Pastoral Lead - Term Time - Special Needs Position

Nore Academy , Sheerness

• Ref:KCC886-7007-53S
• Posted:10/07/2025
• Pay:NJC National SO1
• Start Date:September 2025
• App Close Date:01/08/2025 at 10:00
• Interviews:7th/8th August

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Pastoral Lead

Do you have experience of working with behavioural and learning needs?

Would you be excited to lead a team of passionate staff, wanting to make a difference to the education of young people?

Do you love making a difference but want to advance your career?

Would you be excited by an offer of a wealth of professional development?

Do you have a particular interest in managing behaviour that we could upskill you in?

Would you like to progress and be awarded a more competitive salary?

If yes – then read on…

We have an exciting vacancy in our Kent and Medway Hub for a Pastoral lead.

We are a new SEMH Special School in the Isle of Sheppey. Our Trust has an outstanding reputation for developing skilled professionals in to exceptional practitioners.

We need a Pastoral Lead who is able to help our students take the first steps on a life changing journey. Do you have the ability to understand mental health triggers and find the right supportive strategy? Can you provide stability and security so young people can overcome mental health adversity? Can you remind young people of the importance of learning and help them re-engage with their studies? Do you have brilliant de-escalation skills? Are you keen to lead a passionate team?

The ideal candidate will:

• Know behaviour is a symptom and needs to be unpicked and understood – focusing on ensuring learning time is not lost
• Have an awareness of SEMH needs and value the power of education to support these, ensuring that class teachers can focus on the lesson at hand
• Have an awareness of the impact that mental health can have on a young person and the barriers it can create, particularly limiting young people’s success in education
• Believe that our students can achieve anything they want and that we have a responsibility to support them, refocusing negativity and securing their learning
• Be proactive, we are not here to fire-fight!
• Be professional and set an example to their staff team
• Know that as a team, we all play a vital role in giving our students opportunities, experiences and, most of all, success!
• Have a creative and flexible approach to working with young people, even in the most challenging circumstances
• Be able to communicate effectively, direct staff appropriately and manage an enthusiastic team of refocus mentors
• Be able to liaise and meet with parents, being willing to have difficult conversations regarding behaviour
• Have the ability to competently and efficiently complete any appropriate admin tasks
• Want to grow and develop in this new role

Pastoral Lead SO1 Pt21 – Pt25 – 32,115 – 35,235 Full Time Equivalent.

Contract: Permanent pending successful completion of probationary period

Hours: 36 hours per week, term-time plus 5 INSET days

Based at – Danley Road, Sheerness Site.

Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher (leading on behaviour)

Partially responsible for: Pastoral Team

 Our school is committed to Keeping Children Safe in Education. Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory receipt of an enhanced DBS check and references.

Information about the school

Background to Alternative Learning Trust - Kent & Medway Hub

Alternative Learning Trust (ALT) is a multi-academy trust (MAT) for Pupil Referral Units (PRUs), Alternative Provisions (APs), and Specialist Settings. We are a collaborative trust and believe the most sustainable developments and improvements come from working together. We are driven to transform the educational experiences of all children and young people, offering them opportunities to reach sustainable outcomes for the rest of their lives. These values are accompanied by excellent pedagogy, vibrant curriculum models, and responsible governance.

The Alternative Learning Trust became a multi-academy trust (MAT company number 11788031) in June 2019. Nore Academy will become the sixth school of The Alternative Learning Trust; The other schools of the trust includes Limes College, Estuary Academy North, Estuary Academy Island, Will Adams Academy, Saffron Valley Collegiate. The Trust has been established to work with Pupil Referral Units (PRUs) and alternative providers who support vulnerable students to access and engage with education. Many of our students have special educational needs and some have been excluded from mainstream education.

As a Trust we have the following core set of values for our staff and the families we support: • the need for people to flourish in all areas of their lives; • we are stronger through a sense of community; • social justice is vital.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Lucy Veronese
• Address:Danley Road, Minster-On-Sea, Sheerness, Kent, ME12 3AP
• Telephone: 01795 720747
• Email: hr@noreacademy.co.uk

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