Pastoral Support Worker
Westminster Academy, London, W2 5EZ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
19 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, 38.75 Hours per Week, Term Time + INSET days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- WA Scale 5, Spine Point Range 12 - 17, £26,173 - £28,682 FTE (£23,652 - £25,919 pro rata)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Westminster Academy has a fantastic opportunity for an innovative and dedicated Pastoral Support Worker to play a vital role by organising and delivering interventions to improve the welfare, behaviour and pastoral care of students, ensuring interventions are recorded, monitored and impact is evaluated. The post holder will promote a Trauma-informed approach when interacting with students, staff and parents. They may be asked to manage and look into behaviour and pastoral incidents in depth and report to relevant senior members of staff. The post holder will also assist in managing, leading, and developing systems and procedures to enhance standards of achievement, behaviour, and personal development for all pupils in the attached year group.
Our ideal Pastoral Support Worker will be calm, solution focused, have excellent interpersonal skills and work well under pressure. If you are a compassionate, proactive professional with a passion for supporting young people to thrive both in and beyond the classroom, we would love to hear from you.
What we are looking for:
- Has experience working with young people in an educational, youth work, or social care setting.
- Demonstrates excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive, trusting relationships.
- Is calm under pressure, solution-focused, and able to manage sensitive situations with discretion.
- Understands safeguarding principles and the importance of confidentiality and professional boundaries.
- Works well as part of a team and can collaborate effectively with colleagues and external professionals.
- Is passionate about inclusion, equity, and helping every student reach their full potential.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Westminster Academy?
Westminster Academy is home to a diverse, ambitious, and caring student community situated in the vibrant heart of London. Staff benefit from being part of an innovative and supportive team where collaboration, wellbeing, and professional growth are prioritised. Guided by our strong, values-driven ethos, we are committed to nurturing both academic success and personal development for every young person in our care. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a genuine, lasting difference in students’ lives, helping them grow in confidence, resilience, and aspiration. For further details, please visit our website at www.westminsteracademy.org.uk.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding.
A professional social media check may take place to identify a candidate's online presence to look for negative behaviours such as bullying, racism, nudity and excessive bad language.
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for any role at WA must disclose all convictions.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Westminster Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1073 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Westminster Academy website
- Email address
- hrteam@westminsteracademy.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 7121 0693
At Westminster Academy we have a deep and genuine commitment to provide an education that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world. Our mission is "Education is Success". This captures the sense of optimism and determination to succeed that permeates the Academy. We aim to develop resilience in our students, and the ability to be tenacious in their quest to be the best that they can be in all aspects of their lives. We draw out their individual talents and celebrate their personal achievements and their individual contribution.
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