Non Teaching Pastoral Leader - #1698742

An exciting opportunity has arisen at King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls for a skilled, compassionate Pastoral Leader to join our Pastoral and Safeguarding team.

The Role of Pastoral Leader Key Stage 3 will take a lead in welfare interventions and act as the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead for Key Stage 3. Working closely with the Assistant Headteacher (Director of Safeguarding and Pastoral Year 7-11), you will support the care, development and education of pupil, to ensure their safety and wellbeing while fostering positive relationships with parents and carers. 

The successful candidate will be based in the Pastoral Hub and will work within a highly integrated and skilled pastoral team, which is led by the Assistant Head Pastoral who is the DSL. The team also comprises of teaching Heads of Year, other Key Stage Pastoral Leaders, a School Social Worker, Pastoral Administrator and Attendance Officer.

The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the city since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.

Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and five non-selective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.

The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the Foundation Office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.

Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy which aims to bring in a further five academies over the next five years.

We are offering the successful candidate the opportunity to work in a fabulous community which is full of character; proud of our history and tradition whilst being forward thinking and creative. Staff and students thrive on extremely positive relationships underpinned by our expectations that everyone in our community should strive to be their best. We are committed to excellent teaching and learning in an environment where students relish the opportunities, they are given to master the subjects they are studying, are willing to take risks and enjoy the intellectual challenges this brings. We develop staff and students who have the desire and courage, combined with the emotional, intellectual and practical capacities to change the world in ways that might be great or small but are always for the better. We are a happy and caring school which values and takes pride in diversity and celebrates individuality.

If our vision, ethos and ambition match your own philosophy, please download the job description, information for applicants and person specification from our website to find out more about the role and the school and how you can fit with our vision and values. Visits are welcomed and encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the Head’s PA, Mrs S Harvey. To apply, please complete the Academy Trust application form including the names and addresses of two referees, to the Headteacher, Mr D Goodwin.

CVs will not be accepted.

Please also use the statement section of the application form to explain the ways in which your experience to date has helped to prepare you for this role and how you would seek to contribute through this role to our vision and ambition.