Senior Pastoral Support Officer

All Saints Catholic High School, Knowsley, Merseyside, L33 8XF

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2026

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 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: £30,461 to £32,167
• Pay scale: Grade H SCP 23-25

What skills and experience we're looking for

● To provide academic support and guidance to a range of pupils by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and achieve their full potential.

● To support pupils and families with emerging needs by offering Early Help. Using a Signs of Wellbeing approach to develop a family plan and co-ordinate services to enable positive changes to be sustained in order to improve outcomes for the children.

● To assist key staff in supporting the pupils through periods of transition through the relevant key stages in school.

● To work closely with the school’s Attendance Team to contribute to whole school attendance strategies and systems.

What the school offers its staff

All Saints Catholic High School is a Knowsley based Catholic secondary school educating pupils aged 11–18 years of age in the Kirkby area of Merseyside.

The school also operates a small specialist sixth form.

Wehave a PAN of 210 in each year group, and a current sixth form of 80 students, making us the largest school in Knowsley.

The majority of our students enter our school in year 7 from our local feeder primary schools within Kirkby. We work hard to foster good relationships with our local primary schools and a particular emphasis is placed on transition to year 7.

Our school is located close to the town centre and the two train stations in Kirkby. We are in a modern building, constructed in 2010, with 1121 students and over 140 staff onsite. Our facilities include a light and welcoming atrium, a well resourced library, modern sports hall and gym, a dance studio, music practice rooms, Science labs, DT, Engineering and Food rooms and a specialist Sixth Form area.

In addition to the indoor facilities, there are well maintained grounds which include social areas, a 3G astroturf pitch and a large playing field for grass pitches and athletics.

Each member of staff receives an Apple Mac laptop and all students and staff work on GSuite. All students in years 10, 11 and Sixth Form are provided with a Chromebook to facilitate their digital curriculum work using Google Classroom.

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

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About All Saints Catholic High School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: All Saints Catholic High School website
• Email address: mmcgowan@allsaintschs.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/all-saints-catholic-high-school-knowsley

An oversubscribed secondary school in the borough of Knowsley

Arranging a visit to All Saints Catholic High School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mmcgowan@allsaintschs.org.uk.

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