Pastoral Leader

Dinnington High School, Sheffield, S25 2NZ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, term time, plus x2 inset days plus 13 additional days Monday to Thursday 8am to 4pm, Friday 8am to 3.30pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £32,061 to £34,434

What skills and experience we're looking for

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher: Behaviour and Standards / Associate Senior Leader: Behaviour and Attitudes.

Based at: Dinnington High School

Paid at: Support Staff Band G

OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE POST

• To support the personal development, welfare and behaviour of all students.
• To work with key academy staff to ensure that all students are respectful, responsible and resilient.

MAIN DUTIES

Behaviour and Standards

• To lead day-to-day management and high standards of pastoral leadership of the year group, along with the setting, development and implementation of policies, plans, targets, practices and procedures, related to the Pastoral Leadership of students within the context of the vision, ethos, aims and objectives of the academy.
• To participate in the whole academy ‘on call’ system.
• To undertake break/lunch duties as directed.
• Support the application of the academy’s Behaviour for Learning Policy.
• Ensure all students wear correct academy uniform, or are otherwise appropriately dressed and bring the right equipment to academy, including academy planner.
• Ensure the accurate and timely recording of behaviour incidents and interventions.
• Ensure students are punctual to lessons and move safely around the building.
• Undertake proactive and reactive meetings with students (and their teachers and parents/carers where relevant) related to addressing issues of behaviour and academy standards.
• Oversee the system of detentions for students in the year group, including collation of detention days and undertaking detention holding duties.
• Support the tutors by both supporting and disciplining students as and when appropriate.
• Undertake registration of tutor groups in the absence of tutors.
• Manage any minor tutor group changes throughout the academic year and ensure that there is an induction programme in place for students entering the year group ‘midterm’.
• Support delivery of celebration assemblies.
• Liaison with support tutors to monitor patterns of negative behaviour.
• Support supervision of consequence room in the absence of post holder.

• Minimise disruption to learning and teaching by ensuring high expectations and standards with regard to compliant behaviour and behaviour for learning in line with the academy’s Behaviour Policy. Do so through liaison with subject leaders, classroom teachers and tutors.

Safeguarding and Student Welfare

• Support the welfare of students in association with the core safeguarding team. Follow up incidents. Maintain detailed records including CPOMS. Support sanctions where appropriate. Communicate with parents/carers.
• To attend meetings with parents, multi- agency partners including Social Care and Early Help and academy staff including, TAF, CIN meetings and all meetings deemed appropriate to the wellbeing of the students in the year group.
• To be responsible for ensuring that the academy Safeguarding Policy is adhered to and concerns are raised in accordance with the policy and reported to the Designated Safeguarding Lead.
• Assist in the preparation of reports for the designated safeguarding lead including confidential items, social care and medical information with and for relevant partner agencies.
• Make arrangements for admission and leavers, including the transfer of documentation, in liaison with the DSL.
• Effectively use recognised systems of student information recording and retrieval including CPOMS, SIMS/Bromcom and the attendance data.
• Maintenance of accurate, objective and swiftly timed reports for the designated safeguarding lead and multi-agency partners.
• To support with first aid as and when required (training will be given).

Attendance and Punctuality

• To have an overview of the year group’s punctuality and attendance ensuring parents are informed and involved. To support the academy’s drive for improved attendance, including celebration in assembly.
• Support the work of the Attendance Officer to ensure improved attendance of identified cohorts. This could include targeted intervention, parental communication and home visits.
• Prepare attendance updates for attendance strategy meetings.
• Lead and administer year group detentions for punctuality.

Communication

• Support SLT/TLR post holders in the organisation, promotion and delivery of parental consultation evenings.
• Respond to parental enquiries by telephone, letter or email as appropriate.
• To keep accurate records of all communication with parents, all interventions and any other pertinent information relating to students within the year group in student files, to include SIMS/Bromcom and CPOMS.

Additional Responsibilities

• To assist with the supervision of students entering internal/external examinations.
• To manage the supervision of students attending assemblies and year group events.
• Support any academy trips, visits or experiences.
• To provide support/cover as and when required for the consequence room.

Other Duties

• Other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the grade of the post which may be required from time to time.
• To ensure equality of opportunity is afforded to all persons both internal and external to the academy, actively seeking to eliminate any direct or indirect discriminatory practices and behaviour.

This job description is subject to amendment, from time to time, within the terms of your conditions of employment, but only to the extent consistent with the needs of the Trust, and only after consultation with you.

All staff and senior post holders have a duty for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Staff must be aware of the Trust procedures for raising concerns about students’ welfare and must report any concern to the designated officers without delay. Staff must also ensure that they attend the appropriate level of safeguarding training identified by the Trust as relevant to their role.

The post holder’s duties must at all times be carried out in compliance with the Trust’s Equality and Diversity Policy, and the post holder must take reasonable care of the health and safety of self, other persons and resources whilst at work. This entails supporting the Trust’s responsibilities under the Health and Safety Act.

All staff are expected to support the achievement of the Trust’s mission and strategic objectives and to demonstrate its values through their behaviour.

What the school offers its staff

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work

Professional Development

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Dinnington High School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1005 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dinnington High School website
• Email address: l.lewis@nclt.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dinnington-high-school-sheffield

Dinnington High School is a growing 11-18 Academy with a positive reputation at the heart of the local community.  We pride ourselves on knowing our students well and caring for them effectively while maintaining high standards and expectations so they can achieve their potential academically and personally to be the best they can be. We take staff well-being equally as seriously valuing our greatest asset – our people. In all our work with students, staff and parents, we strive to follow the Dinnington Way: kindness, respect, excellence.


 


New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) has a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education and service.  The Trust currently comprises of three 16-19 Colleges, three Secondary Schools and three Primary Schools.




 

Why Work for Us?


·         NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards - these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country 



·         A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter


·         Access to high quality professional training, both in-house and externally, to support your professional development


·         Attractive pension scheme


·         Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme


·         A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff

Arranging a visit to Dinnington High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email l.lewis@nclt.ac.uk.

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