29 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2025

  • Closing date

    10 January 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    9 December 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£23,215.00 - £25,513.00 Annually (Actual) Term Time Only

Pastoral Manager job summary

Springfield is a popular and high performing 11-16 school, in which ‘leaders are determined to provide a high-quality education for all pupils, regardless of their ability or circumstances’. Ofsted judged the school to be ‘good’ in October 2019.

You will be ambitious, well-qualified and highly motivated. The successful candidate will benefit from wide ranging CPD opportunities.

For an informal discussion regarding the post, please telephone Mr Brimacombe (Deputy Headteacher).

Springfield School and The De Curci Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level, and any other background checks, including overseas checks, will be required prior to any offer of employment.

Completed application forms will be passed to the recruitment panel for shortlisting and will be reviewed against the person specification detailed in the advert. Applications will be assessed upon receipt and we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date. An early application is therefore strongly advised.

To assist the Head of Achievement (Year) in maintaining school expectations on attendance, behaviour and uniform by challenging students, investigating/recording incidents and managing sanctions.

To assist the Head of Achievement (Year) in monitoring the academic progress and social and emotional well being of pupils within a year group.

To contribute to plans/interventions to improve the behaviour and/or progress of individual pupils in the year group.

To work in partnership with staff and parents to identify and address pupil concerns.

To provide a ‘day to day’ care, support and guidance service for pupils, staff and parents. To ensure that advice is given, enquiries are answered and information is provided.

To communicate with parents/carers by telephone, face to face and/or in writing to ensure that incidents or concerns are reported and followed up.

To support the Head of Achievement (Year) with year office administration; to include maintaining secure and up to date pupil records (e.g. incident logs, correspondence, appropriate welfare information, pupil premium funding allocation, vulnerable/targeted groups).

To liaise with parents and outside agencies and lead/attend meetings as appropriate; to include multi-agency meetings as directed.

To supervise pupils completing work (when not in class or at the end of the school day as required) that has been set in accordance with school protocols. To provide ‘on-call’ assistance and (pupil) supervisory duties as appropriate, including supervising the internal exclusion room.

To promote positive values, attitudes and good student behaviour, offer praise and rewards, and promote pupil successes across the school.

To manage pupils who are showing socially unacceptable or challenging behaviour under the direction of guidelines in operation at the school.

To establish productive working relationships with pupils using methods to encourage pupil engagement, participation and achievement in activities.

To work in partnership with other practitioners to deliver effective interventions and support for children and families, completing referrals as appropriate/directed.

To encourage pupils to develop social skills and independence whilst providing support when it is needed.

To report pupil and school issues in line with the school’s policies for health and safety, child protection, behaviour management etc.

To observe best practice with respect to maintaining confidentiality and managing sensitive information.

To attend parent consultation evenings, meetings and professional development sessions as required.

To take part in extra curricular activities, e.g. open days, presentation evenings, period 6.

Commitment to safeguarding

The De Curci Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level, and any other background checks, including overseas and on-line checks, will be required prior to any offer of employment.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Springfield School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1103 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16

We are a large and inclusive school with over 1100 students on roll, situated in the suburb of Drayton, to the north of the city of Portsmouth, nestled under the slopes of Portsdown Hill.

The school has an established history of excellent practice and high achievement. Ofsted judged the school to be 'good' in October 2019 and commented that 'leaders are determined to provide a high-quality education for all pupils regardless of their ability or circumstances'.



We are a strong, aspirational community founded on positive and respectful relationships;

every individual is known and supported in their learning and personal development. We

aim to inspire our students with a love of learning, a desire to innovate and a sense of

discovery and optimism for their twenty-first century world.

Our curriculum is rich and broad and our commitment to promoting student leadership

and co-construction means that students are actively engaged in developing the school and

shaping their own learning. Our teachers recognise individual learning styles, as well as the

need to encourage independent and collaborative learning.

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