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cedar-mount-academy

Cedar Mount Academy is located within Gorton Educational Village in Gorton, East Manchester and shares the campus with two of our partner schools in the Trust; Melland High School, a Special Educational Needs school for 11-19 years and Rushbrook Primary Academy.

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