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Pastoral Leader - Full-time

Lift Bexleyheath, Bexleyheath

  • Ref:KCC303-4002-293S
  • Posted:06/05/2025
  • Pay:NJC 15 - 20 £27478 - £29579 (pro rata salary)
  • Start Date:September 2025
  • App Close Date:01/06/2025 at 23:45
  • Interviews:TBC

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Salary: NJC 15 - 20 £32,931 - £35,448 (actual), £27,478 - £29,579 (pro rata salary) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits

Hours: 37 hours, 38 weeks

Contract: Full Time, Permanent 

Start date: September 2025

Are you passionate about education and looking for a fulfilling career?

We're excited to announce an opportunity for a Pastoral Manager to join our dynamic support staff team. In this role, you'll take on the responsibility of ensuring the welfare of our students while also supporting the Senior Leadership Team in creating a disciplined and purposeful environment throughout the school.

You’re someone who’ll be able to:

  • Communicate with parents about pastoral issues, lead meetings with families, and collaborate with the SENDCo to identify students requiring interventions.
  • Provide pastoral support to students, identify personal issues affecting them, and implement plans for their care and support
  • Manage and record data on the school's management information systems, ensuring accurate and up-to-date information for safeguarding and well-being.

Looking to make a difference every day?

Join our team and play a vital role in ensuring our students receive the education they deserve. You'll provide invaluable support to delivering an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.

You’re someone who has:

  • GCSE Maths and English (Grade 4) or equivalent.
  • Experience in motivating students and promoting high expectations with students.
  • Experience in using data to analyse performance, track progress, and inform decision-making.
  • Knowledge of the education sector, safer recruitment, and safeguarding/child protection.

This is an opportunity to make a tangible impact on the lives of young people.

We offer you:

  • Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
  • Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
  • Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.

Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can’t wait to hear from you.

The role is due to commence September 2025. This is a full time, permanent position.

Closing date: 1 June 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity.  Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Information about the school

Lift Bexleyheath is a mixed secondary school in Bexleyheath, in the London Borough of Bexley and is a key member of Lift Schools, one of 57 schools created to provide thousands of students/pupils with the best possible education.

Our clear mission is to provide the very best lessons and learning experiences for all our students. Our values are focused around hard work and discipline, a culture of high expectation and belief in limitless possibilities to the students, staff and community of Bexleyheath underpinned by our six key drivers. We are an inclusive school, where we will instill confidence and self-belief. Our students deserve to go to a school which believes all children should have access to life changing opportunities and a wealth of extra curricular opportunities in a supportive and positive atmosphere.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Naomi Wright
  • Address:Lift Bexleyheath, Woolwich Road, Bexleyheath, Kent, BA6 7DA
  • Telephone: 020 387 43094
  • Email: recruitment@liftschools.org

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.