Pastoral Support Officer (Sixth Form)

The Blue Coat CofE School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL1 3SQ

3 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  16 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time, 36 hours 40 minutes per week Term Time only plus 1 week Permanent
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 4 SCP 12 - 17, £28,598 - £31,022 per annum (Pro-rata)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are recruiting a Pastoral Support Officer to join our friendly, professional Sixth Form team, to work with young people aged 16-18. Our Sixth form provision is well established and mirrors the traditional values and high expectations of The Blue Coat School. We pride ourselves on creating a warm and welcoming learning environment for our students; we recognise the importance of this in enabling them to flourish and to be everything they can be and everything they are meant to be.

This role is pivotal in supporting our students as they progress through their sixth form studies, helping them to keep on track with their academic progress by providing pastoral support and encouraging and developing positive attitudes to learning and excellent attendance.

The role incorporates safeguarding initial response and referrals, general management of student wellbeing and welfare and also plays an important role in organising sixth form events, ensuring that students settle well into sixth form life and, when the time comes, are well prepared for their post-18 journey. It is a varied, challenging role and an extremely rewarding one.

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Can quickly establish rapport with parents, staff and young people
• Has a positive attitude and looks to bring out the best in others
• Can manage a busy and demanding workload
• Can understand data and apply practical improvements
• Has professional resilience and integrity and the ability to handle confidential issues and material sensitively and appropriately
• Is approachable and has the ability to inspire respect and confidence
• Has the ability to work under pressure, self-motivate, plan, organise and prioritise effectively

What the school offers its staff

Working for The Blue Coat School means that you would be part of the Cranmer Education Trust, a successful, growing Trust which prides itself on looking after its people, offering a high level of support and access to expertise. This is an excellent time to join the team, as we develop collaborative structures and systems to enhance and support our growing family of schools.

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

The Blue Coat School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

For further information please refer to:

The Cranmer Education Trust’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:
Trust Policies | Cranmer Education Trust

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Pastoral Support Officer (Sixth Form) - Feb 2026.pdf - 1.54 MB (opens in new tab)

About The Blue Coat CofE School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1669 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Blue Coat CofE School website
• Email address: hr@blue-coat.org
• Phone number: 0161 624 1484
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-blue-coat-cofe-school

We are very proud of our school, which attracts students from across Greater Manchester and beyond. It first opened in 1834. Our founder, Thomas Henshaw, was a committed Anglican who left a bequest to fund a school which would provide education for the orphaned boys of the parish.

From these humble beginnings, the Blue Coat School has become one of the biggest and most successful schools in the country. The school has a national reputation for high quality teaching and learning, pastoral care, consistently excellent examination results and outstanding progress. Our most recent OFSTED inspection in 2011/2 judged the school to be outstanding in every category. As a result, Blue Coat has been designated a National Teaching School which means that we work with schools nationally and locally to develop the very best educational provision. Blue Coat is grounded in tradition and history, and is evolving and forward looking. Our historic campus has been restored and developed extensively; our students enjoy picnic lunches in front of a Grade II listed building but their learning takes place in superb 21st century classrooms, laboratories and studios.

Blue Coat is dedicated to serving young people, to enable them to become everything they can be and everything that they are meant to be. We are a Church of England school that welcomes members of other Christian denominations, and of other faiths.

Our Anglican beliefs, values and worship are at the core of our life together in school.

Arranging a visit to The Blue Coat CofE School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@blue-coat.org.

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