Achievement Leader
| Posting date: | 23 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 January 2026 |
| Location: | Sinfin, Derby |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | QEGSMAT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• Champion and uphold the academy’s vision, values, and ethos.
• Implement pastoral, safeguarding, attendance, and behaviour procedures effectively and proactively.
• Ensure students are safe, feel supported, and receive high-quality pastoral care.
• Build and maintain positive, professional relationships with parents and carers.
• Identify, assess, and respond to students’ individual needs to promote their well-being and success.
• Collect and analyse information, lead meetings, and maintain accurate and timely records.
MAIN DUTIES
Pastoral, Safeguarding and Well-being
• Develop strong, supportive relationships with all students
• Provide appropriate pastoral support that is well-matched to the needs of students, dealing with immediate and underlying issues to prevent problems recuring or escalating
• Ensure students’ voices are heard and that they know what support is available
• Ensure students are safe and feel supported
• Administer first aid to students and staff as required
• Remain vigilant for signs of bullying and safeguarding issues
• Implement the school’s safeguarding systems confidently and consistently including safe and well checks
Promoting daily good attendance, punctuality, positive behaviours and attitudes to learning
• Ensure the school is a warm, welcoming, inclusive place that students want to attend
• Have high expectations for all students’ attendance, punctuality, behaviour, uniform, attitudes and progress
• Actively drive the school’s pastoral, attendance, punctuality and behaviour routines and rotas
• Respond to challenging behaviours in a calm and proportionate manner, use de-escalation strategies to help students self-regulate, and apply clearly defined consequences consistently and fairly when needed
• Support the implementation of the schools’ rewards systems
• Collect, collate, and share accurate information and evidence relating to investigations, suspensions, readmission and reintegration meetings, risk assessments, managed moves, alternative provision placements and permanent exclusions as required
• Ensure students engage with meaningful reflection and restorative behaviours
• Monitor students’ attendance, punctuality, behaviour, uniform and equipment, and intervene as required
Parental engagement and events
• Maintain positive relationships with parents/carers, acting as their main point of contact
• Ensure that issues relating to safeguarding and well-being, attendance, punctuality, behaviour, attitudes and progress are communicated clearly to parents/carers
• Ensure that parent/carer views and knowledge of their child(ren) are included in decision-making about support for their child(ren)
• Maintain a good working knowledge of statutory frameworks and guidance to provide accurate advice to parents/carers, and make them fully aware of their legal responsibilities and possible consequences where there are concerns
• Lead meetings and reviews with parents/carers relating to safeguarding, well-being, attendance, behaviour and the support available
• Lead admissions meetings and ensure that new student induction is effective
• Support the delivery of transition processes and community events
• Support with educational trips and visits from external agencies/speakers
• Collate and provide work for absent students where appropriate
• Ensure parent/carer details are accurate on the school’s management information system
Identifying, assessing and meeting needs, and reducing barriers to achievement
• Drive the school’s work relating to inclusion to ensure that students’ needs are being identified, assessed and met by liaising with colleagues and:
• Proactively gathering information to better know and understand their students
• Administering assessments and screening tools
• Creating evidence-based student profiles and support plans
• Delivering interventions based on students’ needs
• Attending meetings with pastoral colleagues, SENDCO, Safeguarding Manager, DSL and SLT to discuss and address students’ safeguarding, well-being, attendance, punctuality and behaviour
• Preparing information for and engaging with multi-agency meetings as required
• Monitoring and reviewing support and interventions and adapting as necessary
METHODS OF WORKING - The post holder must:
• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to data protection legislation and associated Trust policies at all times.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding and child protection, maintaining an awareness of relevant procedures and responsibilities.
• Comply with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy and ensure safe working practices in the performance of all duties.
• Uphold and promote the principles of the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy in all aspects of the role.
• Adhere to all other relevant Trust and school policies and procedures.
• Undertake any training and professional development necessary to effectively carry out the duties of the post.
• Perform any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level and responsibilities of the role, as required by the Trust.
• Champion and uphold the academy’s vision, values, and ethos.
• Implement pastoral, safeguarding, attendance, and behaviour procedures effectively and proactively.
• Ensure students are safe, feel supported, and receive high-quality pastoral care.
• Build and maintain positive, professional relationships with parents and carers.
• Identify, assess, and respond to students’ individual needs to promote their well-being and success.
• Collect and analyse information, lead meetings, and maintain accurate and timely records.
MAIN DUTIES
Pastoral, Safeguarding and Well-being
• Develop strong, supportive relationships with all students
• Provide appropriate pastoral support that is well-matched to the needs of students, dealing with immediate and underlying issues to prevent problems recuring or escalating
• Ensure students’ voices are heard and that they know what support is available
• Ensure students are safe and feel supported
• Administer first aid to students and staff as required
• Remain vigilant for signs of bullying and safeguarding issues
• Implement the school’s safeguarding systems confidently and consistently including safe and well checks
Promoting daily good attendance, punctuality, positive behaviours and attitudes to learning
• Ensure the school is a warm, welcoming, inclusive place that students want to attend
• Have high expectations for all students’ attendance, punctuality, behaviour, uniform, attitudes and progress
• Actively drive the school’s pastoral, attendance, punctuality and behaviour routines and rotas
• Respond to challenging behaviours in a calm and proportionate manner, use de-escalation strategies to help students self-regulate, and apply clearly defined consequences consistently and fairly when needed
• Support the implementation of the schools’ rewards systems
• Collect, collate, and share accurate information and evidence relating to investigations, suspensions, readmission and reintegration meetings, risk assessments, managed moves, alternative provision placements and permanent exclusions as required
• Ensure students engage with meaningful reflection and restorative behaviours
• Monitor students’ attendance, punctuality, behaviour, uniform and equipment, and intervene as required
Parental engagement and events
• Maintain positive relationships with parents/carers, acting as their main point of contact
• Ensure that issues relating to safeguarding and well-being, attendance, punctuality, behaviour, attitudes and progress are communicated clearly to parents/carers
• Ensure that parent/carer views and knowledge of their child(ren) are included in decision-making about support for their child(ren)
• Maintain a good working knowledge of statutory frameworks and guidance to provide accurate advice to parents/carers, and make them fully aware of their legal responsibilities and possible consequences where there are concerns
• Lead meetings and reviews with parents/carers relating to safeguarding, well-being, attendance, behaviour and the support available
• Lead admissions meetings and ensure that new student induction is effective
• Support the delivery of transition processes and community events
• Support with educational trips and visits from external agencies/speakers
• Collate and provide work for absent students where appropriate
• Ensure parent/carer details are accurate on the school’s management information system
Identifying, assessing and meeting needs, and reducing barriers to achievement
• Drive the school’s work relating to inclusion to ensure that students’ needs are being identified, assessed and met by liaising with colleagues and:
• Proactively gathering information to better know and understand their students
• Administering assessments and screening tools
• Creating evidence-based student profiles and support plans
• Delivering interventions based on students’ needs
• Attending meetings with pastoral colleagues, SENDCO, Safeguarding Manager, DSL and SLT to discuss and address students’ safeguarding, well-being, attendance, punctuality and behaviour
• Preparing information for and engaging with multi-agency meetings as required
• Monitoring and reviewing support and interventions and adapting as necessary
METHODS OF WORKING - The post holder must:
• Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to data protection legislation and associated Trust policies at all times.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of, and commitment to, safeguarding and child protection, maintaining an awareness of relevant procedures and responsibilities.
• Comply with the Trust’s Health and Safety Policy and ensure safe working practices in the performance of all duties.
• Uphold and promote the principles of the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy in all aspects of the role.
• Adhere to all other relevant Trust and school policies and procedures.
• Undertake any training and professional development necessary to effectively carry out the duties of the post.
• Perform any other reasonable duties commensurate with the level and responsibilities of the role, as required by the Trust.