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  • Job start date

    1 September 2026

  • Closing date

    30 January 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 January 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 4 weeks

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£35,412.00 to £39,152.00 per annum (pro rata £32,802.09 to £36,266.45 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:

  • Degree or Diploma in Counselling /Social Care or Careers.
  • Experience of working with young people and families in a Secondary School setting.
  • Experience of providing counselling/pastoral support or careers guidance within a Secondary School setting.
  • The ability to maintain positive relationships with students and other adults.
  • The ability to work effectively and sensitively with a range of groups and individuals.

What the school offers its staff

Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is a Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in Cheetham Hill in 2017 and moved to our new state-of-the-art campus in 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.

We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. 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.

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.

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About Eden Girls' Leadership Academy, Manchester

School type
Free School, Muslim, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
636 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
0161 329 7300

Eden Girls’ Leadership Academy, Manchester is an 800 place, Muslim faith-based secondary school for girls aged 11-18. It opened in September 2017, admitting 120 girls into Year 7, and welcomes applications from pupils of all faiths and none. The school will build up its pupil numbers year on year. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.

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