Pastoral Mentor

Gosforth Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE3 2JH

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  20 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £33,673.00 - £36,581.00 (£28,881 - £31,376)

Pastoral Mentor job summary

We are seeking a Pastoral Mentor to join our pastoral support staff team at Gosforth Academy. You will work closely with our other Pastoral Mentors to provide pastoral support to students in our school. This will include mentoring and supporting individual students, managing student behaviour, meeting with parents and assisting students in line with the school’s policies and procedures. The post requires you to be part of the school’s safeguarding team, working with the DSL and Deputy DSL, and therefore this will sometimes require you to respond to sensitive and challenging situations. 

First and foremost, we are looking for someone who is passionate about working with young people and is a creative, ‘hands on’ colleague. As one of the main contacts for pastoral support to students in the school, you will be empathetic and practical in equal measure, as well as being able to be sensitive when required, yet firm when needing to challenge student behaviour. Ideally you will have experience working within a school environment or experience of working with young people in another context.   

Primarily your role will be day to day pastoral support for our students, however the role will also occasionally involve some general lesson cover requiring you to supervise classes during the absence of the class teacher, as well as supporting students in isolation/internal exclusion.  

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

A competitive salary - as an accredited Living Wage Employer, you’re guaranteed a wage that meets, and often exceeds, the real cost of living.

Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking

An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals 

Enthusiastic and motivated students 

An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development 

A school with its community at heart 

Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: peoplegosforth@gosforthgroup.org.uk or telephone: 0191 429 9797, option 4.

We do not accept CV's. If you attach a CV to you application this will not be considered as part of the recruitment process.

Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. 

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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.

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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 Gosforth Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 13 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1925 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 13 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Gosforth Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gosforth-academy

Gosforth Federated Academies comprises three schools (Gosforth Academy, North Gosforth Academy and Gosforth Junior High Academy) committed to providing a superb education for pupils from Year 5 through to Year 13.

Gosforth Academy is a successful school which was rated ‘outstanding’ in its most recent Ofsted inspection.

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