Pastoral Head of Year
Redden Court School, Romford, Essex, RM3 0TS4 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 October 2025
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
- £32,355.00 - £33,218.00 Annually (FTE) SO1 points 23-25
Pastoral Head of Year job summary
We are seeking to employ a Pastoral Head of Year to join us as soon as possible. Redden Court School is a happy, hardworking and thriving school which has exceeded expectations in so many areas for a decade.
At Redden Court School, we have a passionately holistic approach to providing the children we serve the best possible education to give them what they need for successful and happy futures. We are committed to providing an excellent education that develops ambition, raises expectations and delivers excellent results. Our students are helped to become the best versions of themselves as people who know they must work hard and who have responsibilities.
We are looking for an inspiring, motivated, hard working person. We want someone who is caring, forward-thinking and able to work with everyone in a community that is hardworking, totally committed and loyal.
Principal duties and responsibilities:
To develop personal knowledge of students and provide information and advice as required.
In collaboration with all staff, to be responsible for:
- the moral, intellectual and social development of students
- pastoral care and counselling of students
To keep students’ records of attainments, achievements and track progress
To check uniform regularly
To liaise with external agencies and help write reports and attend appropriate meetings when required
To attend CLA meetings and deal with vulnerable students
To complete MARF forms when required
To complete Welfare Checks when required. This will include a need to drive and having access to a car.
To attend supervision sessions
To visit family homes and provide support when required
To liaise with members of SLT with oversight of pastoral care
To participate in decisions relating to students
To provide work to students who have been excluded or long-term sick
To formulate policy on pastoral care in conjunction with other relevant staff
To ensure that agreed school policies are adhered to
To be on ‘duty’ points in line with the duty timetable
To manage the team(s) of tutors and the delegation of responsibilities and tasks
To oversee aspects of the day to day running of tutor teams
To be responsible for the standards of form time within the year group
To lead their year group’s form reps
To liaise with the EWO assigned to the school over matters relating to the welfare of students
To appraise current practice and offer advice and guidance as appropriate
To help ensure there is a sharing of information regarding the progress of individual students with parents, tutors and teaching staff
To deliver updates and insets at briefing
To deliver whole school training when appropriate
To organise and liaise with the progress lead about the student monitoring process
To co-ordinate the provision of assemblies which, in part, promote British Values
To participate in cross-curricular developments within the school
To liaise regularly with the SEND team to best support students
To attend HOF/HOY meetings
To keep up to date with the latest research and literature of the pastoral care of children
To participate in relevant staff development programmes within the school and local authority and when appropriate, contribute to in-service training of less experienced colleagues
To make a positive contribution to the overall development of the school in co-operation with other staff and outside agencies
To liaise with other Pastoral Heads on transfer of students as they progress
To liaise with other schools on transfer of students as they progress
To undertake any duties at the direction of the Headteacher which are consistent with the responsibilities of the post
To encourage and develop co-operation and teamwork through inter-house competitions
If you wish to have an informal discussion about the post before applying please feel free to contact our Deputy Head, Mr K Ward on 01708 342293 or by emailing kward@reddencourtcloud.co.uk.
Wellbeing
Redden Court values its staff's wellbeing. We endeavour to offer a holistic approach to ensure all our stakeholders are supported in their emotional, physical and mental health.
We offer the following staff benefits:
Child places at Redden Court School are available for staff who are employed at the school (subject to conditions).
Career Development (apprenticeships, support towards achieving further qualifications, leadership programmes, progression opportunities, teacher training, shadow opportunities and a vast CPD programme of relevant courses)
Pension
All teaching staff are allocated a Chromebook
Multi Gym available for staff use
Staff supervision sessions with a trained professional
Cycle-to-work scheme
The school is signed up to the Schools Advisory Service which offers:
a 24 hour GP helpline,
access to physiotherapy sessions,
access to a counselling service,
free 12 week weight management programme,
support for stress management,
lifestyle screening,
menopause support,
long term condition support,
private medical operations.
Regular staff social and get-together events
A regular staff survey consults staff and takes actions based on the results.
We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender identity, ethnic origin, disability, age or sexual orientation.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.
The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way with the application/interview process
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Redden Court School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1061 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Redden Court School website
We pride ourselves on being a fully comprehensive school placed at the heart of the community. We want all of our students to be happy, ambitious and to achieve results that reflect their true potential.
Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.
Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches.
We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.
Redden Court is the founding school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering.
We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.
We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The school has also been accredited with All Together (Anti Bullying), Place2Be (Student Mental Health), SEND Exceptional Outcomes Award, The Quality in Careers Standards, Healthy Schools Gold Award and Gold Travel Ambassadors Award.
We are a growing community Trust with inclusion at the heart of our ethos and require leaders who will bring this vision to life.
These are exciting times for Redden Court School with so much change and challenge in the future.
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