Pastoral Manager
St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy, Manchester, M43 7NA25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
14 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
15 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday - Friday 36 Hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 30060
What skills and experience we're looking for
The post holder will report directly to Headteacher/Senior Leadership
Main purpose of the role: To enable all pupils to engage in education by providing leadership and support around pupil welfare, behavioural and attendance issues. This will involve working with staff, parents/carers and pupils to address barriers to learning and make sure effective policies and procedures are in place. Be a key figure in the Safeguarding Team including being a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead.
Key responsibilities:
The following is typical of duties the post holder will perform; however, it is not necessarily exhaustive and other duties of a similar level and nature may be required from time to time.
Working with pupils
- Identify strategies to help overcome individual pupils’ barriers to learning.
- Use systems to monitor the behaviour and progress of pupils who are on targeted interventions.
- Coordinate the development of pupils’ individual support plans and review ongoing progress towards set goals.
- Manage the transition of new pupils arriving or existing pupils returning to school, putting the necessary support in place to overcome any barriers to learning.
- Promote high standards of behaviour and consistently implement the school’s behaviour policy.
- Attendance Management - monitor daily attendance, complete home visits, analyse attendance data, submit fines to the LA, devise attendance strategies/initiatives.
- Management of Medicine for pupils.
Working with staff
- Make sure each member of staff has access to, understands and can apply consistently, the school’s pastoral procedures and strategies, especially new staff.
- Liaise with teaching staff to support monitoring activities on individual pupils’ behaviour.
- Work with the attendance officer at the local authority to monitor and implement strategies to improve the attendance of pupils who are on targeted interventions.
- Work with the SENCO to identify pupils in need of additional support and to develop individual support plans.
- Work with senior leaders to develop whole-school pastoral care policies and action plans.
Working with parents/carers and external agencies
- Lead Early Help Assessments and Referrals.
- Attend all Early Help Meetings, and other safeguarding meetings as required.
- Act as the lead point of contact for parents/carers in relation to pastoral and behavioural issues, involving relevant staff members as necessary.
- Communicate with parents/carers following behavioural incidents to discuss the effectiveness of the support in place for their child.
- Maintain regular contact with parents/carers to discuss their child’s progress, behaviour and attendance.
- Build positive relations with parents/carers to encourage family involvement in their child’s progress.
- Communicate with parents/carers about specific support in place for their child.
- Assist parents/carers with any information they need to support their child.
- Liaise with external support agencies and professionals as required, to cater for pupils’ individual needs.
- Build and refresh knowledge on the range of external support available that could support pupils’ individual needs.
Administration
- Maintain accurate records of interventions and relevant meetings.
- Facilitate the transfer of relevant pupil information inside and outside the school.
- Make sure that pupil medical information is updated and that staff are aware of the individual medical needs of pupils.
- Complete relevant paperwork required by external agencies.
- Enter and record all relevant information on MiS System.
Other areas of responsibility
- DDSL – Safeguarding.
- Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies.
- Work with the designated safeguarding lead (DSL) to promote the best interests of pupils, including sharing concerns where necessary.
- Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school.
- First Aid
- Lunchtime support & Cover
- In class support when needed.
- Cover classes when needed.
Applications need to be made using the CES application form, available from the St Stephen's RC Primary School’s website:
https://www.stsrcp.school/ or email admin@stsrcp.co.uk
Closing date: Wednesday 14th May 2025 at 12noon.
We will be shortlisting on Thursday 15th May 2025 and successful candidates will be informed in due course.
Interviews will take place: Tuesday 20th May 2025.
Please return completed application forms and supporting documents to Mrs Khan sbm@stsrcp.co.uk
What the school offers its staff
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to sbm@stsrcp.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 450 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- admin@stsrcp.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01613702071
Primary 3-11 Years
Arranging a visit to St Stephen's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@stsrcp.co.uk.
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