Job Title: Head of Year
Area: Hackney, East London
Start Date: September 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: MPS UPS plus TLR1c
Working hours: Full time

Brief description:
An exciting opportunity for an experienced teacher to join a secondary school as Head of Year, leading pastoral care, improving behaviour and driving student achievement across a year group.

About the school:
This is a well established mainstream secondary school within a supportive trust, committed to high standards, inclusion and continuous improvement. The school promotes strong values around achievement, character development and community engagement, with a focus on student progress and wellbeing. Staff benefit from collaborative working practices, professional development opportunities and a clear leadership structure.

About the role:
You will provide strong pastoral leadership for a designated year group, ensuring excellent behaviour, attendance and academic progress. The role involves working closely with senior leaders, subject staff and tutors to implement effective strategies, track progress and support students. You will play a key part in developing a positive school culture and raising standards across the year group.

We''re looking for a dedicated candidate to:

• Lead and manage a year group to achieve high standards
• Monitor behaviour, attendance and student progress
• Support and coach tutors within the year team
• Work closely with senior leadership on whole school priorities
• Implement and evaluate strategies to improve student outcomes
• Build positive relationships with students, staff and parents

Requirements -
The ideal candidate would have:

• Qualified teacher status and a relevant degree
• Proven teaching experience with strong classroom management
• Experience working within a secondary school setting
• Strong leadership and organisational skills
• Ability to drive improvement and support student progress
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills
• Commitment to safeguarding and inclusion

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register and have passed all safeguarding vetting checks with Prospero Teaching to fill this vacancy. Any adult working with children and vulnerable young people are responsible for safeguarding and protecting the welfare of the children and young people.