Peak Performance (Pastoral) Lead

Walsall Studio School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1RL

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 April 2026

• Closing date

  1 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 Hours a week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 7 (£29,114 to £33,315)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Essential Qualifications & Experience:

• GCSE English and Maths (Grade 4/C or above).
• Relevant qualification or substantial experience in pastoral support, youth work, education, or related field.
• Experience working with secondary-age students, including those with SEMH, anxiety, attendance, or safeguarding needs.
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and organisational ability.

What the school offers its staff

Salary:Grade 7 (£29,114 to £33,315)Contract:Full-Time, Permanent, Term Time OnlyResponsible to:Headteacher / Senior Leadership TeamStart Date:April 2026

Purpose:

The Peak Performance (Pastoral) Lead is a middle leadership role, pivotal in driving student welfare, engagement, personaldevelopment, and academic performance across Key Stages 4 and 5. The postholder leads one half of the school, manages tutor teams, coordinates student support services, and implements strategies for attendance, behaviour, and safeguarding. They work closely with another Peak Performance Lead and Aspire Coach to ensure consistency and excellence in pastoral provision.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support student welfare, personal development, and academic progress.
• Manage tutor teams and coordinate pastoral care and support services.
• Monitor attendance, behaviour, and safeguarding, implementing interventions as needed.
• Oversee student transitions, induction, and enrichment activities.
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and safe school culture.

For informal conversations or to arrange a visit, contact Angela Lingard, Executive PA and Office Manager: a.lingard@studio.merciantrust.org.ukApply via the Mercian Trust website.

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

Studio School & Sixth 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. A copy of the ‘Safeguarding Policy’ is available to view or download by logging onto the School website: https://walsallstudio.school/

This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Peak Performance (Pastoral) Lead Job Pack.docx - 3.34 MB (opens in new tab)

About Walsall Studio School

• School type: Free School, ages 14 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 185 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 14 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Walsall Studio School website
• Email address: jasmine.gill@merciantrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/walsall-studio-school

Studio School & Sixth is a specialist 14-19 non-selective school and founding member of The Mercian Trust.

Located in the heart of Walsall town centre, our unique small school and sixth form offers an immersive professional experience; supporting academic, vocational and personal excellence for students starting Year 10 or Year 12 who seek a creative and digitally rich curriculum.
Vocational learning is really important here, but it would be wrong to think that this means our students focus purely on practical work. There’s plenty of theory to learn and we strike a good balance between the academic and the vocational. Above all, we challenge our students to be the very best they can be in their chosen fields.

Back in the Renaissance, more than 400 years ago, ‘apprentices’ studied under the guidance of ‘masters’ and it’s this model that has influenced the way Studio Schools operate today. Of course, much has changed and now, thankfully, those ‘masters’ and ‘apprentices’ are just as likely to be women and girls as men and boys.

Studio School & Sixth has almost 300 such ‘apprentices’. It’s one of only a handful of Studio Schools in the country and opened its doors in 2013. Its students go on to universities, conservatoires and high-quality apprenticeships. The school focuses on the creative, health and digital industries, which means students have careers as paramedics, therapists, software engineers, actors, dancers, teachers and much else besides.

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