Transition Manager (pastoral manager)
Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP2 8PLThis job expired on 27 September 2024
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
27 September 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
18 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,395.00 - £30,695.00 Annually (Actual) Actual starting salary based on FTE salary of £30,296
Transition Manager (pastoral manager) job summary
We are looking for a Transition Manager to provide support to students transitioning from year 6 to year 7 and 8, helping them overcome barriers to learning both within and outside the Academy. The role is for 37 hours per week and 41 weeks per year (term time plus five inset days and two additional weeks in the holidays to include summer school).
The Transition Manager will work closely with the SLT link, being a key contact between the students, staff, families and other agencies, ensuring good attendance, progress and well-being of students. The successful candidate will have a high standard of communication and organisational skills, along with the ability to manage their workload effectively and meet deadlines. They will be able to work as part of a team but also independently and will have the ability to develop a good rapport with both staff and students.
Stoke High School – Ormiston Academy is a popular, inclusive secondary school with a strong community feel. We are a mixed, fully comprehensive school, serving the local area. We are committed to providing a first-class education to our students and ensuring that all students are challenged, stimulated and equipped for the complex demands of the future.
Our core values of ‘respect, inspire, achieve’ are key to our success in developing an ever-improving school. We value staff and students and have created a positive, forward thinking environment in which everyone can thrive. Our ambition is to be the best school in Ipswich and we invite you to join us on our journey to excellence.
Our new colleague will also benefit from being part of Ormiston Academies Trust, a MAT of 43 primary and secondary academies. The Trust’s vision is for all young people to have access to the highest academic, social and practical skills required to achieve their full potential. OAT support all staff so that they can enhance and develop their professional skills whatever their role within the trust. At Stoke High, we also offer on-site parking and access to a range of employee benefit schemes, discounts and wellbeing support.
Our ideal candidate will be a well-organised, reliable, trustworthy and enthusiastic individual who has a proven track record of working effectively with children/young people. They must demonstrate that they have knowledge of safeguarding and child protection policies and procedures. The role will be varied and busy and ideally suited to a focused and conscientious individual, with a calm, caring and patient approach who has the relevant skills and ability to communicate with students, and to motivate and support them.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact Karen Baldwin, Principal, on 01473 601252.
If you have the skills we are looking for and want to join our friendly and supportive team, apply before the closing date of 27th September 2024, early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable candidate be found.
Stoke High School, Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.
All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
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.
About Stoke High School - Ormiston Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 783 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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Welcome to Stoke High School. We are an inclusive comprehensive school which sits in the heart of our community and we are incredibly proud of our achievements.
Underlying everything we do is our belief in the value and importance of individuals: both students and staff. We want our young people to have confidence in their own abilities and to develop independence, initiative, resilience and be self-regulated learners – both inside and outside the classroom. We believe that our students have an entitlement to a first class education and we provide them with the opportunities they need to excel. We ensure all students are challenged, stimulated and equipped for the complex demands of the future. In return we expect them to work hard and respect and value others.
Our philosophy of focusing on delivering our core values of “respect, inspire, achieve” is key to our success in developing an ever improving school. We have a created a positive, forward thinking and supportive environment.
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