Pastoral Support Assistant
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Kent
- Expired
- Salary:
- Kent Range KR6 (FTE £23,801, actual salary £20,839.19 based on working 39 weeks a year)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Immediate start
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2024
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive and committed Pastoral Support Assistant to join our highly regarded pastoral support team within the school. This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful school as part of a friendly and very hard-working department.
Overall Responsibility
- The Pastoral Support team has responsibility primarily for supporting the Assistant Headteachers and Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning, ensuring that students are successful, confident and happy.
- To triage pastoral concerns under the guidance of the Assistant Headteachers and indicate appropriate pathways for students.
- Act as DDSL within the school.
- To refer cases to DSL, other DDSL, Heads of Year or Form Tutors as appropriate.
- To ensure that students follow the schools high expectations, both in and out of the classroom.
- Contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the wellbeing and personal care of children and young people with regard to the area child protection procedures.
The successful candidate will work with our well-established pastoral team and will be responsible for supporting the Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning and ensuring that the students are successful, confident and happy. They will also offer medical support, act as DDSL within the school and provide administrative support in meeting the welfare and pastoral needs of students. They will need excellent time management, strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prioritise duties; they will also need to work on their own initiative whilst working part of a wider team.
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is an expanding and rapidly improving selective grammar school. It is undergoing a period of transformational change benefitting from a multi-million pound investment in Tunbridge Wells and a brand new building at our Sevenoaks campus, which opened in September 2021.
Staff will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.
Please note that we will only accept CV’s if they are accompanied by an application form, which can be found on our website: Staff Vacancies We shall review applications as we receive them so apply soon!
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post
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About Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
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- Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
- St. John's Road, Tunbridge Wells
- Kent
- TN4 9XB
- United Kingdom
Headteacher: Amanda Simpson
Location: Tunbridge Wells (TN4 9XB)
Type of School: Community Boys Grammar School
Kent Age range: 11 - 18
Gender: Boys with mixed Sixth Form
Number of students: 1388 plus 338 at Sixth Form
Average class size: 30 in KS3, 23 in KS4, 15 in Sixth Form
Number of teaching and support staff: 160
Date school established: 1956
External recognition: Good Ofsted and Investors in Careers Award
Performance data and Exam results
The School Context
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, also known Boys Grammar or TWGSB was originally founded in 1956 as a technical school and later became a grammar school in 1982. It is one of the largest grammar schools in England, with over 1500 students and approximately 150 staff split across two sites.
Whilst we are Boys Grammar School, we warmly welcome female students in the Sixth Form.
Our philosophy at TWGSB is that education is about personal development and should give young people every opportunity to explore and learn about the world around them.
Our values are: Respect, Excellence, Determination.
Our vision is “To be the best selective boys’ school in West Kent”.
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys offers Initial Teacher Training (ITT) and other subject specialist training through the Kaizen Teaching School Alliance.
Curriculum Intent
At Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, our curriculum vision is to empower our students not only to achieve academic excellence but also to develop into global citizens who will go on to make a positive contribution to society.
We encourage all students ‘to achieve personal excellence in a wide range of academic, cultural, humanitarian and sporting activities’ and develop ‘the life skills and sense of personal responsibility they need to realise their full potential.’ We recognise that this goes beyond the basic requirements of success in exams. At TWGSB we seek to offer a wider curriculum that is rich and challenging.
In order to achieve our vision, we hope to empower students to:
- Achieve academic excellence
- Develop into global citizens
- Make a positive contribution to society
- Flourish as individuals
- Experience a broad curriculum with a diverse range of intra-and extra-curricular activities
- Succeed in public examinations for their next steps
Benefits
All TWGSB staff are highly valued for the role they play in the lives of the students.
Staff benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.
To recognise this hard work and dedication, there are certain benefits that the school provides for all members of staff. These include:
· Teacher/Support Staff Pension contribution
· Extensive CPD training programme
· Free Flu Vaccinations
· Employee Assistant Programme via Health Assure
· Free Eye Tests
· Paid Moving Day
· Use of school Sports Centre
· Access to free will (for 2023)
· Car Parking on site
· Our primary commitment will always be to meet the needs of our students but we are also committed to offering our staff a full range of flexible and family friendly working practices.
· Training and development opportunities
· Access to Kent Rewards (inc Cycle2work, Adult Education discount, discounted high street cards and vouchers at over 1,200 national and local retailers)
· Access to health and wellbeing resources
· Childcare/nursery in site adjacent to school
The School provides Employees with access to a number of services to support Employee wellbeing:
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Occupational Health
· Counselling Support
· Mental Health First Aiders
· Mediation
· Coaching and Mentoring
Campus Addresses
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XB
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SL
Living and working in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks
Tunbridge Wells and its immediate environment presents an ideal location in which to live and work. The elegance of the Pantiles with its variety of excellent shops and restaurants, the beauty of the surrounding countryside, especially the High Weald, and the wide range of cultural and sporting facilities ensure that there is much to encourage even the most dedicated professional to enjoy some relaxation. The surrounding villages provide excellent residential property within a commutable distance.
The historic and ancient town of Sevenoaks is closer to London than Tunbridge Wells. It is another popular place to live, offering many of the opportunities of the capital while located in the Garden of Kent. Lose yourself in wonderful Knole Park, with its wandering wild deer and historic house and end up on Sevenoaks high street in one of its lovely restaurants or cafes.
Both Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks are within 45 minutes of London by train, and are well served by Gatwick Airport and the ferry ports for international travel.
More info can be found here: Welcome to Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys (twgsb.org.uk)
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