Student Welfare Assistant
Brymore Academy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NB3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
10 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Band 6, Point 10
What skills and experience we're looking for
Are you passionate about student wellbeing and safeguarding? Do you thrive in a collaborative, inclusive environment where every role contributes to student success? Bridgwater and Taunton College Trust is seeking a dedicated Student Welfare Assistant to join our team and help us put students first.
Brymore is a State Boarding School for boys aged 11 – 16 set in its own 60-acre site with a working farm, gardens, workshops and sports facilities.
Brymore Academy is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Student Welfare Assistant to join our team on a Full-time, permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a supportive and dedicated team and to play a key role in the further development of this provision at our inclusive academy.
As a Student Welfare Assistant, you will play a vital role in supporting the safeguarding and pastoral care of our students. You’ll lead high-level administrative support across welfare and safeguarding functions, ensuring statutory compliance, accurate record-keeping, and effective communication with staff, students, families, and external agencies.
This is a key position that contributes directly to our safeguarding culture and wellbeing strategy.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to the Designated Safeguarding Lead and Pastoral Leadership Team.
- Maintain accurate records of behaviour, attendance, and safeguarding using MIS and online systems.
- Coordinate safeguarding files and ensure continuity of care for students.
- Monitor staff safeguarding training and support multi-agency meetings.
- Prepare reports and data summaries to support strategic decision-making.
- Serve as a trusted point of contact for students needing welfare support.
What We’re Looking For
Essential:
- GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent).
- Strong IT skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Experience in administration.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting student wellbeing.
Desirable:
- Experience in an educational setting.
- Formal safeguarding qualification (e.g., Level 2).
- Experience in pastoral or safeguarding roles.
- Familiarity with school data systems and statutory audits.
What the school offers its staff
Why Join Us?
- Our employees benefit from a generous local government pension scheme with employer contributions of over 24%
- Employee Rewards scheme including High Street discounts and a Staff Wellbeing centre.
Closing date for applications: Midnight, Sunday 2nd November 2025
We believe in hiring for potential and this means that we value individuals for the knowledge skills and experience that they have developed in every aspect of their lives. If you don’t feel that you meet all of the criteria listed in the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply.
We care about our staff and provide a number of benefits in addition to salary including a positive and supportive working environment, employer pension contribution of at least 23%, generous annual leave entitlement for all-year round staff, on-site gyms, free parking, access to a retail discounts platform and Employee Assistance Programme. Helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us. Lots of our colleagues work flexibly including part time hours and/or job shares and we are happy to discuss these opportunities with you.
We truly believe that diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective secure the best outcomes for our students. We strive to build teams that represent our local communities and welcome applications from individuals who identify as members of an under-represented group and in particular individuals who identify as BAME, disabled or LGBT. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share its commitment. Our mission is that all children achieve. A criminal disclosure check will be requested for any applicant who is offered a position.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Brymore Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and therefore this post requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure.
Applying for the job
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About Brymore Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 17
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 346 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 17
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brymore Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@btc-trust.org
Brymore is a State Boarding School for boys aged 11 - 17 set in its own 60 acre site in the Quantocks, an area of outstanding natural beauty, with a working farm, gardens, workshops and sports facilities which are fully utilised in the delivery of the curriculum to over 320 students of which 130 are boarders. The school is currently expanding and this is an exciting time in Brymore’s development.
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