Sixth Form Study Facilitator - Pastoral
Heckmondwike Grammar School, Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, WF16 0AH6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 February 2025 at 9am
Date listed
14 February 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 28.75 hours per week. 8.00am to 14.15pm. Term Time only, plus 5 Training days
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- SCP 2-5 £23,656 – £24,790 pro rata £15,757.26 to £16,512.62 actual salary)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you an organised and approachable individual?
Then this will be the job for you.
This post provides a unique opportunity to work within a high-performing and growing 11 to 18 grammar school with a large sixth-form and exceptionalstudents.
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approximately 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.
If you are interested in this position then please visit the vacancies section of our website www.heckgrammar.co.uk/vacancies.
Completed applications should be sent by email to: recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk.
The Sixth Form Study Facilitator - Pastoral plays a key role in ensuring the smooth running of the Sixth Form by providing high levels of support in the Jo Cox Centre. They will oversee and manage the study areas, fostering a structured and supportive environment where students feel safe and encouraged in their personal development.
The role involves maintaining high standards of behaviour, ensuring students remain engaged and use study time productively. Working closely with the Sixth Form Pastoral Leader, Attendance and Health Officer, and other staff, the post holder will promote student welfare and attendance, offering guidance and support as students navigate Sixth Form life.
A key responsibility is controlling and monitoring access to the Jo Cox Centre, ensuring only authorised individuals enter and playing a leading safeguarding role. The post holder will also coordinate and supervise break and lunchtime duties to maintain student safety and well-being and provide first aid assistance when required.
While school experience is not essential, a background in a front-facing or customer service role is desirable. The ideal candidate will be confident working with young people, able to build strong relationships, and skilled in maintaining professional boundaries.
Protection of children:
Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.
Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
What the school offers its staff
Pension Plan with Local Government Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Free On Site Parking
Free Flu Vaccinations
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its
students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Full details regarding our Safeguarding Procedures can be found on our website in the Safeguarding section, alternatively, please contact Recruitment to obtain a copy.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Heckmondwike Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1474 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Heckmondwike Grammar School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk
We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approx 6000 secondary schools (state and independent) in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.
And for the second year running we are ranked No 2 in the North of England.
This is a fabulous accolade to the whole school community and just reward for years of hard work from staff, students and indeed parents.
The survey includes both GCSE and A level results and is nationally noted as a true measure of school performance using metrics of most interest to parents when selecting a school.
“Such accolades are very pleasing and we are delighted to be recognised, but they only come about because of the week in week out hard work from students and staff and I salute my colleagues and students, they are an exceptional team.” Mr Roberts, Headteacher.
Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with our young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go. Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.
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