12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st Sept 2024

  • Closing date

    15 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    24 June 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£29,269.00 - £32,076.00 Annually (FTE)

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.

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.

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.

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About Oxford Spires Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
View all Secondaryjobs
School size
1345 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19

School location

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