Assistant Pastoral Leader

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 6LZ

19 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 February 2025

• Closing date

  10 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 December 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time (Can be done as a job share): 35 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Level 7 SCP 17 - 22

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Assist in the management of student behaviour by working closely with the existing Heads of Year and Pastoral Leaders.

• Help to foster a climate of praise and celebration.
• Undertake the assessment of individual student needs, including those relating to attendance and wellbeing.

• Advise Pastoral Leaders in the day to day management of student behaviour, including attendance and wellbeing as well as the production and implementation of whole school plans and initiatives.

• Manage a caseload of students.
• Ensure clear and effective channels of communication between staff, families/carers and any other agencies.

• Use internal data to analyse pupil engagement with school and their learning and propose/implement suitable strategies to address findings.

• At times, manage the supervision of students in the Zacchaeus Centre on a rata basis.
• Meet and work with families/carers to improve student attitudes where necessary.
• Liaise with our primary schools to ensure a smooth transition from one key stage to the next.

Miscellaneous

• To be able to work flexible hours when the role requires.
• To promote inclusivity and widening participation by contributing to the achievement and implementation of the Academy’s Equality and Diversity policy.

• To undertake any additional responsibilities and duties, commensurate with the post, as requested by the Principal.

What the school offers its staff

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is part of the Newman Catholic Collegiate in which all members of staffare committed to our Catholic and Lasallian values which are exemplified in the care and support of allcommunity members.

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is committed to providing a safe learning environment in which everycommunity member can achieve their full potential, feels valued, safe and supported, and is able to grow and become the best version of themselves.

We are an Academy that promotes and celebrates diversity and which practices equality of opportunity.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all of its employees
to share this commitment. This post is subject to the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment
Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission
for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring
Service to check for any previous convictions

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to chollins@smwca.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Assistant Pastoral Leader Recruitment Pack_Dec 24.pdf - 506 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: chollins@smwca.org.uk
• Phone number: 01782 883037
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-margaret-ward-catholic-academy (opens in new tab)

St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18
academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in
our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted
website).

We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff
who are committed to helping our students become the very best
they can be and, as such, the Academy Directors are seeking an ambitious and dedicated individual who can help us in our mission

Arranging a visit to St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chollins@smwca.org.uk.

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