Assistant Pastoral Manager
Stockport School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK2 6BW3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
24 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 35 Hours per Week (Term Time plus 2 days) 8.20am – 4.00pm (Monday–Wednesday), 8.20am – 4.30pm (Thursday), & 8.20am – 3.30pm (Friday) (40-minute unpaid lunch break each day)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Scale 5, Points 12-17 - Actual salary: £22,621 - £24,539
Additional allowances
(With opportunity for additional paid overtime to supervise interventions, student enrichment clubs, lunch duties, and student work at lunchtime and after school).
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience of working, or volunteering with young people
Experience of working, supervising and/or supporting with children in a secondary school or other similar setting
Strong GCSE in English and mathematics at grades C or 4 and above, including additional strong GCSE and/or A Level passes (or equivalent) in other subject areas
Strong literacy and numeracy skills/qualifications
Consistent high expectations which motivate and challenge students
Adaptable in day-to-day working practice
Ability to communicate strongly and confidently in oral and written format with students and other staff
Effective classroom and behaviour management skills to promote a consistent and positive culture of high expectation and standards
Highly organised, with great attention to detail
Able to organise and prioritise workload and meet predetermined deadlines
Able to interact with and motivate students whilst demonstrating an understanding of their needs and competences.
Awareness of the requirements of children with additional and special educational needs and of suitable support strategies
Able to accept and promote new ideas
Good 1-1 and small group engagement skills
Commitment to safeguarding and child protection
A proven ability to work with external agencies within safeguarding and welfare principles
Ability to work with adults/parents where challenge exists
What the school offers its staff
Further details about the role
The Assistant Pastoral Manager is a member of the school Pastoral Team and is responsible for aiding the Pastoral Team and Heads of Year to ensure that all students are happy and successful at Stockport School.
The Assistant Pastoral Manager will work with the Pastoral Team and assigned Head/s of Year to ensure that each student:
- Achieves their academic potential
- Has good attendance and punctuality
- Has high standards of personal behaviour, uniform and appearance
- Is supported in relation to any personal barriers which could limit their success
- Is protected in situations where other students fail to uphold the school standards
- Follows the ‘Stockport School Way’ and adheres to our PROUD school and community values
If you are interested in applying to take on an important role with responsibility as part of our Pastoral team to help us to continue our drive for further success, then I would be pleased to receive an application from you. We welcome applications from those with a non-teaching background or qualified teaching staff (this role does not involve any classroom teaching but does involve close working with young people).
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the DBS.
Commitment to safeguarding
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to j.richards@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Stockport School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1322 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Stockport School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- j.richards@stockport.stockport.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01614833622
The school is a very popular over-subscribed school with year-on-year improving results.
School location
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