The posting
Job Title: Pastoral Manager
Salary: KSE Pro-rata amount £26,848 to £28,475. (£29,167 - £30,934 FTE)
Work hours: 37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year (Term-time plus 15 non-pupils’ day)
Line Manager: Assistant Headteacher
Overall Responsibility
- To support tutors and teachers to ensure the well-being and highest possible levels of attainment of the Year group.
- To support and monitor the pastoral experience of the YEAR GROUP in order to improve attainment and achievement
- To support whole school pastoral processes and interventions
- To aim for the YEAR GROUP to behave in an exemplary way and to work with key staff on any interventions that may be necessary
- To conduct in year admissions and ensure new students receive appropriate induction
- To lead on agreed year-specific activities, events and interventions.
Duties/Accountabilities
- To admit students to the YEAR GROUP under the fair access protocol and the agreed entry criteria
- To work with the pastoral team to create balanced tutor groups within each YEAR GROUP
- To keep under review the composition of tutor groups ensuring any movement between groups is appropriate
- To work closely with the attendance team to monitor attendance and punctuality as well as promote its importance
- To liaise with key staff as appropriate
- To promote and work within the school’s behaviour management policy to recognise and reward student achievement as well as intervene where behaviour falls short of expectation
- To support with sanctions including whole school sanctions
- To organise specific, agreed activities for your YEAR GROUPs; including mentoring and intervention
- To support tutors in the development and wellbeing of the YEAR GROUP
- To support staff members with restorative conversations when needed
- To work with all staff to share information, strategies and good practice
- To be the lead person for all Looked After Children in the year – this is with LAC member of staff (DSL – RF)
- At times to support in the cover of lessons if required
- To ensure that parents receive termly reports of their child’s progress and attendance
- To work with administration staff to ensure student records are up to date in accordance with school procedure
- To maintain regular and appropriate contact with parents
- To support with home visits as and when required
- To keep in contact with the parents, as appropriate through the normal means of communication.
- At times, when appropriate, to lead assemblies
- To make referrals and liaise without outside agencies as the need arises
- To attend pastoral meetings when required by SLT and Head of Year
- To complete necessary paperwork including e-CAF documentation and other referrals on individual students
- To organise year-related events and ensure students participate in House/Year group events
- To undertake further tasks that are reasonable within the parameters of the role
- To support the school’s race equality and cultural diversity policy at all times
- Liaise, advise and consult with other members of staff supporting the students.
- Be aware of policies and procedures including those relating to confidentiality.
- Any other task as directed by the Academy Principal, which are consistent with the aims of the post.
- Adhere at all times to professional business standards of dress, courtesy and efficiency in line with the ethos and code of conduct of the school.
- Attend team and staff meetings, include staff briefings
- Attend and participate in open evenings.
- Uphold the academy’s behaviour code and uniform regulations.
- To attend all relevant support and training events required to fulfil the duties above. This can include level 3/4 or above courses
