Pastoral Support Assistant

Saltash Community School, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 4AY

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  7 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 32 hours per week, term time only plus 3 INSET Days
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade F - £23,893 - £25,979 (pro rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Saltash Community School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic, student focused individual as a Pastoral Support Assistant. The role is to help develop effective student engagement and behaviour for learning in school. The successful candidate will support the supervision of students across a year group, ensuring a calm and purposeful learning environment. This will also include supporting the Heads of Year with engagement including relevant communication, referrals and administration, and working with parents, professionals and others to build positive relationships that help improve student progress. We are looking for a candidate that shares our values and ethos and our passion for achieving the very best outcomes for all learners.

What the school offers its staff

Saltash Community School is a co-educational 11-18 school of over 1200 students including a successful sixth form and incorporating an Area Resource Base; a specialised environment for children with severe and complex learning needs. Saltash is a friendly, caring, supportive and ambitious school with people and relationships at its heart. Here at Saltash we are determined to improve the life chances of every single student on roll, developing happy and healthy citizens who make a positive contribution to our local community and to wider society.

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to vacancies@saltashcloud.net

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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About Saltash Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Saltash Community School website
• Email address: gbersey@saltashcloud.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/saltash-community-school

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Arranging a visit to Saltash Community School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gbersey@saltashcloud.net.

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