Pastoral Manager

Foundry Lane Primary School, Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 3JT

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  12 July 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 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: £28,696.00 - £37,569.00 Annually (FTE) £25,175.22 - £33,104.07 (Actual)

Pastoral Manager job summary

Pastoral Manager

Contracted hours: 37 hours per week

Working hours: Monday to Thursday 8.00am - 4.00pm and Friday 8.00am - 3.30pm

Weeks per year: Term Time only, INSET days plus 1 week (40 weeks per year, 45.62 paid weeks)

Salary: Grade D/E - £25,175.22 - £33,104.07 (Actual) depending on experience

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and highly motivated pastoral professional to join our team as Pastoral Manager. You will play a vital part in ensuring that all pupils are safe, supported, and able to thrive both academically and personally.

As Pastoral Manager, you will lead and coordinate safeguarding, child protection, attendance, family engagement, and pastoral support across the school. Working closely with senior leaders, staff, families, and external agencies, you will ensure that vulnerable pupils receive timely and effective support while promoting a positive culture of wellbeing, inclusion, and high expectations.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who is passionate about making a difference to the lives of children and families and who has the confidence and expertise to lead safeguarding and pastoral provision within a school environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Safeguarding and Child Protection

• Take lead responsibility for safeguarding and child protection across the school.
• Act as the first point of contact for safeguarding concerns raised by staff.
• Refer cases of suspected abuse or neglect to appropriate external agencies.
• Promote a safeguarding culture where pupils feel safe, listened to, and supported.

Pastoral Support and Early Help

• Identify vulnerable pupils and families and coordinate and lead appropriate support and interventions.
• Lead on early help processes, including assessments and multi-agency planning.
• Support parents and carers through regular meetings and “surgery” sessions.
• Develop strategies to support families facing challenges, including emotional, behavioural, or social needs.

Attendance and Inclusion

• Monitor, track and analyse attendance data to identify concerns and trends.
• Work with families to address barriers to attendance and improve outcomes.
• Liaise with the Education Welfare Officer and external agencies regarding persistent absence.
• Ensure attendance concerns are addressed as part of wider safeguarding and pastoral support.

Parent and Family Engagement

• Develop and implement a whole-school approach to parent partnership and engagement.
• Build strong relationships with parents and carers to support pupil wellbeing and achievement.
• Lead and coordinate parenting workshops, courses and support programmes.
• Promote parental involvement in school life and maintain a register of parent volunteers.

Multi-Agency Working

• Act as the main point of contact for external agencies including social care, health, and police.
• Attend and contribute to child protection conferences, CIN meetings, and other multi-agency forums.
• Liaise effectively with external professionals to coordinate support for pupils and families.

Training and Staff Support

• Provide safeguarding training and updates for staff, including new starters, volunteers and students.
• Offer guidance and advice to staff on managing safeguarding and pastoral concerns.
• Support staff in making appropriate referrals and recording concerns.

Policy, Leadership and Development

• Lead on the review and implementation of safeguarding and pastoral policies.
• Contribute to a whole-school vision for pastoral care and family engagement.
• Promote a culture of inclusion, safeguarding, and high expectations for all pupils.
• Lead and line manage other members of the pastoral team.

About You:

To become a Pastoral Manager at Foundry Lane Primary School, you will need:

Knowledge & Understanding

Safeguarding and child protection legislation and procedures

The role of parents and carers in supporting children’s development

Early help processes and multi-agency working

Experience

Working with children and families in an educational or support setting

Safeguarding and child protection casework

Delivering support, training or workshops for parents or staff

Experience supporting Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children (desirable)

Skills

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to build effective relationships with pupils, families, and professionals

Strong organisational and record-keeping skills

Ability to manage a varied workload and prioritise effectively

Familiarity with school information management systems such as Arbor or CPOMS (desirable)

Qualifications

Relevant Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) plus GCSE English and Maths

Safeguarding / DSL training (or willingness to obtain)

Knowledge of or experience delivering structured programmes such as ELSA, Thrive, or Triple P (desirable)

Why Join us?

• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Local Government Pension Scheme.
• Free Enhanced DBS.
• Opportunities for further education and professional development.
• The opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of children, young people, and their families.

How do I apply?

To become our Pastoral Manager, simply click 'Apply now' and complete your application. If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact us at jobs@gatewaytrust.org.

The Gateway Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level will be required prior to any offer of employment.

We regularly review applications and reserve the right to close an advert early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, submit your application as soon as possible.

The Gateway Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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

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.

About Foundry Lane Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 524 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Foundry Lane Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/foundry-lane-primary-school-southampton

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