Spiritual Wellbeing Lead
Avanti Court Primary School, Barkingside, Essex, IG6 1LZ24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October/November
Closing date
3 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Please see JD for full details
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 5, £29,635 - £32,075 per annum pro rata - Approximately £9,480 - £10,260 per annum (0.31989 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Salary: Grade 5, £29,635 - £32,075 per annum pro rata - Approximately pro rata £9,480 - £10,260 p/a (0.31989 FTE)
Part-time - 15 hours per week, term time only
About us and the role
Avanti Services Ltd is seeking a dedicated individual to join Avanti Court Primary School as a Spiritual Wellbeing Lead.
This is a unique opportunity for someone with strong interpersonal skills and a passion for supporting the emotional and spiritual development of children and adults.
The postholder will represent and embody the Avanti ethos through their conduct, nurturing the school’s values through programmes and daily interactions. They will offer listening space, guidance, and spiritual wisdom to staff and parents—via 1:1s, discussion groups, workshops, and training.
They will also support the Senior Leadership Team in responding to external events that affect pupils and school life, helping to foster a calm, compassionate environment.
This role is key to deepening the school’s spiritual ethos and embedding the Avanti Way in everyday practice.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
Avanti Court is a vibrant primary school, which welcomes pupils and staff of all faiths and backgrounds.
The staff at Avanti Court Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our pupils. All staff that work at our school subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our children. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both children and staff:
- Educational excellence
- Character formation
- Spiritual insight
We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.
What will you do?
- Foster the holistic development of students and staff—emotionally, spiritually, and mentally—aligned with the school’s ethos and values.
- Offer one-to-one emotional and spiritual wellbeing support, while facilitating reflective discussion groups for pupils, staff, and parents.
- Collaborate with teaching, pastoral, and inclusion teams to enhance the school’s overall wellbeing and chaplaincy provision.
- Plan and deliver assemblies, immersive workshops, and community outreach activities, while creating meaningful wellbeing resources.
Develop and evaluate the chaplaincy programme, supporting the induction of new members and contributing to a spiritually nurturing school culture.
What are we looking for?
- Empathic listening skills, excellent communication, organisation and presentation skills
- Ability to act upon own initiative
- A warm, friendly attitude that make person approachable for students, staff and parents
- For our faith schools: Practicing Krishna Consciousness and have a deep understanding of its beliefs and practices.
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role..
What the school offers its staff
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
- Great opportunities for professional development
- NEST pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
- O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
- Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
Cycle-to-work Scheme
Further information about the job
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.
Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
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About Avanti Court Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Hindu, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 623 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Avanti Court Primary School website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Court Primary School is an Academy for children aged 3–11. The school is a three-form entry, mixed primary school with an attached nursery with over 600 children on roll.
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
Arranging a visit to Avanti Court Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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