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Student and Family Welfare Lead

Blue Coat Church of England Academy, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 2ND

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  3 September 2026

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Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 35 hours per week Monday to Friday 8am-3:40pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: NJC 26-31

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic individual to join our pastoral team, in a recently created, exciting role. The role covers the hours of 8:00am-3:40pm, term time plus 10 days. We are looking for a dedicated professional who is trained or prepared to train as a Designated Safeguarding Lead. The successful candidate will join our excellent team to continue our drive to support effective support to students and their families. This role will focus on developing good working relationships with students and families to encourage a culture of high attendance, enhancing a sense of belonging and reduce the impact on education which adverse family events can cause. This is an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to work closely with teams committed to building strong relationships, supporting student wellbeing, and promoting high levels of student attendance. It also offers the chance to become part of a friendly, welcoming, and successful school. We require staff who are excited by this opportunity and who are ready to embrace this challenge, supporting us in delivering a great local school for our local community. For all of us, staff, Governors, children and parents, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity to make a difference to students’ lives.

What the school offers its staff

The school has been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, most recently in January 2023:

Blue Coat Church of England Academy is an inclusive school where kindness flourishes. The school’s values include wisdom, service, endurance and hope. The school’s culture is rooted in these values. There are positive relationships between staff and pupils. Staff know their pupils well, and pupils feel cared for. Staff have high expectations, and pupils live up to these. Leaders are committed to all pupils becoming successful and active citizens. The school celebrates diversity and meets the needs of all pupils. Many pupils and staff told inspectors, ‘We are proud to be a part of the Blue Coat family.’

Blue Coat Church of England Academy is one of the oldest educational establishments in Walsall, is well-respected and valued by the community it serves. We operate on a very collaborative approach to school improvement working with a range of other schools and nationally recognised trainers. The school is very proud of the family ethos which pervades all aspects of its work, which is grounded in Christian values. The school has recently been awarded the Rights Respecting Schools Gold Award, demonstrating our commitment to embedding the principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into our ethos and curriculum.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

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

Student and Family Welfare Lead Advert.pdf - 247 KB (opens in new tab)

Student & Family Welfare Lead- Job Description.pdf - 314 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blue Coat Church of England Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 972 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Blue Coat Church of England Academy website
• Email address: st-mcfarlane-s@bluecoatacademy.org
• Phone number: 01922720558
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blue-coat-church-of-england-academy

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Arranging a visit to Blue Coat Church of England Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email st-mcfarlane-s@bluecoatacademy.org.

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