Pastoral Support Assistant

Angel Road Junior School, Norwich, NR3 3HR

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  12 December 2025 at 2pm

• Date listed

  2 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,598.00 - £31,022.00 Annually (FTE)

Pastoral Support Assistant job summary

Pastoral Support Assistant

• Salary - Scale F
• Permanent
• 37 hours per week - 5 days
• Term time plus 1 week
• Required January 2026

The Angel Road Schools are looking for a passionate, highly motivated, skilled Pastoral Assistant to join our dedicated safeguarding and pastoral team for the start of the spring term 2026. You will join a dedicated and friendly pastoral team who support parents and children in our school. This is an exciting opportunity to work with families with the aim of improving attendance and pupil outcomes.

We are looking for people who:

• Are committed to safeguarding children and have worked as a DSL (or willing to undergo DSL Training)
• Experience of supporting families and running Family Support Plans
• Genuinely care about improving children’s life chances and have high aspirations for all children.
• Have English and Maths qualifications to Level 2 (GCSE A-C)
• Have a desire to continue own professional development.
• An excellent communicator who can build positive relationships with children, parents and colleagues
• Can work well as part of a team.
• Are able to manage behaviours and a range of emotional and social difficulties.
• Can run interventions and nurture groups to support children (experience of ELSA or willing to train as an ELSA)

You can expect:

• To work as part of an experienced, committed and hardworking team
• To be well supported by school leaders, staff, governors and our Trust
• To work with fabulous children and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures
• To have your workload and well-being respected
• To develop as a professional with excellent CPD opportunities within our trust
• To fully contribute to school improvement

The role will involve:

• Leading social skills groups/nurture provision;
• Maintaining accurate records of pupil incidents, conversations with parents and children;
• Assisting with supporting positive behaviour across the school;
• Supporting children in class with their learning;
• Responsibility for running a nurture group for part of lunchtime for vulnerable pupils;
• Supporting with pupil school Attendance;
• Working alongside parents with the potential to offer parent workshops;

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office on 01603 427113 or email office@angelroadschools.org.uk

Closing date: Friday 12th December 3pm

Interview date: WC 15th December

Please refer to the job description and recruitment pack for full person specification.

Evolution Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. To this end, you will be required to undergo pre‐employment checks, including a social media search. This post will come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and a successful applicant would be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations. An enhanced DBS check will be required.

Why work for us?

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourage applications from all backgrounds, including those with protected characteristics under the Equality Act. We’re open to flexible working arrangements for roles where suitable. Please include your preferred working hours in your application for consideration.

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.

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

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.

About Angel Road Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 191 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Angel Road Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/angel-road-junior-school-norwich

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