41 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2025

  • Closing date

    29 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    17 July 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

£23,059.66 Annually (Actual)

Pastoral Year Lead -Y7 job summary

SUFFOLK

BUNGAY HIGH SCHOOL

QUEENS ROAD

BUNGAY

SUFFOLK

NR35 1RW

Tel: 01986 892140

Email: rblake@bungayhigh.co.uk

11 – 18 Mixed Roll 1,000 students

Pastoral Year Lead (non-teaching) – Commencing September/October 2025

Grade 4, Pt 14-17 - Full Time Salary equivalent is £30,060 p/a. For 37 hours x 40 weeks Actual Salary at Grade 4 Pt 14 will be £23,059.66 per month)

Permanent/Full time

We are seeking to appoint a dynamic and diligent non-teaching Pastoral Lead to support our Head of Year in raising individual student performance in their assigned year groups and also provide support by monitoring the overall progress and development of our students.

This is a crucial role within our school, with most parent/carer/student contact coming through to the Year Offices in the first instance. This role is central to the development and wellbeing of our students and is the conduit between home and school. The successful candidates will provide support and guidance to our students, as they progress through school.

The Pastoral Team is successfully led by our Assistant Headteacher – Inclusion and Wellbeing and we are looking to expand our pastoral offer as the school continues to grow. The primary focus will be ensuring students are able to access and attend lessons, with support and strategies employed to encourage this.

Candidates will have good ICT skills allowing them to access emails, electronic resources and the ability to use Microsoft Office. Excellent time management and organisation skills are essential to schedule and prioritise Year teamwork and maintain appropriate records. Candidates must be able to work on their own initiative and have excellent communication skills.

If you are interested in this position and would like to discuss it in more detail, please email Mrs Blake rblake@bungayhigh.co.uk or telephone 01986 891642. An application form and a copy of the job description is available from our website www.bungayhigh.co.uk.

Application deadline: Friday 29 August 2025 at midday.Please address your covering letter of interest to Mrs Chanel Oswick, Headteacher.

Please note, we do not accept CVs. No Agencies.

Interview date is to be advised but will be in the first or second week of September.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post.

Our values, which underpin every decision we take and the systems we use, are demonstrated in The Bungay Way, underpinned by our character virtues of RESPECT, RESILIENCE, REFLECTIVENESS and RESPONSIBIITY. We have a comprehensive student character-building programme, through which we are working towards the nationally recognised Character Quality Mark.

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.
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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.

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About Bungay High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
996 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Bungay High School Academy is a thriving and successful school situated in a pleasant rural area. We are 20 miles from Norwich and 15 miles from the delightful heritage coast. We have fantastic students, great staff and a commitment to success for all. We have an excellent CPD programme and are committed to staff development.

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