Pastoral Year Leader

Astrea Academy Woodfields, Doncaster, DN4 8ND

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  19 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 October 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: £33,143.00 - £35,511.00 Annually (FTE) Pro Rata £28981 to £31331 - 39 weeks (term time)

Pastoral Year Leader job summary

Join Our Team as a Pastoral Year Leader at Astrea Academy Woodfields!

Are you ready to lead with compassion, consistency, and high expectations? Astrea Academy Woodfields is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Year Leader on a term time basis to champion the wellbeing, behaviour, and progress of our scholars in Key Stage 3/4.

About the Role:

As Pastoral Year Leader, you’ll be the driving force behind a year group’s success—ensuring impeccable behaviour, strong attendance, and a culture of achievement. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, teachers, and support staff to remove barriers and inspire every student to reach their full potential.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead with Purpose: Be the visible, values-driven role model for your year group.
Champion Behaviour & Attendance: Monitor, intervene, and celebrate success.
Collaborate for Impact: Work with DSL, SENDCo, and teaching teams to support vulnerable students.
Engage Families: Build strong relationships with parents to secure positive outcomes.
Celebrate Achievement: Drive the rewards system and promote enrichment opportunities.
Mentor & Motivate: Support underachieving students and lead tutor teams with clarity and consistency.

What We're Looking For:

Experienced Pastoral Leader: Proven experience working with KS3/4 students in a pastoral capacity.
Values-Driven: Aligned with Astrea’s mission and committed to inclusion and equity.
Resilient & Relational: Calm, confident, and emotionally mature with strong relationship-building skills.
Professional & Organised: Able to lead events, track data, and communicate effectively across stakeholders.

What We Offer:

Supportive Leadership: Work alongside a visible and committed senior team.
Professional Development: Ongoing CPD and opportunities for career progression.
Inclusive Culture: A values-led environment where every child is known and supported.
Disruption-Free Learning: A warm/strict behaviour system that empowers staff and students.
Centralised Systems: Including detentions, tutor curriculum, and rewards.

Why Join Us?

Astrea Academy Woodfields is committed to providing an inclusive, aspirational, and academic education for all our students. We believe in creating a scholarly culture that is warm, disciplined, and joyful—where every student can thrive.

Interested in Applying?

If you’re passionate about pastoral care and ready to make a difference, we’d love to hear from you. Please review the job description and candidate pack to learn more. Visits are warmly welcomed—contact kathryn.haughian@astreawoodfields.org to arrange a tour or ask questions.

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. As a Disability Confident employer, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

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

We all have a statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children.

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 Astrea Academy Woodfields

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 714 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Woodfields website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-woodfields

Our vision for education is simple and one that allows teachers to teach. We believe in a curriculum that is knowledge-rich, ‘the best that is thought and said’, that is supported by a traditional approach to teaching, behaviour and culture. We are values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thrive and lead successful lives.

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