Job Description – Pastoral Leader

Reports to: School Leader – Pastoral

THE PASTORAL TEAM

The Pastoral Team currently provides a pivotal link between our high expectations of behaviour, safeguarding and positive engagement in school. We believe that this will enable a more focused and proactive platform for students, parents and staff, providing insight and facilitating intervention and support. The Pastoral Team prides itself on building excellent working relationships with students, teams of staff and parents to ensure every student is given the tools to thrive and become a successful individual within our rapidly developing Academy. 

THE VACANCY

The successful candidate will work within the close-knit Pastoral Team at Newark Academy, managing the behaviour, welfare and academic achievement of students within a designated group of pupils. The post holder will work closely with students, parents and staff to remove barriers to learning and progress and will support a team of tutors to deliver the highest standards of student behaviour and attendance.  There will be a requirement for the post holder to analyse data to inform and implement appropriate intervention, mentoring or counselling, ensuring our students connect their actions and outcomes with our learning ethos.

Our vision for the Academy is for it to be a place where pupils have a love for learning, a place where all pupils believe in themselves and can enjoy the challenges presented to them, understanding the benefits of the progress they make.

We wish for their time and place in school to feel privileged and an extremely positive experience, where pupils are proud to belong to a great community that they cherish and ensure every moment is used to develop their knowledge, skills and friendships that they will depend on later in life.

Finally, and most importantly, we believe that the Academy must provide opportunities for all pupils to be successful and achieve to the best of their ability, giving them the confidence that they are well prepared to follow their dreams and aspirations in future.

We are looking for a passionate individual who can embrace this vision and strive to deliver and communicate it with all parties, to further develop and foster a culture of support and pastoral care and learning progress, where every child can blossom.

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Newark Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are therefore expected to behave in such a way that supports this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to the following satisfactory pre-employment checks:

• Health
• Identity
• Relevant work qualifications
• Right to work in the UK
• Teacher Prohibition Check (for teaching staff)
• Barred List Check (previously List 99)
• Disclosure & Barring Service Check (for all staff and volunteers)
• References
• Childcare Disqualification Declaration Check (relevant Primary School posts only)