Pastoral Manager

The David Ross Education Trust are now recruiting for the role of Pastoral Manager at King Edward VI Academy in Spilsby.

Do you want to be part of a family team who are committed to working together to deliver opportunities for all no matter what background? Are you ambitious, inspirational, creative, open minded and understand that the students must be central to all our decisions? If so, we would like to hear from you.

About the role

39 weeks per annum, 37 hours a week Monday to Friday

The Pastoral Manager will work under the leadership of the Vice Principal for Pastoral. The successful person will play a vital role in contributing to the culture, ethos, and wellbeing of the whole Academy, by supporting the welfare of our students. This includes working with them to improve their mental health and wellbeing, their behaviour choices and their physical health. The successful candidate will work closely with families to provide behaviour interventions and support to improve student behaviour and remove student barriers to learning.

More specifically:

• To assist in delivering the academy behaviour policy.
• Monitor student behaviour and deliver interventions
• Work with other agencies that support individual students.
• To promote inclusion and acceptance of students
• To motivate students, to promote and reinforce self-esteem
• To participate in the induction of students at the start of the year and in year as necessary
• To participate in the comprehensive assessment of students to determine those in need of particular help
• To work in the ‘Refocus’ room
• To participate in producing an action plan with students, parents and teachers
• To respond to staff requests for behavioural support in lessons advising on strategies, providing in class observation, removing student and supervising as necessary.
• To liaise with teachers to ensure that students who may from time to time be withdrawn from lessons are reintegrated as smoothly and as soon as possible
• To evaluate the progress made by individuals and or groups of students

We require an enthusiastic and highly committed person who will be an excellent Pastoral Manager.

The successful candidate will ideally:

• Have experience of working with young people aged 11-19 in a secondary school
• Have a connection with young people and can help them feel safe
• Hold young people in high esteem and communicates that through the way they treat them
• Have a willingness to undertake further work related training
• Have good ICT skills or be willing to learn (including using Microsoft Word and Excel)

We value our staff highly and take work/life balance seriously; we realise a happy staff is an effective staff.

Ours is a warm and compassionate community where students explore their creativity and discover their passions working alongside staff who are committed to enriching the lives of their students.

We believe that to learn and achieve, our students must feel safe and happy. For this reason, we invest heavily in our pastoral and welfare teams. We know that with the right approach, the adults in our school can make a massive difference to our young people. We want each of our students to be known personally, valued as individuals, and given the support they need to flourish.

About our Academy

King Edward Vi Academy has a strong sense of purpose and are fervently committed to the achievement of every individual. We aim to provide a high-quality education in a safe, happy, caring and focused environment. We encourage all students to embody our values of ambition and aspiration, courage and resilience and honesty and respect. We are intent on developing a love of learning amongst our students, offering them a broad and balanced curriculum, enhanced by a range of enrichment activities designed to support their personal growth. We encourage all students to take responsibility for their own learning.

We are ambitious for every child, no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We are very proud of our community and believe we offer something exciting for those who join us. We have the privilege of working in a stimulating and dynamic school that, combined with our co-educational ethos and smaller size, engenders a culture that genuinely cherishes individuality, aims to instil creativity and independence and celebrates open-minded thinking.

The academy is based in Spilsby, an historic market town nestling between the beautiful Lincolnshire coastline and the rolling Lincolnshire Wolds. It is also within driving distance of several Market towns and the larger towns of Boston, Grimsby and the city of Lincoln. The academy is currently attracting students from a wide catchment area from Skegness, the surrounding area and as far as Boston, Alford and Louth.

Salary & Benefits

• NJC12 FTE £26,421 per annum, £23,207.64 actual salary
• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Regional networks of Trust colleagues and access to key leaders in Education
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including dedicated Employee Assistance Programme
• Rewards and Recognition Scheme

About The David Ross Education Trust

The David Ross Education Trust () mission is to give every child attending one of our schools a world-class education.

Broadening the horizons of young people by inspiring students to become their confident, academic best via an education that creates academically gifted, confident, well-rounded young people in the classroom, in the workplace and in their communities.

Whatever your role you will contribute towards creating a rich and exciting learning environment that also offers our students an unrivalled package of sporting and cultural enrichment.

Our aim is to be the country’s top-performing multi-academy trust in the country. Recognised as a nationwide system leader, the Trust runs 34 schools across the country, ranging from small rural primaries to much larger secondary schools in urban areas, our first All Through school and a special school which caters for pupils aged 2-19 who have a diverse range of special educational needs.

We are incredibly lucky to be able to work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the David Ross Foundation's vision to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.

Apply now

To complete our on-line application form, please click 'here'.

Please note we do not accept CVs without a completed application form.

Early applications are advised. We receive high numbers of applications for our roles and therefore have to close the vacancy prior to the closing date in order to review candidates' details against our job criteria before shortlisting or re-opening the vacancy.

An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

The David Ross Education Trust is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

It is our objective to ensure that job applicants and staff are treated solely on the basis of their merits, abilities and potential. We do not discriminate against any applicants on the basis of any protected characteristics.