Pastoral Year Lead
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Barnoldswick, Lancashire, BB18 5TB |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 29bf6fa5-1d0e-45ba-b3e7-999b1e909fbe |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Attainments
Good general education –Essential
Education related qualification –Desirable
First Aid at Work certificate –Desirable
Knowledge
Experience of working with staff, students and their parents/carers within a secondaryschool or other educational setting –Desirable
Knowledge of Government legislation around safeguarding and child protection –Essential
Understanding of children with emotional and social needs –Essential
Building positive relationships through effective parental communication –Essential
Experience of developing intervention plans to support students with social,behavioural and emotional needs –Desirable
Effectively working in a multi-agency setting –Desirable
Experience of using educational management systems (SIMS) and safeguardingsystems (CPOMs) –Desirable
What the school offers its staff
West Craven is a small and vibrant secondary school for young people aged 11 to 16years which serves this local Lancashire/Yorkshire community.Barnoldswick is located on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border with both Leeds andManchester drivable in just under an hour. Preston, Skipton and Bradford are easilycommutable and the town is on the doorstep of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, BronteCountry and the Forest of Bowland. The Lake District, Morecambe Bay and the FyldeCoast are all a short drive away.Our vision is to create a culture and ethos which promotes high aspirations and expectations, balanced with the highest level of care and support. We want students to love coming to West Craven, love learning and love being part of the academy family.The vision involves educating the whole child; our academy motto ‘Ad Vitam Paramus’ means ‘We Are Preparing for Life’. We encourage all students to get fully involved in the life of the academy and the opportunities beyond the classroom.As an academy at the heart of the community we want close links with our feeder primary schools, local businesses, colleges and training providers. The school is on a programme of rapid transformation and improvement. As part of Pendle Education Trust since 2016, the future of the school is bright.By joining the West Craven High School family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. We have regular staff training and dedicate time to continuing professional development and staff wellbeing. Our culture is about always looking at how we can share best practice with each other and improve together.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please visit https://pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/safeguarding-and-child-protection/587.html
Qualifications and Attainments
Good general education –Essential
Education related qualification –Desirable
First Aid at Work certificate –Desirable
Knowledge
Experience of working with staff, students and their parents/carers within a secondaryschool or other educational setting –Desirable
Knowledge of Government legislation around safeguarding and child protection –Essential
Understanding of children with emotional and social needs –Essential
Building positive relationships through effective parental communication –Essential
Experience of developing intervention plans to support students with social,behavioural and emotional needs –Desirable
Effectively working in a multi-agency setting –Desirable
Experience of using educational management systems (SIMS) and safeguardingsystems (CPOMs) –Desirable
What the school offers its staff
West Craven is a small and vibrant secondary school for young people aged 11 to 16years which serves this local Lancashire/Yorkshire community.Barnoldswick is located on the Lancashire/Yorkshire border with both Leeds andManchester drivable in just under an hour. Preston, Skipton and Bradford are easilycommutable and the town is on the doorstep of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, BronteCountry and the Forest of Bowland. The Lake District, Morecambe Bay and the FyldeCoast are all a short drive away.Our vision is to create a culture and ethos which promotes high aspirations and expectations, balanced with the highest level of care and support. We want students to love coming to West Craven, love learning and love being part of the academy family.The vision involves educating the whole child; our academy motto ‘Ad Vitam Paramus’ means ‘We Are Preparing for Life’. We encourage all students to get fully involved in the life of the academy and the opportunities beyond the classroom.As an academy at the heart of the community we want close links with our feeder primary schools, local businesses, colleges and training providers. The school is on a programme of rapid transformation and improvement. As part of Pendle Education Trust since 2016, the future of the school is bright.By joining the West Craven High School family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. We have regular staff training and dedicate time to continuing professional development and staff wellbeing. Our culture is about always looking at how we can share best practice with each other and improve together.
Commitment to safeguarding
Please visit https://pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/safeguarding-and-child-protection/587.html