Pastoral Lead

Pastoral Year Lead

Salary:
Grade F SCP
17 SCP
23

Actual salary £26,534 - £29,453

37 hours per week Term Time Plus 5 days

Permanent

Rivington and Blackrod High School wish to appoint a Pastoral Year Lead with experience of working with young people, families and external agencies to provide support to students to overcome any barriers to learning. The successful applicant will adopt a positive, proactive approach to behaviour, punctuality and attendance issues to enable students to maximise their potential.

The role will include promoting and ensuring Safeguarding and the Health and Safety and good behaviour of pupils at all times including managing incidents of inappropriate behaviour. You will be working with students to increase their confidence thus enabling them to achieve their full potential, empowering students to exercise a positive influence on their peers. You will provide guidance to support their social, health and hygiene development, providing information, advice and guidance to help students to make positive choices about their own learning, behaviour and attendance and encourage the development of independent learning.

You will support students to meet school standards, updating CPOMS and other systems to record relevant data.

The school has strong links with the local community with a heritage of 450 years and is successful and popular with parents. You will be joining a Staff Team that is committed, welcoming, supportive and friendly. We are an ambitious community committed to young people and supporting them on their journey to achieve their dreams and ambitions.

We strive to meet the needs of every learner; drive them, motivate them and support them to achieve. We celebrate all success and truly believe that every student matters and that it is our job as educators to ensure they know and feel that they matter. Rivington & Blackrod is part of the Leverhulme Academy Trust and we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

A full information pack which includes the job description and person specification is on the Leverhulme Trust website.

To apply, please click on the link, and register for an account to complete our online application form:(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Closing date: midnight on Sunday 22nd February 2026

Interviews to take place week commencing 23rd February 2026

The trust is committed to safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Barring Service clearance. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The Trust is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from as diverse a group as possible.

Rivington and Blackrod High School is part of Leverhulme Academy Trust, we believe that nurturing and supporting staff in team work and collaboration is essential if we are to provide the highest standard of education for all students within the Trust.

• Provide support to students to overcome barriers to learning and promote positive behaviour, punctuality and attendance.
• Promote safeguarding, health and safety and good behaviour; manage incidents of inappropriate behaviour.
• Work with students to increase confidence and enable them to achieve their full potential; empower students to influence their peers positively.
• Provide guidance on social, health and hygiene development; give information, advice and guidance to help students make positive choices about learning, behaviour and attendance.
• Support students to meet school standards and update CPOMS and other data systems as required.

• Experience of working with young people, families and external agencies to provide support to students to overcome barriers to learning.

• A full information pack including the job description and person specification is available on the Leverhulme Trust website.
• To apply,…