Post 16 Student Support Officer

Stanborough School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6YR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  7 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  23 September 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: £30,269.00 - £32,790.00 Annually (FTE) H6 pro rata including fringe

Post 16 Student Support Officer job summary

We are seeking to appoint a highly organised and efficient Post 16 Student Support Officer to provide support to the students and sixth form team. The successful candidate will possess excellent organisational, communication and administrative skills, an ability to work independently, be able to prioritise their workload effectively and enjoy working with young people.

The responsibilities will include the management of private study facilities for our Post 16 students, promoting excellent attendance and punctuality in the Sixth Form. We are looking for someone who can remain calm and professional under pressure and work pro-actively with staff, students and parents to assist the sixth form team in ensuring all students make good progress academically, socially and behaviourally.

Previous experience of working in a school would be an advantage but it is not essential as training and support will be provided. This position is for 37 hours per week, term time only.

Salary: H6 (£30,269 - £32,790 including fringe) per annum, pro rata

Salary Example: 37 hours per week, term time only, £25,310 - £27,418 per annum (approximately)

We were delighted to be awarded a ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted in March 2023, this recognises the hard work and progress made by all in the school. Prospective candidates are encouraged to read the full report available on our website at https://stanborough.herts.sch.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023-OFSTED-Report.pdf.

Applications are invited via the MyNewTerm portal https://www.mynewterm.com/school/Stanborough-School/137847. Further information is also available on our website: https://stanborough.herts.sch.uk/vacancies/staff-vacancies/

Closing date: Tuesday 7th October at 9am

Interview date: Thursday 9th October

Prospective candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as we reserve the right to call candidates for interview and appoint before the closing date shown

Stanborough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to safeguarding checks including references and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Please note that this post is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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

Stanborough School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The following policies are provided on the vacancies section of our website: Policy for Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment and Retention Policy

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 Stanborough School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1261 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Stanborough School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stanborough-school

Awarded a 'Good' rating by Ofsted in January 2023, Stanborough School is an 11-18 co-educational Academy that sits on the southern fringe of Welwyn Garden City with easy access to the A1 and London. Due to parental demand for places at the school, from September 2019 the school expanded to 8 form entry. We pride ourselves in being a fully inclusive school that serves our local community and on being a school that does its best for each individual student so they can achieve their potential during their time at Stanborough.

Stanborough is proud of its community involvement. We work closely with the four other local Secondary Schools as part of the Welwyn-Hatfield 16-19 Consortium. We also take a leading role in hosting and developing a number of other key community developments such as the Handside Schools Partnership with a local special school and primary school.

The school boasts excellent facilities including our first-rate IT resources, a legacy of our Specialist Computing Status. With a dedicated Art and Technology block, Sports Hall, Sixth Form Centre and the recently constructed MFL and Humanities and Music and Drama teaching blocks the students enjoy some outstanding facilities. Our excellent resources in all curriculum areas also show our commitment to giving students a wide variety of curricular opportunities including technology, the performing arts and computing.

Our greatest asset at the school is our staff. We want the best educators for our students and through exceptional retention we have a stable staff with very low turn-over. A number of staff who started at the school as NQTs now find themselves in senior positions at the school. We have a strong support team and many staff have remained with the school for several years.

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