Would you like to join us on our journey to become an outstanding school of first choice at the heart of our local community? Do you care enough to want to make a significant difference to the lives of our amazing students? The Dorcan Academy is seeking a House Manager to work with the pastoral team to ensure that the needs of all students in the House are met, enabling them to make positive progress and maintain a high standard of student conduct, behaviour and attendance across the academy.
The House Manager will carry out a range of responsibilities, sharing tasks with House Managers to create variety and ensure the whole pastoral team works effectively. Full details are set out in the job description. You will be promoting and fully supporting the academy’s behaviour system ensuring that duties are carried out according to academy policy.
What We're Looking For:
• Relevant experience of working with students aged 11-16 within a secondary school or pastoral setting.
• Confident and effective approach to working with young people who have emotional and/or behavioural difficulties.
• A positive and proactive attitude.
We have been on a journey of improvement over the past seven years and in July 2022 were judged GOOD in all categories by Ofsted which is a major achievement. In our school students are ready to learn and ‘low level disruption is rare’. Ofsted were impressed with the excellent behaviour of our students both in lessons and around the school. We pride ourselves on being an ‘academy of opportunity’ for all with excellent relationships between staff and students.
Every member of staff receives bespoke support and development through our in-house coaching programme as well as additional professional development opportunities to promote further progress and career enhancement. We are committed to challenging, supporting and developing staff and students to ‘Aspire to Greatness’ so that we become the best that we can be. In a recent survey 92% of staff said they were proud to be a member of staff at The Dorcan Academy with 92% stating that they enjoy working here. 98% said that they support the vision of the academy.
Although we don’t boast a shiny new building, we do have excellent facilities, with a supportive, friendly school culture and ethos which is often commented upon by visitors.
We will offer you:
• A supportive and bespoke staff induction programme
• Access to high quality professional development
• Unrivalled support from the leadership team
• Excellent specialist facilities and resources
• Committed staff who ‘go the extra mile’
• Motivated, enthusiastic students who are ready and eager to learn
The Dorcan Academy is an 11-16 academy situated on the eastern edge of Swindon with a comprehensive, challenging and enriching curriculum and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities.
Our vision is to be an outstanding school of first choice at the heart of our local community. We aim to do this through our:
1) Culture - An inclusive school where everyone is valued, cared for and nurtured in an extraordinary way.
2) Curriculum - Students acquire ‘powerful knowledge’ and skills that prepare them fully for the world work and their wellbeing, delivered through outstanding teaching
3) Character - Students stand out as model citizens, showing kindness, respect and doing their best
4) Community - All stakeholders use their unique gifts and talents to serve others and enable them to flourish
At The Dorcan Academy our ethos is underpinned by the five principles of: Belonging, Purpose, Aspiration, Perseverance and Achievement and we seek to develop in our students the character virtues of Honesty, Integrity, Compassion, Courage, Generosity, Gratitude, Personal Responsibility, Resilience and Self-Discipline.
Closing Date: 01 May 2026 at noon
Hours: 40 hours per week, term time only.
Salary: NJC Scale 5 Points 12 to 18: £28,598 to £31,537 FTE (£26,856.64 to £29,318.94 Actual)
Start Date: As soon as possible
(Please note that this advert may close early if a suitable candidate is found before the closing date)
The Dorcan Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.