Head of Year
King's Leadership Academy Warrington, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 4PF13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 1pm
Date listed
27 March 2026
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
- £28,504.00 - £30,458.00 Annually (Actual) Please see recruitment pack for further details
Head of Year job summary
King's Leadership Academy Warrington is seeking to appoint an inspiring and passionate Head of Year to join our Ofsted Outstanding Academy.
King's Leadership Academy Warrington is a non-selective free school with a rich foundation in traditional values and cutting-edge international research. Our school is highly regarded and significantly oversubscribed. In the most recent DfE performance tables, King's is proudly ranked in the top 2% of schools in the North West.
Our pastoral provision is at the heart of everything we do. We have established a strong, supportive community where students feel safe, valued, and known as individuals. Our Head of Year play a pivotal role in shaping this culture, working closely with students, families, and staff to ensure every child thrives both personally and academically. For the successful candidate, this is a unique opportunity to join a highly effective and dedicated pastoral team.
Students at King’s are engaged, respectful, and take pride in their school. Our clear systems, high-quality support structures, and research-informed approach enable staff to focus on building meaningful relationships and promoting student wellbeing, while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
As a school, we are distinctive in our commitment to developing character and leadership in every student. Our young people are conscientious, hard-working, and a pleasure to work with, contributing to a positive and purposeful school culture. This is a rare opportunity to join a caring team, deeply committed to supporting one another and securing the best outcomes for every child.
As part of the Great Schools Trust, 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 staff flourish.
Why Join Us?
- Ofsted Outstanding since September 2019
- Supportive, aligned staff culture - a school where values are lived
- Exceptional CPD offer - including coaching, trust-wide leadership development and a team-building away trip once a year with an overnight stay
- 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 connect with students truly
Important Information:
- Curriculum Overview
- Ofsted Report
- Academy Newsletters
Ready to Apply?
Please read the Job Description and Person Specification (attached in the recruitment pack) before applying.
If you would like to visit King's Warrington, please 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.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About King's Leadership Academy Warrington
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 808 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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