Pastoral Leader
Heath Lane Academy, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 7PD25 days remaining to apply
Job start date
21 August 2025
Closing date
15 June 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 7.45am - 3.45pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,855 - £34,314 (actual salary (£24,898 - £29,609)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Summary:
We wish to appoint a Pastoral Leader working within a supportive and positive pastoral team under the Assistant Principal. You will ensure that pupils are supported to the best that they can be. The Pastoral Leader will address matters that arise skillfully and promptly dealing with behaviour, attitude, standards and engagement. The successful candidate will engage with parents to build and maintain positive relationships with the community and maintain excellent records of intervention, supporting the graduated approach to pastoral support.
Pastoral Leaders model good pupil conduct, dress code and professionalism. They are supportive of the school culture and instrumental in removing barriers to enable pupils to meet the demands of the classroom.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Support our Pupils
- To work as part of the Pastoral Team at the direction of the Assistant Principal to support pupils learning
- Monitor and intervene where appropriate and upload the academy standards including behaviour, attendance, attitude, uniform
- Carry out daily culture walks and monitor the academy climate and culture
- Communicate clearly with parents with regards to praise, sanctions and interventions
- Ensure prompt and accurate record keeping of pupil files and entries onto recording systems such as CPOMS, class charts and SIMS
- Undertake investigations into more complex cases as required to resolve points of conflict
- Develop the academy’s range of interventions to support pupils
- Support the Behaviour Manager and provide cover in this area when needed
- Work with the Attendance team to improve pupil attendance through monitoring, phone calls, home visits and attending meetings as necessary
- Under the guidance of the Vice Principal and Assistant Principal, work with individuals and groups of pupils to help them achieve to the best of their ability
- Attend morning line ups to complete welfare checks on key pupils and focus groups
Support the School and Community
- Demonstrate the importance of inclusion, equality and diversity when working with pupils and colleagues and when representing the school at all times
- Build respectful and trusting relationships with pupils and families, acting as a role model for our professional behaviours and high aspirations
- Proactively engage with activities outside the classroom, working as part of a team to oversee pupils and support with activities such as; breakfast club, play times and lunchtimes
- Supervise pupils on visits and trips outside of school as required
Collaborate with teaching staff and department heads to ensure a smooth transition and effective communication about lesson progress and pupil behaviour.
What the school offers its staff
- Westfield Rewards - access to resources such as a discounted shopping platform and wellness hub including discounted gym membership
- Access to a dedicated employee assistance counselling and advice line
- Westfield Health cash plan – claim the cost back on health services such as physio, dental treatments and optical services (eligible after 6 months service)
- Cycle to work scheme
- Car lease scheme
- LGPS Pension
- 1 personal day/wellbeing day per year
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
Please complete the online application.
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heath Lane Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 698 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Heath Lane Academy website
- Email address
- melanie.osborne@heathlaneacademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01455 845061
Arranging a visit to Heath Lane Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email melanie.osborne@heathlaneacademy.org.uk.
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