Head of Year (Pastoral)

Trinity Academy is a highly oversubscribed free school that opened in 2019. We are a values based community that focuses on the learning of all students and staff, that cares deeply for our young people and each other and that is committed to co-curricular enrichment. Our stated goal is to be a +1 school for progress and as such, we are looking for a highly motivated, professional and experienced pastoral leader to join us in our mission.

Our Heads of Year are an outstanding group of people with a passion to see all young people succeed. In joining this team, you will be overseeing the pastoral needs of a year group; constantly driving for excellent attendance, behaviour and safeguarding. You will be supported by a pastoral support leader in providing care for every student in your allotted year group.

This is a key role for the Academy in fulfilling its commitment to develop "the heart" of the school. You will be experienced in working with young people in a school setting and have a track record of impact. You will need drive and determination to ensure that every student receives the support they need to be the best version of themselves. You will need to provide strategic leadership, be able to hold others accountable, have great people skills and deeply care for all young people.

If you would like to find out more about the school including FAQs, please visit the school website.

We are committed to your professional development, as both a practitioner and leader. As a growing school there is considerable opportunity for career development both within the school and across the Cathedral Schools Trust.

Please read further documents for further details about the role including the job description and person specification.

Please note that we will only consider applications through iTrent and will not consider CVs so please ensure that your supporting statement on the application meets the requirements of the person specification. We encourage you to be succinct and to restrict your supporting statement to no more than four pages in length., We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. All posts at Trinity Academy are subject to pre-employment checks including, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The school may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of the interview process.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:

• Ability to ensure and deliver effective safeguarding


• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.


The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The school is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

Cathedral Schools Trust is an equal opportunities employer and recognises the strength in diversity. Our schools have a wide range of cultural, socio economic and religious influences and we use this to ensure that we broaden our understanding of each other and the world.