Pastoral Assistant

Lift Kingsley, Hounslow, TW3 1AX

21 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  3 December 2026 at 1:48pm

• Date listed

  12 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £28779 - £30957 per annum

Pastoral Assistant job summary

Lift Kingsley are looking for a compassionate and proactive pastoral assistant to join our team and help create a caring and suportive environment where every student can thrive.

In this role, you'll work closely with students, families, and colleagues to support wellbeing, promote positive behaviour, and ensure excellent attendance across the school. You'll help identify students who need extra support and work with the wider pastoral team to put effective care plans in place. This is a varied and rewarding role where you'll make a real difference to young people's lives every day.

Key responsibilities

You will:

• provide pastoral support to students, helping them integrate into daily school life and overcome personal challenges that affect their learning;
• monitor and support students in at-risk groups, including those with SEND, EHCP, or a child protection plan, and work closely with relevant colleagues and families;
• work with teachers to promote high standards of behaviour, using the school's behaviour policy to create and monitor plans that help students succeed;
• support attendance monitoring and collaborate with the attendance officer to create intervention strategies that improve attendance and reduce truancy;
• manage pastoral data on the school's information systems, ensuring records are accurate and up to date to safeguard students and support their wellbeing; and
• communicate regularly with parents about behaviour, attendance, and pastoral matters, building trusted relationships that support students.

What we're looking for

You will have:

• GCSE maths and English (grade 4 or equivalent);
• the ability to engage with students who may find it difficult to express themselves or manage their emotions;
• strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with children, colleagues, and families;
• effective behaviour management strategies combined with high expectations for every student;
• the ability to stay calm under pressure and manage competing demands on your time; and
• a non-judgemental approach and a desire for supporting all young people.

We'd also love to hear from you if you have experience working in an educational setting or using data to track progress and identify solutions. Are you ready to bring your care, creativity, and commitment to a role where you can truly make a difference?

About our school

We're incredibly proud of our students' achievements and the rapid progress our school has made. Our warm, supportive environment, excellent teaching, and strong relationships help students achieve well above national averages. We foster kindness, courage, and curiosity, enabling every student to grow in character and excel academically.

Rated Good in all areas (Ofsted 2025), Lift Kingsley is a transformed, ambitious school at the heart of its community. We prepare students for university and beyond through high expectations and a culture of aspiration

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 62 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 35,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives - and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Kingsley

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 971 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Kingsley website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingsley-academy

Lift Kingsley is a thriving 11–18 secondary school rooted in the local community, focused on developing knowledge, ambition, and kindness. Staff at Kingsley are collaborative, well-supported, and deeply invested in our shared vision for student success.

Lift Kingsley is rated 'Good' by Ofsted in all areas and is proudly part of Lift Schools. Since 2019, the academy has made rapid and impressive progress, reflected in significant academic improvements and growing student numbers across all year groups. With a culture of high expectations and no excuses, we are unapologetically ambitious for every student.

Our mission is to deliver academic excellence through a broad, balanced and aspirational curriculum that prepares students for success—whether that’s at top universities like Oxford and King’s College, or in high-quality careers supported by our strong employer partnerships. Beyond the classroom, students benefit from a rich extra-curricular offer designed to build skills, confidence and ambition.

Our Culture
We are committed to disruption-free classrooms, where teachers can teach and students can learn without compromise. At the heart of our school is our ‘DNA’, a set of shared values that guide all we do:

Walk the Talk – We model the standards we expect
High Expectations – We never lower the bar for anyone
No Excuses – We believe every student can succeed
Outstanding Learning – Excellent teaching is our core purpose
WHY JOIN OUR ACADEMY

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

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