Pastoral Manager
Hartsdown Academy
Margate, Kent
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £15,043 to £16,546
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2018
- Apply by:
- 6 December 2017
Job overview
37 hours per week, term time only
We are looking to appoint a Pastoral Manager to work within our Student Support Team to support the academy’s aims through the development of a student focused Pastoral & Welfare support system. The successful candidate will liaise with parent/carers to keep them informed regarding any disciplinary issues relating to their child’s behaviour and keep all records updated, liaise with outside agencies as appropriate and after consultation with the Head of Year and to assist with the preparation of reports and records of meetings and to attend where appropriate e.g. return from exclusion interviews, attendance and family meetings etc.
Candidates will hold appropriate academic qualifications to at least GCSE standard, or be able to demonstrate competency through proven experience in a similar role. Candidates must be able to demonstrate a basic understanding of the work of a school and be well-organised and capable of working on their own initiative to a high level of accuracy and presentation.
In return we will offer you:
• An exciting environment where you can really make a difference
• Being part of a small local trust that is totally committed to its staff and children
• Significant opportunities for CPD and development
• Rewards, benefits and discounts via Kent Rewards Scheme
• Childcare vouchers
Interviews: Thursday 14th December 2017
Hartsdown Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake a DBS Employment Check.
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About Hartsdown Academy
Hartsdown Academy is an inclusive co-educational academy for students of all abilities from 11-18 located in Kent, known at the ‘Garden of England’ we are close to some of the most picturesque beaches in southern England. Having the ‘Best of both worlds’, you can also sample country life in the villages surrounding Canterbury or the mediaeval town of Sandwich, whilst still only being 25 minutes’ drive from the ‘White Cliffs of Dover’ where the ferry crossing to France is only 90 minutes away.
Our vision and ethos for Hartsdown Academy is as follows:
“Education for an amazing life”
Why: Our drivers
• We believe that education is the key to a successful and fulfilled life
• We believe that success is determined by effort and character
• We believe that education is more than exams it is about the character and skills to be a curious and internationally minded citizen who loves learning and wants to improve the world
• We believe that a great school changes lives
What
A school where all (staff and students) are:
• Are celebrated
• Supported to be the best that they can be
• Are stretched and challenged so that they thrive A school where all students:
• Achieve the examination results to go on to university or apprenticeships
• Learn character, resilience and curiosity
Core Values
We call our core values ‘The Hartsdown Way’. It comprises the word ‘Strive’
Strive (verb) to make great efforts to achieve something, to struggle or fight vigorously.
• Scholarship we value high attainment and aim for mastery for all students
• Teamwork we are one community, one team working to the same end
• Resilience whatever it takes, we don’t give up
• Integrity we show character: respect, honesty, kindness
• Vision seeing ourselves as part of something bigger, a belief that our life has meaning and value. Asking the question where am I heading and what difference do I want to make
• Excellence we aim for excellence in everything we do no excuses!
Hartsdown forms part of EKLA (East Kent Learning Alliance) from which we achieved Teaching School Status and we hold regular training sessions both within our own academy as well as across Kent sharing good practice, this is certainly seen with our ‘Open Door Policy’ which is evident when you walk around our academy of the good learning and practice which is taking place. Hartsdown is also part of the Coastal Academies Trust (CAT) which is is a group of schools in the Thanet area that have joined together as a company to provide an excellent education for young people in this area.
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