Pastoral Lead

The Mease Spencer Academy, Hilton, DE65 5LX

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  29 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 November 2026

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: £25,365.00 - £27,069.00 Annually (Actual) NJC12-16 - Full Time - Term Time Only (across two schools)

Pastoral Lead job summary

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting children and families to overcome barriers to learning, improve attendance, promote wellbeing and access appropriate services. Working closely with school staff, parents and external agencies, you will help ensure that every child has the best possible opportunity to thrive both in school and at home.

The role will be supporting bothThe Mease Spencer Academy (Hilton) and Castleward Spencer Academy (Derby City Centre). This is a unique opportunity to work across two schools, building strong relationships with families and making a meaningful difference within both communities.

You will:

• Work closely with the Senior Leadership Team in both schools, particularly the SENCO, to support pupils and families effectively.
• Lead and coordinate SEMH interventions across the school, ensuring support is delivered in line with the graduated response.
• Build positive relationships with families through initiatives such as parenting programmes, drop-in sessions and targeted support.
• Contribute to both academy’s safeguarding teams, including attending safeguarding meetings, completing Early Help Assessments and supporting referrals to external agencies as required.
• Undertake the Early Intervention Practitioner Apprenticeship to further develop knowledge and expertise in family support and early intervention (unless already qualified).

We are looking for:

• A caring and inclusive teaching assistant who is committed to ensuring all children are safe, thrive and develop a lifelong love of learning.
• A reflective, research-informed practitioner who responds positively to feedback and continually seeks to improve outcomes for pupils.
• Someone with high professional standards who handles sensitive information with discretion and maintains positive relationships with children, families and external agencies.
• A passionate and resilient team player who works collaboratively with school, home and other professionals to support the best outcomes for children.
• Someone who is committed to making a genuine difference to the lives of children and families within our school communities.

What can we offer you?

- Friendly, supportive, enthusiastic and hardworking colleagues

- Academies where you will feel valued for your hard work

- A growing learning community with opportunities to learn from others and through research

- Encouragement to develop new ideas and the opportunity to make a real difference

- Networking opportunities

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 The Mease Spencer Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Mease Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-mease-spencer-academy

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