Pastoral Lead
Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
10th November
Closing date
14 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 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
- £30,828.00 - £32,371.00 Annually (FTE) AS 16-19 £30,828-£32,371 pro rata £26,753-£28,092
Pastoral Lead job summary
Pastoral Lead
We are looking to recruit an outstanding and committed professional to join our highly effective Pastoral team that believes young people in Bedford deserve the very best quality of education.
We want someone with very high expectations who is passionate about working with young people and is ambitious to see them achieve. You will be a resilient team player with a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use your own initiative and problem-solve.
The pastoral leadership team is friendly and cohesive and works with teachers and other support staff, ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that we provide the very best for our pupils and families. It is important to us that you buy-in to and share the ethos and vision of the school.
Key Duties
To deputise as necessary for the relevant Senior Leader
To have shared responsibility for the operation of the Pastoral Support Offices and pastoral intervention packages
To work alongside the pastoral team and deputise where necessary with regards to monitoring pupil academic achievement and enabling positive pupil outcomes
To be the lead professional for pupils who are members of vulnerable groups (with Education Health Care Plans, low attendance, looked after children etc.)
To work closely with the Assistant Principal with regards to any pupil matters and deputise for them in all matters concerning the relevant year groups
To be an initial point of contact in the day-to-day running of pastoral support, acting as a triage to deal with concerns raised or to identify the colleague who can best deal with this and support the actions of that colleague
To be the point of contact for families and external agencies for a significant group of pupils
To lead on uniform, attendance, punctuality, behaviour and safeguarding issues for a significant group of pupils
To assist the Assistant Principal in the further development of the pastoral support system.
JOB SPECIFICS
Start date Monday 10th November 2025
Salary AS 16 -19 £30,828- £32,371 FTE Actual pro rata salary £26,753-£28,092
Job role Permanent, Full time, Term Time + INSET days, 37 hrs per week, Monday-Friday 8:15am-4:15pm
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.
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 Bedford Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 525 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bedford Free School website
Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.
Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.
BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.
We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
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