Pastoral Manager

James Brindley School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2AF

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  9 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 7.30am – 4.30pm Monday to Friday (with some flexibility), 36.5 hours plus banked hours (including a maximum of 5 days working throughout the summer holidays)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4: £33,366 pa to £40,476 pa plus TA SEN £1,670 pa uplifted by 50% whilst at Dovedale

What skills and experience we're looking for

The purpose of the role is to work in partnership with centre leaders, classroom-based staff, parents, young people and other professionals to address barriers to learning and ensure that all young people are able to engage with education. This will involve working closely with young people to ensure they are accessing lessons and working with others to develop creative and innovative strategies to improve access to education. Timely and accurate record keeping is a vital part of this job role as are excellent verbal and written communication skills. You will have working knowledge of the SEND Code of Practice as well as the ability to implement early help strategies. A degree or higher-level qualification relevant to working with young people is also essential.

James Brindley is a stand-alone Academy based in a wide variety of locations across the City of Birmingham. During a school year, we educate over 3,000 young people for periods ranging from a few days in hospital to several years in one of our teaching centres. Many of our young people have complex medical needs and many have been out of education for a significant period prior to joining us.

We offer a full-time curriculum to young people from EYFS to KS5 and our aim is always to enable them to ‘close the gap’ and to exceed expected progress during the time they are with us.

What the school offers its staff

‘Think Differently’ to inspire young people to overcome all barriers and achieve their dreams.

This is the Vision Statement of James Brindley Academy.

• Do you want to have a positive impact on some of the most vulnerable children’s lives in Birmingham?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that recognises the benefits of a good work/life balance for their workforce?
• Do you want to work in an organisation that invests heavily in CPD and allocates additional training days to develop their staff?

If you have answered ‘yes’ to all these questions, join our team!

Benefits of working for James Brindley Academy include;

• Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a 24-hour helpline for advice regarding legal, financial, medical, consumer, work and family matters, in addition to counselling.
• Wellbeing champions allocated to each James Brindley Centre, who are committed to supporting all employees to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
• A benefits portal which has various offers including a cycle to work scheme, a low-cost health plan, childcare voucher scheme and dining discounts.
• Free parking, near to Birmingham City Centre, which can be used evenings and weekends.
• LAPS Pension.

Further details about the role

Completed application forms are to be emailed to: vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk. Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 2 to 3 weeks of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.

Commitment to safeguarding

James Brindley Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this. Please be aware that this post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance check and any offer of employment is made conditional of this. You will also be required to register and pay for the DBS update service and ensure that documentary evidence is produced to ensure annual compliance and updates. You will also be required to provide written consent for the employer to access this information at any time.

Applying for the job

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Pastoral Manager Job Description .pdf - 223 KB (opens in new tab)

Pastoral Manager Person Specification.pdf - 244 KB (opens in new tab)

About James Brindley School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 137 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: James Brindley School website
• Email address: vacancies@jamesbrindley.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/james-brindley-school-birmingham

James Brindley is a specialist academy which aims to provide a high quality education in a safe, supportive and aspirational environment for all children and young people unable to attend mainstream school because of health related or special educational needs.

We provide education for children and young people aged 2 – 19 who are in hospital or unable to attend mainstream school due to their medical conditions or special educational needs.

James Brindley Academy delivers education across 10 sites including teaching centres and hospitals throughout Birmingham.

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