About This Role
Head of Year
Start date – September 2026
Location: Poole Dorset, BH15 4BQ
Salary: Highly competitive United Learning Pay Scale (PT or EPT – depending on experience)
Contract: Permanent Hours: Full time, 37.5hrs per week We are seeking an inspirational Head of Year to be responsible for the organisation and operation of a Year group, supporting their progress and addressing barriers to learning so that our students can achieve their full potential. Do you have a proven pastoral track record or looking to develop your career in this area? Preference will be given to outstanding teachers of Maths, Science, English or Humanities. The Cornerstone Academy is part of United Learning; a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. Schools within United Learning work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. By collecting expertise and combining resources, we help to make the tough job of teaching a little easier. With a shared curriculum and lesson plans from around the group available to all, our teachers have strong foundations to lead the engaging, rounded education our children deserve. Our intranet site, United Hub, is just one example of how we share these resources and communicate across sites, helping to simplify processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance. We reward our staff with wide career opportunities – between Primary and Secondary, Academy and Independent – better pay, benefits, and ultimately the satisfaction of helping every child at each of our schools to succeed and reach their full potential. As a school we are passionate about improving life chances for our students and strive to ensure that they can be the very best they can be. If you share our ambition and are an outstanding classroom practitioner, it’s an exciting time to join the academy. You will have the opportunity to work with a staff team that is supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the best for our students. ‘Big School Offer; Small School Ethos’ is our mantra and visitors often comment on how distinctive the school is. We do provide a high quality of education at the school, with an extensive extra-curricular offer and are proud of our care and compassion, that clearly permeates our work in all the best ways. Imagine, then, how transformative that environment is for the children who study and grow into adults here. This also applies to our staff; we have a fantastic team and we are all very proud to be working at Cornerstone. As part of a cluster, you will also benefit from being able to work closely with colleagues across five United Learning secondary academies in Bournemouth and Poole. For further information about this post and to apply please visit The Cornerstone Academy website Vacancies | The Cornerstone Academy or United Learning Careers website https://unitedlearning.org.uk/A-Career-In-Our-Group/vacancies Please note we do not accept CVs Visits to the academy are welcomed, please contact Samantha Arnold HR Manager to arrange. Closing Date: Friday 17.4.26 (noon) Interview date: Friday 24.4.26 Note – We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. It is strongly recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible. No further applications will be accepted once closed. This school is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share the same commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.