Pastoral Admin Assistant

Dean Trust Wigan, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN5 0DQ

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: 25,583.00 - 26,824.00

Pastoral Admin Assistant job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking to appoint a talented and enthusiastic Pastoral Admin Assistant to join our dedicated team at Dean Trust Wigan.

The main purpose of the job is to provide administrative and organisational services to the school under the direction and guidance of the Deputy Headteacher.

Key responsibilities:

Support the Pupil Services area which includes the overseeing of the pupil toilets during lesson time and maintaining accurate records

To liaise with parents and carers on behalf of the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher

To maintain pupil files and records including recording on Bromcom

To prepare weekly behaviour reports from Bromcom

Provide administration for Internal Exclusion, Respites and Managed moves

To act as a school first aider

To prepare Fair Access and Appeal data for panels

To process In Year Admission paperwork and induction packs

Provide administration for admissions, exclusions and reporting to the local authority regarding pupils

To support the administration of prescribed pupil medicines, maintain the medical needs register, which includes the administration of health care plans and associated actions, including liaison with healthcare agencies, parents and carers

Liaise with pupils, parents/carers, staff and external agencies, ensuring a professional ethos is presented to visitors, staff, pupils and agencies at all times

Undertake word-processing and IT based tasks including operation of relevant equipment and advanced ICT packages

Organise meetings, take notes, process forms, returns, etc., including those to outside agencies

Ensuring the school administration is compliant with statutory guidance

Support school reception as required

Individuals in this role may also undertake some or all of the following:

Assist in the administration and organisation of arrangements for school events and visits

Promote excellent attendance, monitor pupil attendance, run reports, preparing and submitting legal documentation and penalty notices

Assist in the administration of writing, amending EHCP’s, Health Care Plans, minuting annual reviews and maintaining SEND records

Assist with producing marketing and promotion material for the school

Support the Pastoral Team as required

For more information about the role please contact us on 01942 511987 or email joanawhite@deantrustwigan.co.uk.

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

The Dean Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check.

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.

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

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 Dean Trust Wigan

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 715 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dean Trust Wigan website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dean-trust-wigan

Dean Trust Wigan is part of The Dean Trust, which has a number of very high performing schools and a proven track record of sustained improvement. The Dean Trust’s core values include traditional academic education, excellent discipline and respect, resulting in improved attainment and progress. “Believe, Achieve, Succeed” has been embraced by all of the schools in The Dean Trust.

Ofsted October 2023- 'Pupils and staff at the school are right to identify the Dean Trust Wigan as an improving school...The school has high expectations for pupils’ academic achievement. Pupils understand how they should behave. Most pupils meet the school’s raised expectations for behaviour. In lessons, most pupils embody the school’s values of ‘be ready, be respectful, be responsible’ through their improved attitudes to learning'.

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