Pastoral Support Assistant
Eckington School, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4GN23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
24 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
28 July 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
- £25,584.00 - £27,711.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 4 SCP 7 to 12
Pastoral Support Assistant job summary
Responsibilities will include working with the Heads of Year, Senior Leadership Team, support staff team, teaching staff and outside agencies to ensure all our students receive relevant, appropriate and focused support and behave to the high standards expected in our school. Previous experience of working with young people would be an advantage.
The post holder will also play a key part in the administrative function of the school, inputting and analysing student data, communicating both verbally and in writing with a variety of stakeholders and undertaking a range of pastoral administrative duties.
The specific duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Specific duties and responsibilities1.1 Supporting Students
Provide pastoral support to students
Promote punctuality and positive lesson attendance with identified cohorts of students
Support the implementation of the schools behaviour management system for example supporting ‘on call’ and lesson ‘remove’
Supervise students at unstructured times to ensure calm behaviour
Receive and supervise students excluded from, or otherwise not working to, a normal timetable (by arrangement with the Head of Year)
Attend to students’ personal needs and provide advice to assist in their social, health & hygiene development
Participate in the identification of students to determine those in need of particular help
Respond to emotional, social, health and well-being issues of students, and their families, where difficult or challenging making the appropriate referral
Support in resolution of conflicts/issues that may be a barrier to student learning and engagement
Assist the Head of Year with the implementation of plans such as - Individual Education/ Behaviour/ Support/ Mentoring
To communicate effectively with parents / carers to maintain positive working relationships
Establish productive working relationships with students, acting as a role model to challenge and motivate students, promote and reinforce their self-esteem
Provide support for distressed students
Assist the speedy/effective transfer of students across phases/integration of those who have been absent
1.2 Support Teaching & Learning
Support Teachers and cover teachers to start and teach effectively by promoting punctuality, attendance and routines
Support with pastoral admin, for example updating records in the appropriate management information systems (MIS), as agreed with other staff, and contributing to reviews of systems/records as requested
Dealing with highly confidential and sensitive information about students and parents/carers – including disclosures, safeguarding, information from primary or previous schools about pupil’s home life, illnesses, special educational needs.
Assist in the development and implementation of appropriate behaviour management strategies
Assist in the development, implementation, monitoring and administration of systems relating to attendance and integration. Including identification of groups and working with appropriate parents, carers, external agencies etc to encourage improvement.
Assist in the production of relevant year group marketing materials for events, prospectus, including organisation of open evenings and other appropriate events.
Working to the standards set for the whole school administration team - provide Heads of Year with admin support e.g. dealing with correspondence, enquiries, making phone calls, compilation/ analysis/reporting on attendance, exclusions, etc
Covering Key Stage office duties when Key Stage Leaders teaching etc and unavailable
Support extracurricular and enrichment activities
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 Eckington School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1144 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Eckington School website
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in North-East Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including 150 in the school’s Sixth Form. In April 2023, Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust, also welcoming a new Headteacher.
Eckington School is part of Chorus Education Trust, and as such all appointees may be required to work at any Trust site in the future.
You can view the school website at: www.eckington.net
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