Pastoral Support Officer

Wixams Academy, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 6BA

4 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  28 November 2025

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

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: £20,028-£22,648

Pastoral Support Officer job summary

Wixams Academy are recruiting a Pastoral Support Officer to join our growing school!

Wixams Academy is a comprehensive Academy serving circa (in September 2023) 950 pupils including 120 pupils in the Sixth Form. We opened in 2017 with only 80 students and continue to grow annually (with new students and staff) to 1750 students and 200 staff by 2030. we are currently working with Bedford Borough Council and the Department for Education to expand the capacity of the school to facilitate this growth. The Academy has been popular and oversubscribed since opening and we have low staff turnover. The Academy is located one mile south of Bedford town centre and has a mixed community, with broadly national composition. We have recently merged Knowledge Schools Trust (KST) to create a local hub to drive further growth in the region.

The Pastoral Support Officer will play a key role in supporting the school’s behaviour and inclusion systems by overseeing the daily operation of the Behaviour Support Centre. They will ensure that the room runs smoothly, uphold high standards of conduct, and manage all associated detention and behaviour administration with consistency and accuracy.

When not supervising the Behaviour Support Centre, the Pastoral Support Officer will work closely with the Key Stage Lead and the on-call team to help maintain a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment across the school. This may include responding to behaviour incidents, collecting and recording student statements, meeting with students to address concerns and supporting restorative or follow-up conversations.

The postholder will model professionalism, promote positive behaviour and contribute to a culture of high expectations that supports students in making better choices and engaging fully in their learning.

For full details, see the attached Job Description. Interviews to take place week commencing 8 December 2025.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment and safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS clearance check, Prohibition from Teaching Checks and a Section 128 Direction Check (if applicable). KST is committed to the safeguarding of the children and young people in our care and actively promotes their welfare. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. KST is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from minority groups.

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 Wixams Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 933 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wixams Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wixams-academy

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