Student Wellbeing Lead

Winchmore School, London, N21 3HS

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  7 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £39,973.00 - £42,758.00 Annually (Actual)

Student Wellbeing Lead job summary

Winchmore School is seeking to appoint a compassionate, strategic, and highly organised Student Wellbeing Lead. In this vital role, you will lead and coordinate a whole-school approach to student mental health, resilience, and emotional wellbeing.

Working directly alongside the Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion, our Child Protection Officer, and the School Counsellor, you will ensure our most vulnerable students receive rapid, targeted, and evidence-based support. We welcome applications from experienced practitioners looking to lead a dedicated team of Wellbeing Mentors and make a systemic impact on school culture

Key Responsibilities of the role are to:

• Line manage, supervise, and develop a team of Wellbeing Mentors, ensuring high standards of case management and recorded practice.

• Oversee the delivery, quality, and impact of school-wide wellbeing provision, establishing clear internal support pathways and referral tracking.

• Utilise current research and government recommendations to execute impactful initiatives.

• Deliver one-to-one coaching, facilitate student workshops (covering stress reduction, mindfulness, resilience, and social skills), and provide practical resources for parents/carers.

• Train and equip school staff to confidently support student mental health and contribute to an inclusive, safeguarding-first environment.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Proven experience in delivering mental health or wellbeing interventions within an educational or youth-work setting.

• Strong leadership qualities, with experience (or clear capacity) to line manage and coach a team.

• Excellent collaborative skills, with the ability to maintain strong partnerships between pastoral staff, families, and external healthcare agencies.

• An absolute commitment to safeguarding compliance and equal opportunities.

  Winchmore School and the London Borough of Enfield are strictly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will undergo an enhanced DBS check.

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

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.

About Winchmore School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1788 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Winchmore School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/winchmore-school

Winchmore is a successful, oversubscribed, multicultural comprehensive school situated in a leafy part of North London. Deemed Good by OFSTED in November 2016 and October 2013

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