Job Description

Job: Academic Support Year Lead

School: Secondary School, Lambeth, South London

Start date: January 2026

Actual Annual Salary: £31,000 – £32,800

Contract: Full-time, permanent, term time only

 

Aston Education is looking for an Academic Support Year Lead for an Ofsted Good 11-16 secondary school in Lambeth, South London.

 

The Academic Support Year Lead focuses on academic oversight, student guidance, and promoting positive behaviour and wellbeing within a Year Group (KS3 or KS4).

 

The school offers:

• Generous local government pension scheme
• Excellent facilities
• Excellent professional development programme
• Funding for a range of Master’s qualifications
• Confidential coaching sessions
• Confidential counselling sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Annual travel season ticket loan

 

Key Responsibilities include:

• Lead Advisory Teams for a Year Group by establishing, and maintaining positive routines
• Use data to produce reports for a range of audiences including Governors and external agencies
• Use data to inform smart measurable target setting, to raise individual outcomes
• Maintain behaviour systems and create a positive learning environment
• Track student attendance and performance, identifying underachievement and implementing interventions
• Safeguard students’ health, safety, and wellbeing
• Liaise with parents and carers

 

Qualifications, skills and experience required:

• Degree, ideally with Psychology or Behavioural Science
• Proven experience in an academic support role in a secondary mainstream school
• Experience leading a team
• Experience coaching students for improved outcomes
• Experience of tracking performance and implementing interventions
• Strong communication, and interpersonal skills
• Safeguarding training

 

Ofsted says: This is a caring school with an inclusive ethos. Leaders have created a strong community feel. Pupils spoken to said, ‘this school is very welcoming and open’ and ‘it feels like family’. They behave well during lessons and around the school site.

 

Closing date: As soon as possible

 

Please contact Tarja Aila at Aston Education for an informal chat and to apply for this Academic Support Year Lead job.

                                                         

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.