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Year Leader (Year 7)
Crestwood Community School, Eastleigh, Hampshire, SO50 4FZ17 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
8 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
- Head of year or phase
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- MPR/UPR (depending on experience)
Additional allowances
TLR 2c £8,611 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Crestwood Community School is one school with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. Our pastoral structure has 300 students per year, with 150 allocated to each campus. There is a Year Leader for each year group, who stays with their year group as they progress through the school, on each campus, taking charge of 150 students. There is a close liaison with the Year Leader on the other campus and a sharing of resources, such as assemblies. The challenge for the successful applicants will be to ensure effective communication between tutors, the Year Leader at the other campus, over cohort progress, assemblies and extra-curricular activities, and to manage pastoral support. The teaching allocation is 36 per fortnight out of 50 lessons.
The Year Leaders are focused on pastoral care and progress. They are well supported by 4 Pastoral Support Workers across both campuses who are non-teaching and deal with the day-to-day enquiries from parents and staff. There is also a fabulous Inclusion Support Faculty that provides support for SEND students, parenting support, alternative provisions, mental health support and counselling services. In addition, we have an attendance team of 2 and an Education Welfare Leader who works with Year Leaders to support good attendance and punctuality in school. The PDL programme is centrally written to be delivered in tutor time. In short, you will be very well supported in this role.
We operate a behaviour system via Arbor and this enables Year Leaders to monitor individuals and groups of students. Each Year Leader will undertake an assembly per week with their year groups to ensure pertinent and timely messages are disseminated; this is in addition to one whole school assembly each week. Each Year Leader will have a team of 5 tutors. Tutor time runs from 8.30am - 09.00am each day and consists of a taught behaviour curriculum and PDL/ Wellbeing programme, which needs to be monitored regularly for quality. In addition, Year Leaders will regularly review the progress that their students make in the curriculum and give feedback to SLT about trends and particular areas to address.
Key aspects of the role include monitoring and analysing attendance and behaviour trends. Having a holistic view of the year group’s academic progress and challenging underperformance. A fundamental part of the role is developing good relationships with parents and outside agencies to support children in being able to be the best version of themselves at Crestwood.
You will have a teaching specialism in one of the following subjects: English, Design and Technology, Languages (French and Spanish), PE, Maths, Drama, RE or PSHE. This post offers significant career development as you prepare for further promotion.
What the school offers its staff
As a school, we take staff well-being seriously. We offer staff the following:
wellbeing weeks, with no commitments scheduled after school
free lunch every day
half termly cooked breakfasts
accrued inset days, taken as twilights, giving staff an additional 4 days off a year
One well being day per year (during term-time), to be taken at their chosen time (after a qualifying period)
weekly thank you bulletin
birthday cards
heads discretionary leaves of absence for family events
acts of random kindness
access to mental health first aiders
For the successful candidate, a commitment to raising standards and a passion for developing young adults is essential: this entails a commitment to all learners, to excellence for all, and a belief that a good school makes a significant difference to learners’ life chances, levels of attainment and the wellbeing of the community as a whole.
As a new member of staff you will be well supported: we have a comprehensive induction process, and you will be given an Induction Mentor and a ‘professional buddy’. Crestwood prides itself on developing its staff through bespoke coaching and training. Many members of the faculty have been successful in gaining promotion within the school.
We will ensure that the successful candidate has:
comprehensive induction including a dedicated mentor
continuous professional learning, development and improvement
the opportunity to contribute to raising standards for all our students
Further information about the job
Please note we cannot accept a CV as a means of application. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
Commitment to safeguarding
Crestwood Community School and Hampshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Crestwood Community School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1489 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Crestwood Community School website
- Email address
- hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02380 641232
Crestwood Community School is one school, with two campuses serving central Eastleigh. Crestwood Community School had an Ofsted inspection in February 2024, which confirmed that we continue to be a ‘good’ school. The report stated that at Crestwood “there is a welcoming, friendly atmosphere”. They also said that “teachers and support staff, including those in the early stages of their career, are proud to work at the school. They particularly value school leader's careful consideration of their workload and well-being so that they can focus their efforts fully on pupils’ education.” In addition, Ofsted report that “many pupils, staff and parents describe the school as a ‘big family’. This is a happy school, where staff and students want to be. The #Crestwoodfamily pervades through everything we do.
Arranging a visit to Crestwood Community School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@crestwood.hants.sch.uk.
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