Pastoral Lead

Kineton Green Primary School, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 7EB

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 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: £24,126.00 - £31,960.00 Annually (Actual) Support Staff Band D (Point 11 - 26) FTE £28,142 - £37,280 per annum.

Pastoral Lead job summary

Salary: Support Staff Band D (Point 11 - 26) FTE £28,142 - £37,280 per annum. Actual salary £24,126 - £31,960 per annum

Hours: 37 hours a week, Monday - Friday, Term time only

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

Kineton Green Primary School is a one form entry school in Solihull. We are a good school (Ofsted January 2020). We take great pride in developing a caring, creative and safe environment for our learners and we are passionate about providing a rich and varied curriculum that inspires curiosity and enquiry.

We are currently seeking to recruit an enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking Pastoral Lead to join our team at Kineton Green Primary School. Applicants should be educated to level 4 or above in English and Maths. You should have experience working with families and working with key statutory and non-statutory stakeholders. Experience of working in a school setting and school attendance systems is desirable.

The successful applicant will provide support to families who are experiencing challenging situations/circumstances that are having an impact on family and school life. They will be working alongside school staff to offer support and signpost families to appropriate services, facilitating improved access to specialist services including supporting and attending LAC meetings. They will be trained as a Deputy DSL and appropriately act upon any safeguarding issues and report to the school DSL. The successful applicant will also lead on attendance within the school. This will involve analysing attendance, investigating pupil absences, attending any Spotlight meetings with parents and working with the Educational Welfare Officer. They will also be part of the Inclusion Team and attend weekly inclusion meetings to discuss vulnerable pupils/families.

Why Join Summit Learning Trust?

• A welcoming, supportive, and inclusive working environment.
• Commitment to your professional development with high quality CPD opportunities and career progression.
• Access to staff wellbeing initiatives and a wide range of employee benefits.
• The chance to make a meaning impact on the lives of young people.

Informal conversations are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on 0121 706 3873

The closing date is midnight on 2nd November 2025 and it is anticipated that interviews will be shortly afterwards.

We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and communities. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, respected and supported to thrive.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s Barred List check., and online searches will be conducted for shortlisted candidates. Our Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy is available to view here. If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.

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.

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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 Kineton Green Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 232 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kineton Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kineton-green-primary-school-solihull

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