Lead Pastoral Manager – Maternity Leave Cover

Hounsdown School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO40 9FT

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £34,273.00 - £37,569.00 Annually (FTE) Initial Fixed Term until July 2027 - (possibility of extension dependent on postholders return)

Lead Pastoral Manager – Maternity Leave Cover job summary

We are seeking to appoint a Lead Pastoral Manager to cover Maternity Leave. You will be required to carryout the coordination of work of the Pastoral Support Worker, be accountable for a year group and lead the House system.

Hounsdown is a popular, over-subscribed Hampshire school. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful.

Hounsdown School offer all staff

• Private Health Cash Plan
• Free counselling support
• Fantastic CPD opportunities for all
• Cycle Loan Scheme
• Staff swimming
• Respectful email policy
• Staff fitness sessions
• Excellent pension scheme
• Free onsite parking

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Hounsdown School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online searches along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hounsdown School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1283 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hounsdown School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hounsdown-school-southampton

Hounsdown is an 11-16 Science College which converted to a Single Academy Trust in August 2011. We are a popular, over-subscribed, Outstanding (Ofsted 2017), Hampshire school and a strategic partner for the ETC Teaching School Alliance. Our school has a welcoming ethos with students being courteous and respectful. We are committed to supporting all staff in their career aspirations and growing new leaders. The school motto is ‘Be the best that you can be’.

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