Year Leader

Year Leader

Heritage High School

Grade and Salary: Grade 6: £31,620 - £34,980 actual salary per annum (£34,811 - £38,510 FTE)

Working pattern: 37 hours / 41 weeks (term time plus 2 weeks)

Contract term: Permanent

The School:

Heritage High School is a happy, safe and stimulating place to work and learn and it is our determination to continually improve that sets us apart from other schools. We believe that learning should be fun, challenging and stimulating and the quality of our people lies at the heart of achieving our goals.

The role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic Year Leader to join the team at Heritage High School. The successful candidate will be supporting the Year Manager to ensure pastoral needs of students are effectively met, raising their aspirations, self-esteem and motivation levels so that they can achieve their academic potential. You will be supporting attendance, punctuality, behaviour management, progress and attainment to an identified year group(s).

The person:

The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic hardworking and is passionate about supporting young people achieve their best. We are looking for a candidate who puts the welfare of children at the heart of their work, is well organised and is a good communicator. Experience of mentoring or coaching young people and who is confident in dealing with difficult behaviour with the courage to challenge students to reach their best and reach their full potential while maintaining a calm working environment is essential.

Why join us?

There are many reasons to choose The Two Counties Trust as a great place to start or continue your career.

We recognise the importance of a happy, healthy, rewarded and well motivated workforce and as such we have developed our HR strategy to invest in our employees. We have removed appraisal and appraisal related pay progression, changing the focus from validation to professional growth and enabling all our employees to get better all the time.

We are fully committed to supporting your career and professional growth through a range of routes both within schools and across the Trust and we offer extensive professional learning opportunities for all employees.

We offer:

Highly competitive pay and pay progression opportunities.

An array of employee benefits and lifestyle options including discounted healthcare, gym membership, and extensive high street retail discounts.

Entry to attractive career average pension schemes.

Opportunities to experience and share practice in our partner schools across the Trust.

A stimulating, supportive and rewarding working environment with a dedicated team of like-minded professionals and wonderful students.

Excellent opportunities to develop your skills and experience and to progress your career.

A range of support mechanisms and benefits to employees. The Trust has signed up to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter, and we take the wellbeing and health of employees seriously.

Applications must arrive by: Sunday 27 September 2026 at midday.

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 01 October 2026.

It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in Regulated Activity relevant to children.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. An offer of employment will be subject to the receipt of a satisfactory enhanced level DBS disclosure with a children’s barred list check, two satisfactory references and successful completion of vetting procedures.

In accordance with the statutory guidance Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), an online search will be conducted as part of due diligence on shortlisted candidates and a social media check will be required as a condition of employment.

We are committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and candidates with a disability who meet the essential job criteria will be given an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview.