Job Title: Pastoral (Student) Support Lead
Actual Annual Salary: £32,898 - £35,098
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £38,419 - £40,989 (CLF Grade F). Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday / Term Time Only, plus Inset Days
Additional role info: Working Pattern = Monday to Thursday 7.5 hours per day & Friday 7 hours.
Start date: 1 September 2025
We are looking for a passionate and inspiring Pastoral Support Lead to join our supportive and talented team at John Cabot Academy. We are a diverse multi-academy trust, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students’ learning.
The Pastoral Support Lead will lead on pastoral support across a key group. They will work proactively and preventatively to ensure students are supported to achieve and progress in their education. The postholder will promote the highest standards of engagement, behaviour, conduct and attitudes in all students in the group. They will monitor and support academic and social development across the group, undertaking interventions where appropriate to support the most vulnerable learners.
The postholder will create a sense of ‘identity and community’ and will provide a high level of care to all students by promoting wellbeing and attainment and providing support and challenge for pupils and their families.
About you:
You will have:
- Advanced knowledge of safeguarding within an educational setting. Knowledge of legislation, guidance, and relevant research which inform safeguarding practices, including low level concerns.
- Knowledge and understanding of specific learning difficulties such as SEMH, ADHD, Autism, Dyslexia and Dyspraxia. Has the knowledge and understanding of different provisions to support the learning of vulnerable learners
- Successful experience in a secondary school or working with young people with SEMH needs.
- Experience of planning provision and personalisation to achieve progression in students’ learning.
- excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
John Cabot Academy is an 11-16 academy in South Gloucestershire close to the border of Bristol. We share our site and staffing with the CLF Post-16 provision, forming an 11-18 Academy. The Academy has a strong reputation both locally and regionally.
We want our students to thrive academically; flourish and grow as young people. When they leave us they will have a strong sense of self, their place in the world and the agency to fulfil their potential. To fulfil this ambition, our staff are inspired by learning and create a school where students are engaged, challenged and inspired.
We have a supportive and compassionate culture in which the whole person is nurtured and the voice of students is valued. We celebrate the diversity of the members our community by enabling them to learn from each other, by encouraging them to respect each other’s differences, and by providing opportunities to contribute to Academy life and the wider community.
Empower Yourself. Empower our Community.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters. Over 59% of the students who attend John Cabot Academy are from global majority groups, so we particularly encourage applicants from those groups in order to represent the students we serve, as well as wider underrepresented groups including gender, transgender, age disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
• Closing Date: 27 May 2025 @11.59pm
• Interviews: Week commencing 9 June 2025
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
