Pastoral Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 26 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 July 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4GN |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f1fc28c8-b882-462f-9a69-22d263e36858 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Required to start in September, a Pastoral Support Assistant to work within our friendly, fast paced and experienced team, providing an efficient and effective pastoral support service. You must be able to follow systems, procedures and processes to the standards required by the School, Trust and appropriate regulatory bodies.
Responsibilities will include working with the Heads of Year, Senior Leadership Team, support staff team, teaching staff and outside agencies to ensure all our students receive relevant, appropriate and focused support and behave to the high standards expected in our school. Previous experience of working with young people would be an advantage.
The post holder will also play a key part in the administrative function of the school, inputting and analysing student data, communicating both verbally and in writing with a variety of stakeholders and undertaking a range of pastoral administrative duties.
What the school offers its staff
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in north-east Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including the school’s Sixth Form.
Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust in April 2023, at which point we also welcomed a new headteacher, whose proven track record in developing a positive ethos under strong leadership is enabling the school on its journey of improvement. Further appointments to the senior leadership team have created a school with ambition to deliver on the Chorus Trust ethos of outstanding achievement for all.
The school itself is situated on the outskirts of Eckington on the Derbyshire/Sheffield border, overlooking open countryside. The campus is arranged around a shrub-filled courtyard that enables easy access to outside spaces for all.
In addition to trust-wide benefits for all staff, those at Eckington School also have access to:
• Supportive and friendly staff and leadership team.
• Free staff parking.
• Opportunity to be part of the varied extracurricular offering, including Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Required to start in September, a Pastoral Support Assistant to work within our friendly, fast paced and experienced team, providing an efficient and effective pastoral support service. You must be able to follow systems, procedures and processes to the standards required by the School, Trust and appropriate regulatory bodies.
Responsibilities will include working with the Heads of Year, Senior Leadership Team, support staff team, teaching staff and outside agencies to ensure all our students receive relevant, appropriate and focused support and behave to the high standards expected in our school. Previous experience of working with young people would be an advantage.
The post holder will also play a key part in the administrative function of the school, inputting and analysing student data, communicating both verbally and in writing with a variety of stakeholders and undertaking a range of pastoral administrative duties.
What the school offers its staff
Eckington School is an 11-18 comprehensive secondary school in north-east Derbyshire with more than 1200 students on roll, including the school’s Sixth Form.
Eckington School joined Chorus Education Trust in April 2023, at which point we also welcomed a new headteacher, whose proven track record in developing a positive ethos under strong leadership is enabling the school on its journey of improvement. Further appointments to the senior leadership team have created a school with ambition to deliver on the Chorus Trust ethos of outstanding achievement for all.
The school itself is situated on the outskirts of Eckington on the Derbyshire/Sheffield border, overlooking open countryside. The campus is arranged around a shrub-filled courtyard that enables easy access to outside spaces for all.
In addition to trust-wide benefits for all staff, those at Eckington School also have access to:
• Supportive and friendly staff and leadership team.
• Free staff parking.
• Opportunity to be part of the varied extracurricular offering, including Duke of Edinburgh’s Award programme.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.