Pastoral Officer
Lady Lumley's School, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8NG15 days remaining to apply
Closing date
6 January 2025 at 9am
Date listed
20 December 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,163.00 - £30,559.00 Annually (FTE) Salary: Grade G SCP 13 – 18 - £28,163.00 - £30,559.00 FTE. Actual £26,304 - £28,542.83
Pastoral Officer job summary
Post: Pastoral Officer
Location: Lady Lumley’s School
Contract: Temporary Maternity Cover
Hours/working pattern: Full Time, Term Time Plus 3 (42 weeks)
Salary: Grade G SCP 13 – 18 - £28,163.00 - £30,559.00 FTE. Actual £26,304 - £28,542.83
Closing date: Monday 6th January 2025 9.00 am
Interview date: shortly after the closing date
Start date: from January 2025 or as soon as possible
Our Opportunity
We are looking to appoint a Pastoral Officer, to enhance and work within our current Pastoral Team.
Here at Lady Lumley’s we are fortunate to have a strong and skilled Pastoral Team who make such a difference to our students. As our new colleague, you will support the team in addressing the needs of students who require support (behavioural, emotional or social barriers) with their learning.
The role is to provide high quality leadership of a year group, setting a strong ethos and culture of Lady Lumley’s School and to support the pastoral needs of pupils in the designated year group to ensure that behaviour, safety, well-being and attendance targets are met for these pupils.
You will:
Be responsible for dealing with issues of behaviour, safety, well-being, and attendance by investigating and resolving pastoral incidents such as poor behaviour, lateness, poor attendance, theft, bullying and friendship break-ups.
Make recommendations to the Assistant Headteacher pastoral relating to sanctions, inclusion and Fixed Term Exclusions (FTE)
Liaise, communicate, and manage interactions with external agencies.
Liaise, communicate, and manage interactions with key internal staff and communicate outcomes to others as appropriate.
Organise, attend, and communicate the outcomes of, parent and pupil meetings following FTE.
Coordinate the implementation of Pastoral Support Plans for identified pupils and / or students.
Support the effective running of the school’s reflection room.
Ensure appropriate records are maintained, as agreed by the pastoral team, including incident logs and detentions.
Take a role in ensuring high levels of pupil learning and engagement.
Establish and maintain positive relationships and engagement with parents / carers.
Lady Lumley’s School
Lady Lumley’s is an 11-18, mixed comprehensive, community school serving the town of Pickering, surrounding villages, and warmly welcomes students from Scarborough to Rosedale. We strive to ‘Be our best’, working to improve the experience for all students, staff, and the community. Our broad and balanced curriculum is ambitious for all, and we place great value in academic qualifications alongside the arts and practical subjects.
Set in an idyllic location, we make the most of fantastic sporting facilities and run an immensely popular Duke of Edinburgh experience alongside over 30 Enrichment Clubs. Our students and staff are loyal to Lady Lumley’s and are committed to improving our learning journey, whilst celebrating success.
Lady Lumley’s benefits from the knowledge and experience of Coast and Vale Trust. We retain our unique school identity with shared ambitious vision. Through leadership development, collaboration and investment. Lady Lumley’s is enabled to maintain its identity whilst belonging to a larger family of schools.
Our Trust
Coast and Vale Learning Trust is a growing family of schools located on the beautiful Yorkshire Coast. The Trust was founded by Scalby Secondary School but has grown over the last few years to include Newby and Scalby Primary School, Friarage Primary School and the Scarborough University Technical College (SUTC) in Scarborough, Lady Lumley’s Secondary School in Pickering and Filey School. Our ambition is to continue to welcome new schools into our Trust where we can add capacity, resources, improvement and make sure all our young people have access to the very best education.
The aim of the trust is to serve all the education community along the North Yorkshire Coast and down the Vale of Pickering. We are committed to supporting all schools in becoming great schools, whether they are part of Coast and Vale Learning Trust or not. The learners of our community deserve the best education regardless of their background or location.
Choosing where to work and who to work for is one of the vitally important decisions in life. In choosing to work for Coast and Vale Learning Trust you would be joining a team of colleagues dedicated to transforming the lives of 3000 children and young people.
We have a simple vision in wanting our schools to be places ‘where children and staff thrive’. Coast and Vale Learning Trust will work tirelessly to make this a reality.
Working For Us
As well as being committed to your ongoing development and training we also offer a range of employee benefits including a competitive salary, access to a government pension scheme, an employee assistance programme as well as a variety of retail discounts.
Application Process
For any information or questions please email Kathryn Holbrook, PA to the Head on k.holbrook@ll.coastandvale.academy or call 01751 472846.
We do not accept CVs.
If you would like to discuss this vacancy or arrange to visit us, please contact as described above.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy should we receive an overwhelming response.
We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the children and young people we work with and expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As such, all posts are subject to safer recruitment process, including an enhanced DBS check. We have a range of policies in place which promote safeguarding and safer working practice across our Schools.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. We want to recruit the right people for the Trust, from the widest possible backgrounds, to make the most of each individual’s different knowledge and experience.
Your privacy is important to us. By submitting your personal data or information to us, you agree this will be handled in accordance with the Trust’s “Privacy Notice Recruitment” which can be found on our website.
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 are not accepted.
About Lady Lumley's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 795 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Lady Lumley's School website (opens in new tab)
Lady Lumley’s School
Lady Lumley’s is an 11-18, mixed comprehensive, community school serving the town of Pickering, surrounding villages, and warmly welcomes students from Scarborough to Rosedale. We strive to ‘Be our best’, working to improve the experience for all students, staff, and the community. Our broad and balanced curriculum is ambitious for all, and we place great value in academic qualifications alongside the arts and practical subjects.
Set in an idyllic location, we make the most of fantastic sporting facilities and run an immensely popular Duke of Edinburgh experience alongside over 30 Enrichment Clubs. Our students and staff are loyal to Lady Lumley’s and are committed to improving our learning journey, whilst celebrating success.
Lady Lumley’s benefits from the knowledge and experience of Coast and Vale Trust. We retain our unique school identity with shared ambitious vision. Through leadership development, collaboration and investment. Lady Lumley’s is enabled to maintain its identity whilst belonging to a larger family of schools.
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