Pastoral Support Assistant

Melbourn Village College, Royston, Hertfordshire, SG8 6EF

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 June 2026

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: £26,403.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 4, point 7 to 11 . Actual salary £22,645.65 per annum on point 7.

Pastoral Support Assistant job summary

PASTORAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT

Salary: NJC Scale 4, point 7 to 11 (£26,403 to £28,142 per annum FTE). Actual salary £22,645.65 per annum on point 7.

Contract: Permanent. 37 hours per week Monday to Thursday 08.00 to 16.00 and Friday 08.00 to 15.30. Term time plus 5 training days (39 weeks per year)

Start date: 1 September 2026

Place of work: Melbourn Village College, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

We are seeking an exceptional Pastoral Support Assistant to join our ambitious and evolving pastoral team in an exciting newly created role at the heart of our developing pastoral provision.

This is a unique opportunity to help shape and establish systems, processes and ways of working that will have a direct impact on the support we provide to our students and families. As a key member of the team, you will provide dedicated administrative support across all aspects of pastoral care, ensuring the smooth coordination of student support processes and helping to deliver a responsive, high-quality service.

You will manage pastoral communications, coordinate meetings and diaries, prepare reports and documentation, and ensure that parents, carers and the wider school community receive timely, professional and consistent support. Working closely with pastoral leaders, you will play a vital role in ensuring that our pastoral provision is organised, effective and student-centred.

This role is ideal for a highly organised, proactive and discreet professional who thrives in a busy environment, has excellent communication skills and understands the importance of confidentiality and attention to detail.

If you share our values of kindness, curiosity and resilience, and are excited by the opportunity to contribute to a growing pastoral provision and make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people, we would be delighted to hear from you.

For further details on Melbourn Village College, please visit our website - Welcome to Melbourn Village College - Melbourn Village College.

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 Melbourn Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 585 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Melbourn Village College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/melbourn-village-college

Melbourn Village College is a successful 11-16 school with a strong community feel. At just over 600 pupils, our size enables all to flourish within a supportive environment, where each feels valued and empowered. Pupils are encouraged to continue their learning outside the classroom and a very high proportion get involved in the wide range of extra-curricular activities available to them. Our most recent OFSTED Inspection in September 2017 confirmed that we are a ‘good’ school which “has continued to improve the quality of education in the school” since our previous ‘Good’ judgement in May 2013. We are committed to improving what we do and aim to be outstanding

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