Pastoral Support-Sixth Form

Aldridge School - A Science College, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 0BG

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 5 (SCP 9-17)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Pastoral Support – Sixth Form

Salary: Grade 5 (SCP 9-17) pro-rata

Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week, Monday–Friday (40 weeks per year, term time including inset days plus 1 week)

Purpose

To assist the Head of Sixth Form and provide support to staff, students, parents, and external agencies.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Administrative Duties

• Arrange parental meetings as required.
• Liaise with the Sixth Form Tutor team on all relevant administrative issues.
• Use SIMS to track and evaluate attendance and punctuality, liaising with tutors and parents to improve these where needed. Identify patterns and report findings at Sixth Form meetings.
• Support the Sixth Form application process and KS4-KS5 transition induction.
• Assist with preparation and administration of A-level and GCSE results.
• Promote and monitor work experience, including documentation via relevant platforms.
• Support educational programmes (e.g., Open Learn) and monitor enrichment activities.
• Promote equality and inclusion for all students.
• Maintain Further and Higher Education resources in the Sixth Form.
• Support the Head of Sixth Form with next steps information, including UCAS and apprenticeship applications.
• Undertake relevant training and attend staff meetings.
• Attend Sixth Form line management meetings and record minutes.
• Supervise the day-to-day running of the Sixth Form: students and facilities.
• Ensure all medical information is up to date.
• Undertake any reasonable task as directed by the Head of Sixth Form.

Stakeholder-Facing Duties

• Act as the first point of contact for students, parents, and external agencies.
• Ensure adherence to the Sixth Form Code of Conduct.
• Implement the school’s rewards and sanctions policy within the Sixth Form Centre.
• Receive visitors, speakers, and prospective students; show visitors around.
• Ensure timely communication of information to students and staff.
• Support MAT students, monitoring attendance, progress, and transport needs.
• Arrange student ambassadors for parental events.
• Attend parental events and other after-school commitments as required.

Standards and Quality Assurance

• Support the aims and ethos of the school.
• Set a good example in dress, punctuality, and attendance.
• Attend team and staff meetings.
• Undertake professional duties as assigned by the Head Teacher.
• Be proactive regarding Health and Safety.
• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Interviews will be held W/C 10th November 2025.

What the school offers its staff

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

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

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About Aldridge School - A Science College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1585 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Aldridge School - A Science College website
• Email address: jasmine.gill@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aldridge-school-a-science-college-walsall

We are a comprehensive school of over 1500 students situated near the centre of Aldridge village. We believe that it is our responsibility to work to meet the needs of every individual student, challenging them to achieve their best, supporting them to become responsible young adults and preparing them for their next steps into the world of work or further education.

Aldridge School is a good school (Ofsted 2022).  It is a school which is proud of its traditions and successes which have been achieved through hard work and high expectations. In particular, we encourage our students to be Respectful, Responsible, Resilient and Ready to learn in order that they will be happy and successful at school and in the wider world beyond.

 Aldridge School has a dedicated, talented and conscientious team of staff who work together to provide a high standard of teaching, excellent pastoral care and professional support services. Our broad curriculum is designed to meet national expectations, be relevant and interesting, support our students in achieving the best possible standards in external examinations and to equip them with the skills they need to be successful in adult life.

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