Pastoral Support Assistant

Sandringham School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NX

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  31 January 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £11,030.00 - £19,885.00 Annually (Actual) H5 plus fringe pro rata, term time only (38 weeks), FTE annual salary £27,115 - £29,330

Pastoral Support Assistant job summary

18 - 30 hours per week, term time only. Flexible start and finish times can be considered.

Salary: H5 pro rata, FTE annual salary £27,115 - £29,330

Actual salary: £11,030 - £19,885

Start date: As soon as possible

We are looking to recruit a flexible and supportive Pastoral Support Assistant to join the school's pastoral support team, alongside Performance Directors and the Leadership Group to ensure that every student achieves their full potential through the provision or targeted support and intervention, where necessary. The Pastoral Support Assistant assists pastoral leaders in working effectively with students, as well as providing administrative support for key processes related to behavioral management and interventions. The role will include both student facing and administrative work, please refer to the job description for further details.

The successful candidate will:

• have relevant experience, preferably in school or similar setting, with proven experience in working with young people would be an advantage
• be able to use ICT
• have a high level of personal integrity and probity
• have good self-management and organization skills
• have the ability to work well within a team
• promote Sandringham’s ethos and values

Sandringham School is part of the Ambition Education Trust (AET). The Ambition Education Trust (AET) consists of ten schools in Hertfordshire; three primary, one nursery and infants’, one juniors and five secondary. Our Trust launched in September 2024 following the amalgamation of two established Multi Academy Trusts (MATs), Alban Academies Trust and ATLAS Multi Academy Trust. As a member of the AET, we are able to maximise opportunities for rewarding careers and opportunities for personal and professional development throughout our wider organisation. Sandringham, School also leads the Alban Teaching School Hub and is also a designated Computing Hub.

Application deadline: 9am on Monday, 24th February 2025

Prospective candidates are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible as the school reserves the right to close the advert should we feel able to appoint an appropriate candidate.

Ambition Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to a post at AET is subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, as well as other pre-appointment checks including an online check, as outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education.

We are committed to the aim of ensuring that everyone who applies to work for us receives fair treatment and we positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, disability, race, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership and caring status. We expect all our staff to demonstrate a commitment to advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations.

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.

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About Sandringham School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1767 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Sandringham School website (opens in new tab)
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Sandringham is a co-educational academy school, based in St. Albans, Hertfordshire. Sandringham is a non-selective school with over 1600 students, including nearly 450 in the thriving sixth form. Our aim is simple – to be 'World Class' where our students receive the best education possible in a state school.

We believe that every child can succeed in life if challenged and inspired appropriately. A strong academic curriculum supported by outstanding extra-curricular provision helps Sandringham students develop as individuals with the necessary skills to be successful in adult life. Our ethos is summed up by our motto: 'Everybody can be somebody'

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