Assistant Pastoral Leader
The Gateway School, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN12 8AA6 days remaining to apply
Closing date
28 November 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,624.00 - £32,115.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £27,025 - £30,321
Assistant Pastoral Leader job summary
Although our pupils are aged between 11-16 years, they have often experienced significant gaps in their learning from moving through several primary schools or poor attendance. Therefore, their learning levels may be significantly below age-related expectations which, together with self-esteem or SEMH needs, require their teaching to be dynamic, flexible and exciting in order to engage.
Our class sizes are set at a maximum of 9 pupils and teachers are supported by at least one Learning Support Assistant within the classroom. Often, class sizes are smaller than this due to the broad range of 1:1 / paired learning and enrichment interventions in place throughout the day.
We are rated Outstanding by Ofsted and have been oversubscribed for several years.
Core Purpose
The Assistant Pastoral Leader will support the Senior Welfare Manager in ensuring the safety of all students, helping to ensure all are able to access school and learning activities, thereby supporting the wider school team to secure success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all students.
As a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL), under the supervision and direction of the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), the Assistant Pastoral Leader will:
have a responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school
advise and support other members of staff on child welfare and child protection matters, and liaise with relevant agencies such as the local authority and police.
Within our schools there are a team of safeguarding leads, however it is expected that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Some safeguarding activities may be delegated to Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads (DDSLs), although the DSL will retain lead responsibility for the work of DDSLs and will ensure it is completed to the highest standard.
Gateway school is committed to safer recruitment and the successful applicant will subject to the relevant pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS.
If you have any queries please contact us on 01604 878977.
For more information, please find attached the Job Description.
Closing date will be Thursday 28th November @midday.
Interviews - Week commencing 2nd December 2024
The Gateway reserves the right to close adverts, interview and appoint a candidate if they have sufficient applicants before the closing date.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About The Gateway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- School size
- 71 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- The Gateway School website (opens in new tab)
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