Pastoral Leader

Hours: Full Time, Term Time Only + 5 INSET days

Wingfield Academy is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Pastoral Leader to join our team and support the delivery of effective teaching and learning across the academy.  

As a Pastoral Leader, you will play a key role in managing and delivering high-quality pastoral support for a designated Year Group, ensuring students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

Working within a strong, supportive Pastoral team, you will take a lead in developing, implementing, and monitoring strategies to improve student behaviour and conduct, while fostering a culture of respect, responsibility, and resilience. You will support the personal development, attendance, welfare, and behaviour of all students, ensuring their wellbeing.

About you

We are looking for someone with proven experience of working with young people in a variety of situations, who can resolve issues effectively and with empathy. 

The ideal candidate will be calm under pressure, self-motivated, with a passion for inspiring and motivating others to reach their full potential. Strong communication and record-keeping skills are essential, as you will need to work effectively with all stakeholders in a timely and professional manner. 

Experience in collaborating with external agencies and an understanding of child protection issues would be desirable.

About Wingfield Academy

Wingfield Academy is an oversubscribed, high-performing secondary school, recognised as one of the highest performing schools in Rotherham and in the top 7% nationally for progress. Wingfield has also been named a national lead school as part of the DfE’s Behaviour Hub programme. The Academy is looking to expand and develop further, attracting the best people to work alongside our dedicated and ambitious staff who go the extra mile to make a quantifiable and powerful contribution to social mobility. We focus on the things that matter.

Our ethos is “child-centred, progress-focused,” and we are proud to work with a cohort of students who exhibit high standards of behaviour and a strong desire to learn. We have a welcoming and supportive community where staff really do matter. Wingfield offers a supportive and committed leadership team with a clear vision of raising standards of teaching, learning and positive behaviour. 

As a member of the New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT), which comprises three 16-19 Colleges, three Secondary Schools, and three Primary Schools, we can offer a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education and service.

Why Work for Us?

·      NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country

·      A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter

·      Access to high quality professional training, both in-house and externally, to support your professional development

·      Attractive pension scheme

·      Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme

·      A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff

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Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 9th May 2025.

NCLT will raise standards across our family of schools and colleges. We will promote a culture of aspiration, excellence and enjoyment. We will use our collective strengths and expertise to benefit our children and young people. A charitable company limited by guarantee, registered in England and Wales (company number: 09257194).  

NCLT has a commitment to safeguarding students and the successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks in line with Safer Recruitment guidance. It is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. We value diversity and actively promote equality of opportunity. As a Disability Confident Leader, all disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for a post will be offered an interview.