Student - Focussed Pastoral Support Officer
Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School
Gateshead
- £27,334 - £29,777 per year
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Gateshead Council support staff Grade F (figures shown are full year. Actuals will be pro rata'd to term time only plus 2 weeks)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 3rd June 2024
- Apply by:
- 19 April 2024
Job overview
Required for June 2024, we are seeking to appoint a committed and talented professional to provide outstanding pastoral support to the students of Kingsmeadow School.
As a Student-Focussed Pastoral Support worker, you must be able to demonstrate the ability to support staff and students in the application of Restorative Behaviour Management Techniques. You must be able to contribute to our vision of ensuring that every child achieves their full potential through strong wellbeing support and the removal of learning barriers. You will have a commitment to promoting a happy, safe and inclusive environment, whilst seeking to deliver continued improvement through the engagement, motivation and support of staff, parents and students.
If you are the successful candidate, you will predominantly staff the behaviour support timetable, intervening at the earliest possible stage of behaviour issues. Where behaviours escalate, you may also be called upon to remove students from the classroom and participate in further behaviour management practices with the support of the wider pastoral team. You will also be expected to staff the student groundings - thirty minute lunchtime and after-school periods where students are encouraged to reflect on their behaviours and seek ways of removing barriers to learning, improving their engagement with learning and improving subsequent outcomes.
Kingsmeadow School has fantastic facilities and offers an excellent induction programme, a collegiate and supportive pastoral team within which to work and first class ongoing professional development opportunities to further enhance your career.
The closing date for applications is noon on Friday 19 April 2024.
Interviews will take place week commencing Monday 22 April 2024.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and appointments are made subject to enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory checks on individual social media content / online presence.
Further details are available from the Admin Assistant, Emily Bowman on 0191 4606004, or they can be found on our website www.kingsmeadow.org.uk under Information – Job Vacancies.
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About Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School
- Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School
- Market Lane, Dunston, Gateshead
- Tyne And Wear
- NE11 9NX
- United Kingdom
Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School is a mixed, non-denominational community secondary school and sixth form for pupils aged 11-18. The school is operated by Gateshead Council, and has about 950 pupils. It is located in Dunston in the north east of England.
Head Teacher
Mr Domenic Volpe
Values and vision
At Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School pride is taken in ensuring that every aspect of the school’s work and development is focused around the school aims of inspiring minds, opening hearts and transforming lives. The aim is that all members of the community will be the best that they can be by challenging them to achieve their full potential.
The school aims to understand the aspirations and needs of all its pupils. It aspires to help all students realise their dreams and promotes opportunities to nurture moral, social, spiritual and cultural education. Kingsmeadow aims to celebrate success at every opportunity, and aspires to be thorough, rigorous and encouraging when preparing pupils for their future. The school promotes a digitally inclusive school.
The school body works hard to maintain developments and is constantly seeking challenges to develop practice through collaboration with other like minded schools and groups. The aim is to constantly seek to innovate and improve the offer for students and the local community. While academic success is important, the commitment to the Kingsmeadow CHARACTER curriculum and the focus on PBL ensures a platform for developing well equipped, well rounded, knowledgeable citizens of the world community.
Ofsted
"Teachers teach about the importance of respect, integrity, compassion, courage, pride and quality. They set a good example and pupils conduct themselves maturely."
"The school is inclusive. There is an LGBT group which gives pupils a voice."
"Changes in the curriculum mean that more pupils now study a more academic diet. They apply themselves well in lessons. They work calmly and studiously."
"Lessons in the sixth form challenge students’ thinking."
"Leaders and governors have a clear vision for the role of education in their community. They are determined to raise aspirations, improve academic achievement and foster pupils’ character."
View Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School’s latest Ofsted report
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