Pastoral Leader

Oxford Spires Academy, Oxford, OX4 2AU

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,559.00 - £33,366.00 Annually (Actual)

Pastoral Leader job summary

Are you a highly motivated and experienced individual with a passion for supporting students?

Are you looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can make a real difference?

If so, we are looking for you!

Oxford Spires Academy are seeking a Pastoral Leader to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of success in managing and motivating , as well as a passion for supporting students. You will be responsible for providing support to students and their families.

This post is 5 days per week, term time only + 5 days

The role of the Pastoral Leader is a key role supporting the Heads of Years to guide and manage year groups. The role is significant and varied and includes supporting behaviour, safeguarding, attendance issues and encouraging participation in House events. The Pastoral Leader works closely with tutors and external agencies. To ensure consistency of expectations and behaviour during periods of teacher absence, the Pastoral Leader will also deliver a number of cover lessons throughout the week.

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for the right person. You should have excellent communication skills, be able to work as a highly effective team member and have exceptional time management skills.   

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and require all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.

It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’. Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role, therefor if you are interested in the role we would encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

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 Oxford Spires Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Oxford Spires Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/oxford-spires-academy

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