Pastoral/Academic Support Coordinator

Northfleet Technology College, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 8BG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  April 2026

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  27 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,252.00 - £27,713.00 Annually (FTE)

Pastoral/Academic Support Coordinator job summary

Pastoral / Academic Support Coordinator

April 2026 start date. Term time only, 37 hours per week. Salary: Grade 5 or 6 depending on experience: £25,252 - £27,713 FTE.

We are looking for a skilled, empathetic, and proactive Alternative Provision Pastoral Support Coordinator to support students experiencing social, emotional, and regulation barriers to join our small, yet experienced and committed ENGAGE team.

This role is central to helping young people who may struggle with emotional dysregulation, anxiety, trauma responses, or behavioural challenges. You will provide targeted pastoral support, promote self-regulation strategies, and help students develop the skills needed to engage positively with learning and relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide consistent pastoral and emotional support to students with SEMH and regulation needs
• Support students to develop emotional literacy, coping, and self-regulation skills
• Use trauma-informed and relational approaches to build trust and safety
• Coordinate individual support plans and targeted interventions
• Support behaviour through restorative and de-escalation strategies
• Identify triggers and barriers to learning, implementing supportive responses
• Work closely with the ENGAGE team to promote inclusive classroom strategies
• Liaise with families and external professionals to ensure holistic support
• Monitor wellbeing, engagement, and attendance
• Contribute to safeguarding and early help processes

This is a unique and meaningful opportunity to positively impact young lives, days will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure.

All positions that involve working with children in regulated activity are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. All applicants must therefore declare all previous convictions and cautions, including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ except those received for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules. Candidates applying for a vacancy will be asked to complete a Self-Disclosure form on which they will be asked to disclose any relevant convictions, court orders, reprimands, warnings, or other matters which may affect an applicant’s suitability to work with children.

In order to apply for this position, please complete and submit the NTC Application Form, CVs will not be accepted. Appointment will be subject to satisfactory recruitment & vetting checks including 2 references. Our school and all its personnel are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. The post is subject to safeguarding checks including an Enhanced Disclosure application to the Disclosure & Barring Service and in accordance with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (2022), NTC will undertake an online search via engines and social media platforms of publicly available information concerning all short-listed candidates.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Northfleet Technology College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 963 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northfleet Technology College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northfleet-technology-college

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