Pastoral Support Officer
Avanti Fields School, Leicester, LE5 0BXThis job expired on 7 December 2022
Start date details
January 2023
Closing date
7 December 2022 at 11:59pm
Date listed
1 December 2022
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
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- 37.5 hours
Contract type
- Fixed term - till 12th July 2023
Pay scale
- Grade 5, £24,500 - £26,363 pro rata. Approximate actual £19,828 - £21,335 (80% FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
- High level of literacy and numeracy skills
- Highly organised, ability to manage own workload and work on own initiative to meet deadlines
- Demonstrates initiative and takes personal responsibility for completion of tasks
- Resilience and motivation to support the pastoral and school team
- Ability to produce and record clear, concise and accurate information
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the essential criteria and skills required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
We are seeking to appoint a skilled, professional and enthusiastic Pastoral Support Officer to join our friendly and growing team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Assistant Principal leading on pastoral and Heads of Year in providing administrative support as well as leading and taking interventions for pupils to support behaviour, attendance and wellbeing.
Avanti Fields School is an is an all-through, faith designated (Hindu) state school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it continues its journey to outstanding.
The staff at Avanti Fields School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our students. All staff that work at the school will need to subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our students.
This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both students and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
Why should you apply
You will be working in a fantastic environment.
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
Further details about the role
What will you do?
- Support Heads of Year and the assistant principal with pupil behaviour, aiming to nurture each pupil on their own journey of self discovery.
- Work with students who are finding it hard to integrate by providing support.
- Lead intervention strategies to support pupil behaviour, attendance and wellbeing.
- Liaise with parent/carers and external agencies.
- Provide Heads of Year and SLT updates on pupils groupsand the effectiveness of intervention strategies.
For a more comprehensive list of the job responsibilities, please view the full Job Description
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
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About Avanti Fields School
- School type
- Free School, Hindu, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
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- School size
- 950 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Avanti Fields School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- careers@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Fields School is a new all-through school which welcomed the first intake of Year 7 students in September 2018. The school is rapidly expanding, and will grow year by year to a full cohort of 1,320. This is an exciting time to join the school as it moves into its new state of the arts building and continues its journey to outstanding.
Avanti Fields School; we are an all-through; 3–16 Hindu-faith school – part of the multi-academy, Avanti Schools Trust.
Avanti Schools are extremely popular with Hindu and non-Hindu parents alike who want an outstanding, disciplined and inclusive environment for learning for their children.
Our established schools in London and Leicester are all at least rated good with outstanding features and have the highest expectations are our pupils.
Avanti’s faith ethos means high academic and moral standards and an environment that values and nurtures the best within all faiths.
Avanti Fields is a Hindu-designated faith school, part of the growing family of Avanti schools. However, staff and students at Avanti Fields School do not originate from any specific faith background. Applications are welcome from practitioners of any faith and from those of none; they will, however, be expected to be in full sympathy with the unique ethos and vision of the School.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Fields School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.
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