Pastoral Manager
Aldercar High School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG16 4HL21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2026
Closing date
12 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 May 2026
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
- £32,347.00 - £34,317.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 9
Pastoral Manager job summary
About this Role
Aldercar High School - In Pursuit of Excellence
Aldercar High School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and committed Pastoral Manager (Head of Year) to join our dedicated student services team.
This is a key middle leadership role within the school, responsible for leading and managing a year group to ensure all students achieve their full potential academically and personally. You will play a crucial role in promoting high standards of behaviour, attendance, achievement and student wellbeing.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a year group, ensuring high standards of attainment, progress and behaviour
- Provide strategic leadership and direction for the tutor team
- Monitor student progress using data, identifying underachievement and implementing interventions
- Promote student wellbeing, safeguarding and personal development
- Lead on behaviour management in line with the school’s Behaviour for Learning policy
- Work closely with parents/carers, staff and external agencies to support students
- Coordinate transition processes and key stage events
- Develop and implement pastoral improvement plans aligned with whole school priorities
- Support vulnerable groups including SEND, FSM and at-risk students
- Lead on interventions, mentoring and targeted support programmes
- Contribute to whole-school development planning and quality assurance
About You
We are looking for someone who:
- Has significant experience working with young people
- Has experience managing behaviour and supporting student wellbeing
- Demonstrates strong leadership and organisational skills
- Can analyse and use data effectively to drive improvement
- Is an excellent communicator with students, staff and parents/carers
- Has the ability to manage and motivate a team
- Is resilient, proactive and able to work under pressure
- Has a strong understanding of safeguarding and pastoral care
- Is committed to raising standards and improving outcomes for all students
Essential Qualifications:
- Degree level qualification or significant relevant experience
Desirable:
- Experience working within a school setting
- Knowledge of school systems (e.g. Arbor, MyConcern)
- First Aid qualification
Safeguarding
Aldercar High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to appropriate safeguarding checks.
Why Join Us?
- A supportive and forward-thinking leadership team
- A strong commitment to professional development
- A welcoming and inclusive school community
- Opportunities to make a real difference to students’ lives
Further information about the job
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Aldercar High School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 690 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aldercar High School website
About Aldercar High School
Welcome to Aldercar High School & Sixth Form Centre
The staff, governors and students of Aldercar High School and Sixth Form Centre extend a warm welcome to you. We are a rapidly improving school which has seen recent improvements in the academic achievements of our pupils.
We challenge our students to have high expectations of themselves throughout their school life. Good attendance and punctuality, as well as working hard and to the best of their ability, are key to their academic success. Being respectful, courteous and disciplined allows our students to develop into responsible members of both our school and their local community.
Aldercar High School is a happy and harmonious school where students are cared for well. They feel safe and their talents are nurtured by their teachers. Staff have strong relationships with parents so that students can be best supported to achieve their very best.
We aim for all of our students to leave Aldercar High School with the qualifications that reflect their very best ability as well as have the social confidence to make a real impact on their world whatever their talents.
I hope that our prospectus and website provides you with an insight into the life of students at Aldercar High School and that you have all the information that you need to make the right choice of school.
Clare Hatto
Head Teacher
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