PASTORAL ASSISTANT – STUDENT WELFARE Grade 4
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B38 8AP6 days remaining to apply
Closing date
17 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
21 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 22.5 hours per week Term Time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Grade 4 Actual Salary £18,453.00 - £22,608.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Are you passionate about the education, well-being and care of young people?
- Are you enthusiastic about students reaching their full potential?
- Are you excited about the possibility of joining a dedicated team of committed and hardworking staff.
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School & Sixth Form is seeking to appoint an outstanding Pastoral Assistant as soon as possible.
We are seeking an innovative and driven individual who is determined to make an impact within the pastoral team.
This is a key role as we seek to continue to raise achievement across the school. It is an excellent opportunity to work with great colleagues and grow professionally.
St Thomas Aquinas is a large and thriving Catholic comprehensive school in the south of Birmingham. It is a vibrant community where staff and students from all faiths live out the school mission. The Catholic Schools Inspectorate judged the school to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas, and the school has very recently been through a very successful Ofsted inspection. As a result, we are an oversubscribed school and becoming increasingly popular with families.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to build something special and make a huge contribution in a major Catholic comprehensive school.
The school requires an enthusiastic and hardworking Pastoral Assistant with responsibility for student welfare to join our team. The purpose of this role is to reduce student absence by working closely with families where students’ attendance is a barrier to their engagement in school life and overall wellbeing. The person appointed will need to improve attendance rates for these students by working closely with external agencies and leading on proactive support plans to remove any barriers affecting students’ ability to attend school regularly.
You will be responsible for:
- Promoting positive attitudes by students and families towards attendance ensuring that parents are made fully aware of their statutory responsibilities.
- Analysing attendance data, identifying students with persistent absence and creating support plans and packages for these students and their families.
- Leading on Early Help Assessments to support families and remove barriers to students’ attendance.
- Working closely with external agencies to ensure appropriate support is put in place.
What the school offers its staff
St Thomas Aquinas is a large and thriving Catholic comprehensive school in the south of Birmingham. It is a vibrant community where staff and students from all faiths live out the school mission. The Catholic Schools Inspectorate judged the school to be ‘Outstanding’ in all areas, and the school has very recently been through a very successful Ofsted inspection. As a result, we are an oversubscribed school and becoming increasingly popular with families.
This is a wonderful opportunity for the right candidate to build something special and make a huge contribution in a major Catholic comprehensive school.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
St Thomas Aquinas is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1190 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School website
- Email address
- c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 464 4643
St Thomas Aquinas is a large and thriving Catholic comprehensive school in the south of Birmingham. Along with seven local primary schools, it is part of a growing Catholic Multi Academy
Arranging a visit to St Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email c.tullett@lumenchristi.org.uk.
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