Pastoral Support Assistant

St Peter's Collegiate Academy, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV3 9DU

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  22 September 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: £21,553.00 - £21,553.00 Annually (Actual) Fixed Term until 1/8/2026

Pastoral Support Assistant job summary

St Peter’s Collegiate Academy is seeking a caring, energetic and dedicated Pastoral Support Assistant to join our committed and friendly team. This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of young people, supporting their personal development and helping them to flourish both inside and outside the classroom.

The Role

As a Pastoral Support Assistant, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the wellbeing, behaviour and personal development of our students. You will be the first point of contact for everyday student issues—helping to resolve disputes, supporting students who may be struggling, and encouraging positive attitudes and behaviour.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Offering daily support to students, helping with minor disputes, missing property and lesson transitions.

• Supporting Heads of Year and senior staff with behaviour, attendance and pastoral care.

• Assisting with detentions, record-keeping and pastoral administration.

• Liaising with parents and carers, and responding to queries in a timely, professional manner.

• Promoting and modelling the Academy’s Christian values and safeguarding the welfare of all students.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working with young people, thrives as part of a team and can demonstrate initiative and empathy. You will need excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations.

What We’re Looking For

We are seeking someone who:

• Has experience of supporting children’s learning in a school setting.

• Possesses excellent literacy and numeracy skills and is confident using ICT.

• Demonstrates resilience, adaptability and a positive “can do” attitude.

• Is committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people.

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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

Three Spires Trust and its academies are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Section 128 direction check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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 St Peter's Collegiate Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Peter's Collegiate Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-collegiate-academy

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