Student Support Officer (KS4)
St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2NJ15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
30 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
15 January 2026
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
- £27,135.00 Annually (Actual) FTE (£31,022)
Student Support Officer (KS4) job summary
Student Support Officer (SSO)
Salary Scale Level 7
Actual salary £27,135 (FTE salary £31,022)
37 hours per week Termtime + INSET
(8.00am-4.00pm Monday-Thursday; 8.00am-3.30pm Friday with 30-minute lunch break)
The Directors are seeking to appoint someone with experience of working with young people to work within the school’s pastoral team in providing a complementary service to the school in addressing the pastoral needs of students within Key Stage 4. The SSO will liaise with students, staff, parents and external agencies when needed to support students’ progress within the academy and their attitude to school life.
St Thomas More Catholic Academy is an 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school with 1143 students on roll which has an excellent reputation throughout the area.
The post is for 37 hours per week during term time plus INSET.
Applications are warmly welcomed from all denominations.
Purpose of the Post
To be responsible for providing pastoral care for a designated year providing support and assistance to the Head of Key Stage and the wider Pastoral team. The SSO will liaise with students, staff, parents and external agencies when needed to support students’ progress within the academy and their attitude to school life.
Principal duties and responsibilities
To provide pastoral care, support and guidance for students within the year group
To support the wellbeing of individual students, by developing approaches based on existing good practice in managing and support students with emotional and behavioural difficulties
Working alongside parents in helping them to support the work of the school in improving individual students’ progress, attitude to learning and behaviour whilst ensuring that there are effective lines of communication operating between school and home
Work directly with individuals or groups to raise self-esteem and confidence of students with a view to improve personal and social skills
To support the Head of Key Stage in monitoring academy performance, behaviour and attendance data and intervening as required
Working with all staff to promote the effective use of behaviour management strategies
Support parents and students by liaising with identified outside agencies
Mentoring on a 1:1 basis and supporting work with small groups of students within a year group
Working within a pastoral team to support whole school pastoral care
Promoting and encouraging programmes of study support in school
Completing duties and patrols in line with behaviour policy
Maintaining contact with students who are given suspensions due to behaviour issues and supporting their re-integration
This is not a complete statement of all duties - the postholder will be expected to complete other duties reasonably required by Head of Key Stage.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). This School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Positions are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointments will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Thomas More Catholic Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Thomas More Catholic Academy website
Mixed Catholic Comprehensive
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