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Pastoral Support Assistant

The Willink School, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 3XJ

This job expired on 2 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  2 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week, Term Time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Between £24,790 - £26,409
• Pay scale: D5 - D9

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a motivated and well-organised individual to support the Head of Learning in leading a year team of tutors in promoting high standards of student personal, social and academic development.

What the school offers its staff

The Willink is a successful and oversubscribed school with a strong international ethos, listed in the top ten non-selective schools in Berkshire in 2019. The school has 1250 students on roll including 220 in the Sixth Form, and is situated in a pleasant semi-rural setting south west of Reading.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicants will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Further information can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk

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.

For further information please visit the school website or contact Mrs Kim Paonessa, HR Administrator, hr@willink.w-berks.sch.uk.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 2nd July 2025, however we are likely to conduct interviews as early applications are received and previous candidates should not apply.

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 The Willink School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1255 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Willink School website
• Email address: hr@willink.w-berks.sch.uk
• Phone number: 0118 983 2030
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-willink-school

The Willink is a successful and oversubscribed school with a strong international ethos, listed in the top ten non-selective schools in Berkshire in 2019. The school has 1250 students on roll including 220 in the Sixth Form, and is situated in a pleasant semi-rural setting south west of Reading.

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