Pastoral Manager

Notley High School and Sixth Form, Braintree, Essex, CM7 1WY

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  1 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full Time, Monday to Friday - 8.30am - 4.30pm (one day 4pm) Permanent Term Time plus 5 inset days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Scale 7, Point 19 - 24

What skills and experience we're looking for

About the role:

Are you passionate about supporting young people to thrive in school and beyond? Do you have the drive, resilience, and expertise to lead proactive pastoral care that makes a real difference?

Notley High School is seeking to appoint an outstanding Pastoral Manager to join our committed and caring pastoral team. This is a key role in our school, responsible for ensuring high standards of student wellbeing, attendance, behaviour, and engagement. You will work closely with our Raising Standards Leaders and other key staff to ensure all students feel safe, supported, and empowered to succeed.

Key aspects of the role include:

• Acting as a highly visible and approachable presence around school, promoting high standards of behaviour and conduct
• Building strong, supportive relationships with students and their families
• Monitoring and improving attendance, including first-day calls and regular home visits
• Delivering or coordinating targeted interventions to support students with emotional and behavioural needs (e.g. anger management, anxiety support)
• Working closely with external agencies and leading on multi-agency meetings (e.g. Early Help, TAF)
• Upholding safeguarding procedures and supporting vulnerable learners

We are looking for someone who:

• Is experienced in pastoral or youth work, particularly in an educational setting
• Has the emotional intelligence and professional confidence to work with vulnerable and challenging students
• Can lead structured interventions around behaviour and mental wellbeing
• Is resilient, calm under pressure, and able to manage difficult conversations
• Shares our commitment to inclusion, high expectations, and student success

In return, we offer a supportive team, high-quality CPD (including safeguarding Level 3), and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of young people.

Bridge Academy Trust may close this advert early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

What the school offers its staff

This trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. If successful, an enhanced DBS check would be sought. The Bridge Academy trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.

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

This Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical clearance and satisfactory references. Bridge Academy Trust welcomes applications from those of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnic groups.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Notley High School and Sixth Form

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Notley High School and Sixth Form website
• Email address: hunterr@bridgeacademytrust.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/notley-high-school-and-braintree-sixth-form

At Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form, we are an ambitious inclusive 11-19 mixed comprehensive school that places the journey of the child at the centre of everything we do - learning together and succeeding together to be the best that we can be.

Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form is part of the Bridge Academy Trust: a collegiate and collaborative Trust, where, first and foremost, each school is a place of (high quality) learning, where young people ENJOY, ENRICH & ACHIEVE. The core purpose is to provide high quality continuity of every child’s journey through education from 3 to 19, with a community and school-led school improvement approach and long-term sustainable strategy.

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