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Unlocking Potential Pastoral Assistant (UPPA)
| Posting date: | 03 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1HS |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 56db1fec-f4a2-49a2-b2bf-024fec3219a9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful applicant will have:
Essential:
• Understanding of safeguarding and pastoral support needs
• Experience working with young people
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• GCSE Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths
• Excellent organisational and IT skills (Microsoft Office)
Desirable:
• Experience in an educational or youth setting
• First Aid at Work qualification (or willingness to train)
What the school offers its staff
• Attractive salary and pension schemes – Teachers Pension Scheme (Teaching Staff) or the Local Government Pension Scheme (Professional Support Staff)
• Family friendly polices
• A range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Access to an employee assistance programme for all staff that offers services, including wellbeing, self-referral counselling, information on stress, weight management, smoking cessation
• Access to Occupational Health services
• New staff induction and support programmes
• Long service awards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Additional day of holiday per year ‘Me day.’ Conditions apply.
• Continuous service in other state funded schools will be honoured in relation to sick pay, holiday entitlement, pension rights
• Access to or provision of IT equipment (role specific)
• Access to CLPD and INSET, personalised for individuals through the schools’ Appraisal procedures, including access to role specific academic study and professional qualifications
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Staff social, sporting and wellbeing activities throughout the year
• Access to join Blue Light discount card scheme (nominal fee applies)
• The dining room is open for staff to use before school for breakfast and at break and lunch times
• Staff room with facilities, including tea and coffee
• There is an optional staff social fund
• 10% discount on Adult Education at Cirencester College: About Adult Education – Cirencester College
Commitment to safeguarding
Cirencester Kingshill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.
The successful applicant will have:
Essential:
• Understanding of safeguarding and pastoral support needs
• Experience working with young people
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• GCSE Grade 4/C or above in English and Maths
• Excellent organisational and IT skills (Microsoft Office)
Desirable:
• Experience in an educational or youth setting
• First Aid at Work qualification (or willingness to train)
What the school offers its staff
• Attractive salary and pension schemes – Teachers Pension Scheme (Teaching Staff) or the Local Government Pension Scheme (Professional Support Staff)
• Family friendly polices
• A range of statutory benefits including sick pay, maternity, paternity, shared parental and adoption leave
• Access to an employee assistance programme for all staff that offers services, including wellbeing, self-referral counselling, information on stress, weight management, smoking cessation
• Access to Occupational Health services
• New staff induction and support programmes
• Long service awards
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Additional day of holiday per year ‘Me day.’ Conditions apply.
• Continuous service in other state funded schools will be honoured in relation to sick pay, holiday entitlement, pension rights
• Access to or provision of IT equipment (role specific)
• Access to CLPD and INSET, personalised for individuals through the schools’ Appraisal procedures, including access to role specific academic study and professional qualifications
• Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
• Staff social, sporting and wellbeing activities throughout the year
• Access to join Blue Light discount card scheme (nominal fee applies)
• The dining room is open for staff to use before school for breakfast and at break and lunch times
• Staff room with facilities, including tea and coffee
• There is an optional staff social fund
• 10% discount on Adult Education at Cirencester College: About Adult Education – Cirencester College
Commitment to safeguarding
Cirencester Kingshill School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.