Pastoral Manager

Pastoral managers look after the welfare of students and ensure they attend school. You need strength and determination, the ability to multi-task under pressure, and skills in dealing with vulnerable pupils. Pastoral managers ensure the effective implementation and operation and weekly timetabling of the school’s pastoral support programmes and will deputise for the Designated Safeguarding Lead.

Term time (38 weeks) plus 2 days

Actual starting salary: £26288.00 per annum

Annual full-time equivalent salary would be £31154.00 per annum

Responsibilities include:

• Promote and ensure student welfare for all and especially for those with specific wellbeing or pastoral needs.

• Remove barriers to learning for all students through to development of pupils’ personal development and bettering pupil wellbeing.

• Provide a programme of planned interventions (including wellbeing, behavioural and mental, emotional and physical health) to support students to access learning and make exceptional progress

• Line manage the Student Support Coordinator, including their induction, training, motivation and appraisal

• Liaise with, and manage the contribution of external agencies, providers and workers including counselling, services supporting behaviour and social services

• Collaborate with the SENCO to ensure effective educational provision and appropriate rates of progress and attainment for those students with additional or specific needs relating to SEMH or other SEN pupils with additional vulnerabilities.

• Providing support and advice to curriculum leaders and their teams in the development of appropriate strategies, methods and resources for differentiation and promote inclusion for all with a particular focus on SMSC and PHSE.)

The most recent OFSTED inspection (2019) graded the school as ‘Good’ with ‘Outstanding’ behaviour & attitudes and personal development.

The school offers free refreshments to staff during the school day. The Trust also provides an Employee Assistance Programme to all staff within the Trust Schools. Through this, staff can access support and advice on any number of things such as wellbeing, work-related issues, housing, family, financial and legal support. There is also an employee benefit scheme which offers savings and discounts across a number of well-known retailers and services. Staff across the Trust can also receive a free, annual flu vaccination. The Trustees are also active in recognising years of service for staff. Service is designed to reward loyalty to the school and recognises those who have accrued between 3 and 30 years of service.

Other benefits include:

• Free onsite parking

• Lunch for staff offered at cost price

• Enhanced employer pension contributions

• Enhanced leave of absence policy

• Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave schemes

• Corporate eye care scheme

• Enhanced parental bereavement package

• Travel to work loans

• Additional time to facilitate professional development and collaborative working

We believe that a diverse workforce leads to an organisation that is more innovative, more creative and gets better results.  We want our workforce to represent the diversity of the people and communities we serve. We also want our workplace to be one where different experiences, expertise and perspectives are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to grow and develop.

This means that when we are recruiting, we actively seek to reach a diverse pool of candidates. It also means that we are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that potential employees may need to in order to be successful.

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life, so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working.

Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if there are options you’d like to explore with us.

Pioneer Educational Trust encourages applications from the right candidates regardless of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.

Pioneer Educational Trust reserves the right to interview for all positions as suitable applications are received.

Pioneer Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This post is subject to satisfactory references, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check (previously CRB check), and evidence of essential qualifications and proof of legal working in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.