PASTORAL SUPPORT ASSISTANT
Ninestiles, an Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 7QGThis job expired on 13 June 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
13 June 2025 at 8:36am
Date listed
11 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Hours: 25 hours per week, term time only. Hours will be 9.30am to 2.30pm, Monday – Friday, term time only. The working hours may need to be adjusted by the Principal and will be based on the school’s needs.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 01/09/2025 - 31/05/2026 or sooner if post holder returns - Maternity or parental leave cover
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 2 fixed point 4 (FTE £24,404 p.a.)
Actual salary
- Actual Salary is £15,073 p.a.
What skills and experience we're looking for
As a Pastoral Support Assistant you will be working as part of a pastoral support team, assisting the Head of Year and Pastoral Support in securing the safety and welfare of learners, who may need additional support to overcome barriers to learning. You will be a integral part of the team that promotes the educational success and outstanding outcomes of all our learners by encouraging and supporting learners to develop positive attitudes and behaviours towards learning.
Your principal duties will be:
- To support the effective running of the academy by swiftly attending non-behaviour on call alerts and addressing learner needs
- Facilitating learner attendance and mentoring, counselling and special events through collection and delivery to the required location.
- Provide pastoral support to learners as directed by pastoral support and Head of Year. Undertake break and lunch time supervision.
- Be a visible presence during the school day ensuring high adherence of school standards and behaviour expectations.
What the school offers its staff
About our Academy
The recent Ofsted report following an inspection in November 2024 concluded that Ninestiles, an Academy has taken effective action to maintain the standards identified at the previous inspection and when we were confirmed to be an ‘Good’. Some highlights from the report confirm that our learners do well socially and academically and respect others’ differences. Our pastoral care and the support given to learners is highly effective and all staff have high expectations of what our learners can achieve. The focus of the Academy is to work with our learners to secure good qualifications as well as preparing them to be good active citizens. Our Leadership team have thought carefully about the subjects our learner’s study and are offered a wide range of subjects at Key Stage 3. This prepares them well for the choices they make at Key Stage 4. A full range of subjects are offered at Key Stage 4, matched to pupils’ interests and ability. A strength of the school is the number of trips and activities offered to pupils. There are more than 70 clubs, including sport, music, art, drama and debating.
About the Trust
https://www.summitlearningtrust.org.uk/
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
- Employee assistance programme
- High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- Wellbeing Advocates
- Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
- Generous employer pension schemes
- Excellent holiday entitlement
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 Ninestiles, an Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1491 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ninestiles, an Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 628 1311
The greatest strength of our school is our students who are often praised for their
creativity, musical talents, artistic performances and the respect they have for one another. Students generally understand the importance of learning, value their school and are proud to be part of it.
Ninestiles has a very reflective teaching staff body who welcome feedback from parents and students to secure the needs of all learners. The school has a wide and varied curriculum, students have access to an impressive range of sporting and extracurricular activities with well over sixty enrichment opportunities offered after school. There is a strong culture of safeguarding and staff work positively with the leadership team to ensure students are kept safe. The leadership team of Ninestiles is progressive and has the vision, drive and support to lead the school on a journey of excellence, with staff that have a passion for teaching and learning.
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