Pastoral Lead
Orchard Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 3HWThis job expired on 7 June 2023 – see similar jobs
Closing date
7 June 2023 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 May 2023
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,620.00 to £24,496.00
Pastoral Lead job summary
Orchard Academy is looking for a Pastoral Lead to join our team. The role would include, being a DSL/DDSL and deal with Safeguarding concerns, supporting our children and families within school, overseeing EHAs and external and internal meetings, attendance and the nurture and wellbeing provision for our children.
We are looking for someone who shares our vision and ethos to join our amazing team. The successful candidate should be:
· An effective communicator with all stakeholders
· An advocate for our children and families
· Able to plan time effectively and priorities
Orchard is a three-form entry junior school on the Springfield Estate in Milton Keynes with capacity for 360 children across KS2, with a twenty-pupil place social communication department for pupils at both Orchard and Shepherdswell.
At Orchard Academy we truly believe that the children are at the centre of all we do. We have a strong inclusive ethos, making our school a place where we all belong. Our children are eager to learn, and we promote positive learning behaviours, so all succeed. Our dedicated staff encourage all our children to learn and grow, by providing a rich, relevant and ambitious curriculum through high quality teaching and learning.
We are part of East Midlands Academy Trust and are one of their family of schools. We work closely together and by working with our Trust, you’ll be able to take advantage of a wealth of professional development and support opportunities, as well as a range of employee benefits.
These include:
· Continuous professional development and training opportunities
· Dedicated support from our school improvement team
· Career and leadership opportunities within our growing family of schools
· A Trust employee forum with representatives from across the organisation
· A confidential 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme
· Childcare vouchers scheme
· A corporate eye care plan
· Cycle to work scheme
Headspace
Flu Vaccination
How to apply
If you have any questions regarding this role, please email recruitment@emat.uk or call Lorna Stockwell on 07500 559281.
If you would like to visit the school please contact the school office office@shepherdswell.emat.uk or call 01908 665418
EMAT has the right to withdraw this advert before the closing date if a suitable candidate is found.
EMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post.
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.
About Orchard Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 358 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Orchard Academy website (opens in new tab)
Orchard Academy, situated in Springfield Milton Keynes, is at the heart of the community. A large KS2 primary with a 3 form entry,
Orchard is a founding member of the East Midlands Academy Trust and shares leadership, teaching and administration with our neighbour, Shepherdswell Academy, who are also part of EMAT, allowing us to offer the pupils a continuing broad and balanced curriculum at both key stages 1 and 2.
Through the Orchard creed we encourage the boys and girls to celebrate diversity and respect others regardless of ability, gender, ethnicity or religion. We aim to sustain a happy, caring, supportive and positive learning community where each child can develop and extend their potential and achieve success.
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