Pastoral Lead (Secondary)

St Aldhelm's Academy, Poole, Dorset, BH12 4HS

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  23 February 2025 at 2:05pm

• Date listed

  15 January 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: 22877.16 - 24802.13

Pastoral Lead (Secondary) job summary

We are looking for someone with a desire to support our Academy in ensuring our pupils reach their potential. You will be dynamic, resilient and motivated with a willingness to uphold our high expectations to secure ‘Outstanding Achievement for All’.

You must be able to support the needs of the pupils, Heads of Year Team and Curriculum. You will be promoting effective communication between home and school by being available for parents/carers on both a drop-in and appointment basis, communicating effectively with all agencies and arranging and recording meetings and supporting with admin tasks such as collecting statements, issuing report cards, etc. You will also be supporting the students by ensuring they are in the right frame of mind to access and engage in lessons, developing solutions for individual student issues and supporting the development of progress strategies whilst providing comfort and immediate care and support following any incidents/upsets.

We are looking for a candidate who is:

·         Highly committed, enthusiastic, flexible and skilled, who is passionate about supporting children’s learning.

·         Able to show initiative and work independently and as part of a team

·         Has excellent interpersonal skills

·         Can communicate well with children and adults and who is able to gain the confidence of children

·         Has a warm personality and is able to remain calm under pressure

·         Is able to plan programmes of support and maintain accurate records of involvement

·         Is able to demonstrate emotional literacy, empathy, be supportive and discreet.

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About St Aldhelm's Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 844 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St Aldhelm's Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-aldhelm-s-academy (opens in new tab)

A mixed comprehensive school with approximately 700 pupils on roll, in years 7 to 11.

Part of Ambitions Academies Trust and located in the beautiful county of Dorset.

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