Pastoral Leader

Small Heath Leadership Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 9RX

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  10 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 May 2025

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 2 weeks
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £30,559.00 to £33,366.00 per annum (pro-rata £26,958.82 to £29,435.13 per annum)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Who we’re looking for

We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.

You will have:

• 5 A*-Cs at GCSE including English and Maths.
• Previous experience of working with learners of all ages or dealing with members of the public in a busy setting
• Experience of supporting pupils and parents.
• Effective use of ICT.
• Excellent communication skills both verbally and in writing.

What the school offers its staff

Small Heath Leadership Academy in Birmingham is a secondary school for 11 to 18 year olds. We joined Star Academies in 2018 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

The school was rated ‘good’ in all four areas of the inspection framework during its inspection in May 2022.

We are an ambitious school with high expectations for all of our pupils. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.

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 are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

JDPS - Pastoral Leader.pdf - 253 KB (opens in new tab)

About Small Heath Leadership Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1187 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Small Heath Leadership Academy website
• Email address: joy.nessa@smallheath.staracademies.org
• Phone number: 0121 464 7997
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/small-heath-leadership-academy

Small Heath Leadership Academy in Birmingham is a 1200 place, 11-18 secondary school and sixth form. Small Heath joined the Trust on 1 January 2018. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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