Pastoral Support Worker
Bottisham Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB25 9DL19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible, subject to pre-employment checks
Closing date
19 April 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time, part time: 37 hours per week - Monday to Friday 8.30 to 4.30 (4pm on Friday) with 30 minute unpaid break. Exact start and finish time can be discussed and agreed with successful candidate. 39 weeks per year - term time plus training days
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Estimated starting salary £21,448 plus payment for Annual Leave Allowance (approx £3079) based on 37 hours / 39 weeks
Pay scale
- NJC Scale 5 points 12 to 17 (£28,598 to £31,022 FTE) Pro rata to hours and weeks worked
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Pastoral Support Worker to join our safeguarding team. This is a pivotal role for an individual who is passionate about student wellbeing and committed to ensuring that all young people feel safe, supported, and able to thrive. You will play a key part in maintaining a strong safeguarding culture across the school, acting swiftly and effectively in response to concerns and working in line with statutory safeguarding guidance and school policies. You will ensure that all actions are timely, appropriate, and thoroughly recorded whilst working closely with colleagues and external agencies where necessary, maintaining a child-centred approach at all times. You will also provide both targeted and responsive support to students identified as vulnerable or at risk, particularly those experiencing emotional, social, or mental health challenges. This includes working with students on pastoral support interventions, building positive relationships with them and their families, and helping them to develop strategies to manage their wellbeing to enable them to thrive and fulfil their potential.
Collaboration is central to this role. You will work closely with Heads of Learning, Assistant Heads of Learning, the SENCo, and the wider Inclusion Team to identify students in need of support and to coordinate effective interventions. You will also take responsibility for overseeing the delivery of targeted programmes, such as e-safety and wellbeing interventions, ensuring their impact is carefully monitored and evaluated to support continuous improvement. Your role will require a high level of professionalism, discretion, and the ability to make sound judgements in sensitive situations.
What the school offers its staff
Please view our application information pack for details on staff benefits, and more information on why you want to work for Anglian Learning.
Flexible working opportunities
Further information about the job
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 Safer Recruitment processes follows the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) including Children's Barred List
Medical Clearance
Online checks
Prohibition (teaching roles)
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Bottisham Village College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1465 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bottisham Village College website
- Email address
- hrhub1@anglianlearning.org
We are an ambitious, innovative, comprehensive school, based in the heart of rural East Cambridgeshire and we take great pride in our vision: to inspire, to care for and to enrich the lives of every student within our community. Our maximum capacity of students is 1500 and we are committed to providing an outstanding education to all of our students, enabling them to develop into mature, independent young people, ready to take their place in society. In addition to our academic rigour, our relationship-driven approach permeates throughout all aspects of college life, from the maths classroom to the sports field, from the music room to the ICT suite and from the library to the auditorium, this is a college where we recognise the transformative power of positive relationships. Students will only succeed if they are happy and we make every effort to achieve this.
The college was opened in 1937, and remains a focal point for village life and a community ethos: a comprehensive adult education programme, a community sports centre and extensive provision for the arts and physical education as well as a well developed enrichment programme for all. In essence, the facilities are the gateway to connecting all our catchment communities. Henry Morris, the founding father of the Village College ideal, believed that schools should be the pulse of the local community, open to all and offering an attractive stimulating environment. As our college grows, we shall never lose sight of the Henry Morris ideal: community is at the heart of all we do.
Arranging a visit to Bottisham Village College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hrhub1@anglianlearning.org.
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