Pastoral Support Officer

Location

Ampthill, Bedfordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

PASTORAL SUPPORT OFFICER

37 hours per week / term time only (including 5 Training Days)

Required for April 2024

Level 3A Point Range 5 - 8 (depending on experience) £23,500.00 – 24,702.00 pro rata  (Actual salary range will be £20,461.00 – 21,508.00)

Hours of work: 8.00am – 4.00pm (30 minute lunch break) Monday – Thursday and 8.00am – 3.30pm (30 minute lunch break) Friday

Term Time Only

We wish to appoint a hardworking and motivated Pastoral Support Officer to join our pastoral team. You will give administrative support to the Year Team, Safeguarding Lead and pastoral support to students ensuring we establish consistently high standards with regard to behaviour, uniform and attendance. The ability to work as part of a team and confidence to work with students, parents and external agencies is essential.

This is a great opportunity for a hard-working and friendly team player who is able to demonstrate:

●        Empathy for student care

●        Strong administration skills

●        A passion for working in a school environment

●        Excellent inter-personal skills with students, staff, parents/guardians, external agencies and members of the public

●        Being a team player

●        The ability to thrive under pressure in a busy environment with a varied workload

Working in a school requires you to have strong organisational and communication skills. There will be face-to-face interaction with students, members of staff, parents and external agencies.

The application form, person specification and can be found on our website /vacancies. If you require any further information or would like to arrange a visit to the school please contact Eva Hobson  [email protected] .

All offers of employment are “conditional” until Disclosure and Barring and qualification checks have been successfully completed and satisfactory references have been received. Redborne is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing Date: Sunday 17th March 2024

Redborne is a successful school on a spacious and pleasant campus near the market town of Ampthill in Bedfordshire. We achieve excellent examination results with about three-quarters of students typically gaining Maths and English at grades 9 – 4. ‘A’ Level results are also very good with over half at ‘A*’, ‘A’ or ‘B’ grades and an overall pass rate of 99.9%. About 80% of the Sixth Form go on to university and each year a number of students get into Oxbridge. The school is well regarded, oversubscribed and situated in a very pleasant area of Central Bedfordshire, within easy reach of London. The campus includes a state-of-the-art 400 seat theatre and Sixth Form social area. In the next few years the school is likely to expand to 1,700 with 500+ in the sixth form.

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Salary

£23.5k - £24.7k per annum