Pastoral & Safeguarding Administrator
The King Alfred School, Highbridge, Somerset, TA9 3EE7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
17 November 2025
Closing date
16 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 October 2025
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
- TPLTSS4 £22,583 - £24,070 (actual salary)
Pastoral & Safeguarding Administrator job summary
Permanent
Term Time Only
Full time - 37 Hours per week
TPLTSS4 £22,583 - £24,070 (actual salary)
Plus various Company Benefits
The Priory Learning Trust (Somerset Business Award winner for Employer of the Year 2023) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic Pastoral and Safeguarding Administrator to work at The King Alfred School – An Academy site in Highbridge.
This non-teaching role is key to supporting our Pastoral and Safeguarding Hubs, tracking complex student needs, and ensuring every student has the support they require. You’ll work closely with staff, parents, and students to help our safeguarding and behaviour systems run smoothly.
The successful candidate will work closely with staff at all levels—both teaching and support—alongside parents and students, to ensure our safeguarding and behaviour provision operates effectively. This is a vital role for someone who is highly organised, detail-oriented, and confident handling sensitive information.
Join us to make a real difference in the lives of young people and contribute to a safe, supportive, and thriving school environment. If you are looking for a challenging and rewarding role where you can use your administrative skills to make a difference in a school environment, then we would love to hear from you!
As part of this role, you will:
- Monitor detention attendance and setting further sanctions in line with the behaviour policy.
- Reschedule detentions as and when required.
- Manage the upscaling of detentions.
- Accurately record days in the Behaviour Support Room and generating the appropriate letter that day to advise parents/carers.
- Assist the Safeguarding and Mental Health Manager in putting in place whole school strategies or support for specific themes.
The successful candidates will have:
- GCSE or equivalent (NVQ level 2) passes in English and Mathematics (literacy and numeracy).
- Experience of working in a school or a similar environment.
- Excellent interpersonal skills - ability to relate well to students and adults.
At TKASA, we look after our colleagues. We offer high quality development opportunities and a supportive, dynamic and diverse workplace, highly supported by a hands-on team in all areas, from support, to teaching, to senior leadership.
For support staff at TKASA, we offer a variety of development opportunities - fully funded apprenticeships, cross site working and opportunities to share best practice and experiences across all of our trust schools.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and creating a supportive, team-focused environment that values staff wellbeing. TPLT strives to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply.
At the Priory Learning Trust, we offer an incredible, comprehensive employee benefits package. This includes..
The PLaTform - Access to our dedicated wellbeing centre & exclusive shopping discounts.
Healthshield - Funded Healthcare Scheme for employees and all dependents, which provides services such as a 24/7 GP Line & Healthcare cashback.
Discounted nursery fees for parents AND grandparents at our Academy preschools.
Contributory pension scheme offering generous employer contribution rates.
CPD opportunities both internally & externally.
A very friendly school community with dedicated, supportive & inspiring colleagues.
Health & Fitness offers, including incredible discounts on @Worle Sports Centre and Nuffield Health, and a Cycle 2 Work Scheme.
Flu vaccinations.
About The Priory Learning Trust:
TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.
At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.
We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.
Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.
The Priory Learning 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 paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.
The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.
This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.
Closing Date: 16th October 2025
Proposed Interview Date: 24th October 2025
Proposed Start Date: 17th November 2025
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The King Alfred School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1216 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
School location
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