Pastoral Response Lead

Colne Valley High School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5SP

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £45,035.00 - £46,880.00 Annually (Actual) PO14-16 (Kirklees G14), scale points 40-42, FTE £51,356 - £53,460

Pastoral Response Lead job summary

Colne Valley High School
Pastoral Response Lead
Permanent role, 37 hours per week
Term time plus 5 days
Salary - PO14-16 (Kirklees Grade 14), scale points 40-42, £45,035 - £46,880 per annum (FTE £51,356 - £53,460)

To start - ASAP

Colne Valley High School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and proactive Pastoral Response Lead to join our pastoral team. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining a calm, safe and orderly learning environment by overseeing student conduct outside of lessons and leading our on‑call pastoral response. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong behaviour‑leadership experience within a school environment, and a commitment to supporting students to make positive and sustained improvements.

In this role, you will take responsibility for coordinating the school’s daily pastoral response, ensuring a visible and authoritative presence across the site and responding swiftly to behavioural, attendance and pastoral concerns. You will lead the operational delivery of behaviour, attendance and inclusion systems; design and quality‑assure targeted pastoral interventions; uphold high professional standards across the pastoral team; and maintain oversight of key pastoral and safeguarding data to inform decision‑making and drive continuous improvement.

This position requires excellent organisational and interpersonal skills, along with the ability to remain calm, authoritative and solution‑focused under pressure. You will demonstrate strong behaviour management, a professional and positive approach to working with young people, and the capacity to build constructive relationships with staff, students and families. Confidence in using school systems, maintaining accurate records and contributing to the development of pastoral processes is essential.

Apply now and start your journey with us by visiting our Trust site vacancy page at https://ghat.org.uk/join-our-trust/vacancies/ and click on the Apply Now option on the advert for Pastoral Response Lead at Colne Valley High School.

To view our recent Ofsted report please click here Ofsted inspection

We look forward to hearing from you.

Closing Date: Monday 19th January, 9am

Interviews: TBC

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

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

The Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Parents can feel confident that careful procedures are in place to ensure that all staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children within the Academy. Consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff. The Academy encourages parents and children to talk freely about any concerns or worries which may affect their wellbeing. All concerns are referred to the members of staff who are our trained designated Safeguarding Officers working as the school's Safeguarding Team.

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 Colne Valley High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1440 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Colne Valley High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colne-valley-high-school

Colne Valley High School is one of the first purpose built comprehensive schools in England; founded in 1956 and is located in the Colne Valley, an area of outstanding beauty in the east flank of the Pennine Hills in West Yorkshire.
Easily accessible from Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and surrounding areas.
With over 1350 students from September 2020, and an over-subscribed Year 7 & 8 cohort, we are a bustling, popular school with a real community feel.
In September 2019, Ofsted judged the school to be ‘Good’ in all four categories. This judgement reflects the significant progress and incredible journey by the school since the previous inspection in June 2017.
‘Teachers challenge pupils to increase their knowledge across a full range of subjects.’
‘Teachers have clear expectations. They are fair and consistent in dealing with pupils’ behaviour’.
‘Teachers have good subject knowledge, which they share with pupils enthusiastically.’

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