Year Leader
King's Leadership Academy Wavertree, Liverpool, L13 1HDDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
10 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
20 May 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
- £28,426.00 - £30,375.00 Annually (Actual) Please see recruitment pack for further details
Year Leader job summary
Year Leader
King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree. Part of the Great Schools Trust
There are jobs where you inherit a culture. And then there are rare opportunities where you help build one.
King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree is a new secondary school in one of Liverpool’s most challenged communities, now moving into its second year. We are seeking an ambitious, compassionate and resilient Year Leader to join our team and help shape the culture, routines and ambition of the academy as it continues to grow.
This is more than a pastoral role. It is a chance to change the daily experience, expectations and life chances of young people who deserve nothing less than excellence.
At King’s Wavertree, we believe every child can succeed, regardless of postcode, background or starting point. No glass ceilings and no excuses. Just high expectations, strong relationships, exceptional care and a relentless belief that education can transform lives.
As part of the Great Schools Trust, King’s Wavertree will combine academic excellence with outstanding character education. Our ASPIRE values — Achievement, Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour — will not be words on a wall. They will be lived through routines, relationships, leadership, curriculum and the way we speak to every child, every day.
This is the King’s Way.
The Role
- As Year Leader, you will oversee the pastoral welfare, safeguarding, attendance, behaviour and personal development of a designated year group.
- You will know your pupils well. You will know their families. You will notice when something is not right. You will challenge, support, encourage and hold the line when needed.
- Working closely with senior leaders, teachers, families and external partners, you will help create a culture where pupils feel safe, valued and known, but also stretched, challenged and expected to give their best.
- As a founding member of staff, you will help establish the systems, routines and standards that will shape King’s Wavertree for years to come.
What We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who believes deeply in young people and refuses to lower the bar for them.
You will bring strong experience of working with children or young people in an educational setting, alongside excellent communication, organisation and problem-solving skills. You will be calm under pressure, professional in difficult moments and able to build trust with pupils, parents and colleagues.
Great pastoral care is not soft. It is precise, consistent, warm and courageous. It means seeing the whole child while still expecting them to rise.
We are particularly interested in people who:
- Build strong, respectful relationships with pupils, families and staff
- Understand safeguarding, inclusion, attendance and behaviour as central to school culture
- Believe routines and high expectations help children feel safe and succeed
- Remain calm, clear and kind when things are difficult
- Want to grow as a leader within a values-driven Trust
- Believe character, leadership and academic excellence belong together
Why Join Us?
You will be joining a Trust that is ambitious for children and serious about supporting staff. We believe adults flourish when they are trusted, developed and valued. That means high-quality weekly CPD, coaching, leadership development and access to innovative AI systems designed to reduce workload and improve how we work.
Please contact Louise Livingston to arrange a tour of King's Wavertree - l.livingston@kingswavertree.com
If you are passionate about pastoral leadership, ambitious for young people and excited by the opportunity to help create a school that will serve its community with pride, purpose and integrity, we would love to hear from you.
Join the Great Schools Trust. Help us build King’s Wavertree. Help us create something remarkable.
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.
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- School type
- Free Schools, None, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- No information available
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King's Leadership Academy Wavertree website
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