Pastoral Lead
Knutsford Academy, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0EA14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2027
Closing date
18 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
4 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £24,836.00 - £26,941.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 - FTE Salary £29,542 to £32,046
Pastoral Lead job summary
Knutsford Academy are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Pastoral Lead to play a vital role in supporting the wellbeing, attendance, behaviour and safeguarding of our students. Working closely with families, staff and external agencies, you will help remove barriers to learning, promote positive attitudes and ensure every young person feels safe, supported and able to thrive. This is an excellent opportunity for a resilient, organised and student-centred professional who is passionate about making a lasting difference to the lives of young people.
We are looking for a motivated and resilient individual who can:
- Champion Student Wellbeing: Provide effective pastoral support to students, promoting positive mental health, resilience and personal development.
- Support Attendance, Behaviour & Engagement: Work proactively with students, families and staff to improve attendance, encourage positive behaviour and ensure students remain fully engaged in learning.
- Promote Inclusion: Support vulnerable students and those facing barriers to learning, ensuring every young person has the opportunity to succeed.
- Safeguard & Protect: Contribute to the school's safeguarding culture by identifying concerns, maintaining accurate records and working closely with safeguarding colleagues and external agencies.
- Build Positive Relationships: Develop productive partnerships with students, parents/carers, colleagues and external professionals to secure the best outcomes for students.
What We Offer
- Supportive Leadership: Guidance and support from experienced leaders committed to staff wellbeing and professional development.
- Employee Wellbeing: 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme and TLP Perks, including salary sacrifice schemes for cycles, cars and technology.
- Professional Growth: Access to high-quality training, development opportunities and career progression pathways across our family of schools.
Requirements
The successful candidate will have:
- Experience: Experience of working with children and young people in an educational, pastoral, youth work, safeguarding, social care or similar setting.
- Knowledge: A sound understanding of safeguarding, attendance, behaviour management and the barriers that can impact student achievement.
If you have any questions about the role or wish to discuss the application process, please email sor@knutsfordacademy.org.uk
The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).
The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other unfair discrimination.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, and candidates with disabilities to increase representation across our trust, as we know greater diversity leads to even better outcomes for children. We are proud to be a Disability Committed employer, working towards menopause-friendly status, and are 'happy to talk flexible working'.
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 Knutsford Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1429 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Knutsford Academy website
Knutsford Academy provides secondary education to over 1200 students aged from 11 to 18 in the historic town of Knutsford, less than 20 miles from the centre of Manchester and minutes from the M6 motorway. Students arrive in Year 7 from the local primary schools in Knutsford and we also attract a number of students from the south Manchester and Northwich areas. The school formed in 1953 as Knutsford High School and still operates from the original site in the centre of the town. It transferred to Academy status in 2012.
The school has a thriving Sixth Form and over the last four years has achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level which has seen a large number of students progressing to Russell Group universities. At GCSE, in the summer of 2018 80% all grades were at 4 or above and 25% of all grades at 7 or above with an overall improving progress 8 score.
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