Pastoral Manager
Cranbury College, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 2TS16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
01 September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 June 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
- £36,718.00 - £40,602.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 8, Scale 30 -34.
Pastoral Manager job summary
About the role
This is a key role supporting the Leadership Team, focused on ensuring outstanding support for students who face barriers to learning, including social, emotional and behavioural challenges, low self-esteem, and attendance concerns. You will play a vital role in improving student outcomes, promoting inclusion and ensuring effective safeguarding practice across all settings, primarily based at Cranbury Road but regularly attending our satellite sites to ensure consistency and provide support across all provisions.
The ability to be able to analyse data and use it to support students progress both academically and pastorally, to maintain accurate records and oversee intervention tracking systems is key. In this role you will analyse behaviour, attendance and pastoral data to inform strategy and ensure clear communication across staff, leaders and stakeholders, as well as leading a team of Behaviour Support Workers to ensure a structured, impactful service. You will also provide targeted mentoring and intervention for vulnerable students, coordinate personalised strategies to improve behaviour, attendance and engagement, liaise with families, external agencies and professionals to ensure joined-up support and contribute to safeguarding processes and multi-agency work.
A vital part of this role involves the ability to lead behaviour systems and strategies in collaboration with SLT, overseeing daily operational behaviour support, including on-call and interventions. You will direct support staff in applying effective behaviour management approaches and proactively identify students at risk of exclusion and implement early intervention.
About Cranbury College
Cranbury College is a Alternative Education provider for young people ranging from 5-16 years old. We support learners who have been permanently excluded from mainstream settings and provide preventative support to those who are at risk of permanent exclusion. Additionally, we support those that unintentionally exclude themselves from education and children who cannot access school for medical reasons. We are a multi-site organisation which includes our Primary provision, based at College Road and Secondary provision, based at Cranbury Road. We have Outreach teams that provide specialist support within schools and a Hospital Teaching Service based at Royal Berkshire Hospital who provide education to children on short and long term stays. Cranbury College is a fast paced, energetic setting where we pride ourselves on a strong team ethic, always working together to create a nurturing and supportive setting for our student's alternative pathway to success.
About the Trust
Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to developing a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative community of highly effective schools that deliver excellent education opportunities for the children and young people of the communities we serve. Through our work we will ensure that our children are equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to deal with the demands of an ever-changing world. The Trust currently comprises 9 schools in the local area, with a variety of settings including primary, secondary, special and a PRU. As a Trust, we encourage professional development at all levels through the use of cross Trust networks to share best practice and ideas. We also actively encourage the promotion of staff to different roles within the Trust and to different settings in line with their career aspirations. Click Work @ Maiden Erlegh Trust to find out more information about why you should work for Maiden Erlegh Trust and to read testimonials from existing staff.
Benefits:
Further information about some of the staff benefits that Maiden Erlegh Trust offers its employees, can be found on our website HERE
Staff Wellbeing is very important to us. As a member of Maiden Erlegh Trust staff these are just some of the examples of how we show our appreciation to staff.
- We operate a system of ‘ME days’ allowing staff to request on additional day off per year to attend special events such as children’s sports days & graduations, family and friends' weddings.
- CPD is available for all staff at all levels.
- Free flu vaccinations are offered to all staff.
- Free eye tests are provided for eligible staff.
- Breakfast and lunch provided for staff regularly, including on many INSET days and as a thank you throughout the year.
If you believe that this is an environment where you can thrive, develop and substantially contribute to an exciting future for our students, then you are encouraged to explore further by contacting recruitment@maidenerleghtrust.org for a more detailed discussion, if required.
Applicants are advised to apply as early as possible as we reserve the right to close the advert and interview at any time. Please note that appointment to this role is subject to securing funding.
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and successful references.
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 Cranbury College
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 16
- School size
- 40 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cranbury College website
Cranbury College is an Alternative Provision academy based in Reading.
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