Pastoral Support Assistant
| Posting date: | 04 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 February 2026 |
| Location: | Colne, Lancashire, BB8 8JF |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 39f1b2b9-5dd6-4e6e-adf6-a24be530f9c9 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Qualifications and Attainments
Good general education, including at least GCSE Grade 4/C in English and Maths or equivalent qualifications - Essential
Education related qualification - Desirable
First Aid at Work certificate - Desirable
Knowledge
Experience of working with staff, students and their parents/carers within a secondary school or other educational setting - Essential
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
Supporting staff in their pastoral capacity to support students Essential
Effectively working in a multi-agency setting - Desirable
Experience of using educational management systems (SIMs) and safeguarding systems (CPOMs) - Desirable
Skills and Abilities
To be flexible and able to take both a proactive and responsive approach towards the role - Essential
To be a good communicator and be able to present to a wide range of audiences - Essential
To promote equality of opportunity throughout all aspects of Academy life - Essential
To undertake the role with energy, enthusiasm and tenacity - Essential
Attitudes and Beliefs
Commitment to excellence - Essential
Commitment to inclusivity, equality and diversity - Essential
Commitment to the role of secondary education in developing children’s life chances and enabling them to achieve their full potential - Essential
Commitment to ensuring a healthy and safe environment and the welfare of children and staff - Essential
Commitment to regular and on-going professional development - Essential
Commitment to high professional and personal standards of work and conduct - Essential
What the school offers its staff
Now is a really exciting time to be joining Colne Primet Academy as we go through a period of rapid expansion, both in terms of staff and student numbers and with extensive new building and refurbishment work recently completed and opened from September 2024.
We currently have 875 students on roll from a diverse range of backgrounds, and the students numbers continue to grow up to our full capacity of 1050 over the next few years. Throughout the school, we have students who speak 23 different languages. Working with such a diverse community brings lots of opportunities for students to learn more about each other and themselves.
By joining the Primet family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. The core drive of being part of the Primet staff team is about wanting the best for our students, and to help them overcome any barriers to their success. Our aim here at Colne Primet Academy is to give each and every child the very best educational start in life. At all times, we guide, support and inspire.
We collaborate with our colleagues at West Craven High School as well as the three primary academies in our Trust family and have the support of the Pendle Education Trust core team for functions such as Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, Health and Safety, IT, Marketing and Governance.
We are proud of the positive atmosphere that exists within the Academy. Visitors very often comment on the calm and orderly surroundings and the warm, welcoming and friendly ethos we have created. We believe that high achievement comes as a result of a positive atmosphere, high expectations and mutual respect.
Our core values are based on the Primet Positives: Progressing, Respectful, Inclusive, Motivated, Expressive and Together. These values are embedded in everything we do throughout school, and we are very proud of what Colne Primet Academy stands for in its community – we hope you want to be a part of that too.
Commitment to safeguarding
https://www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/page/?title=Safeguarding+and+Child+Protection&pid=58
Qualifications and Attainments
Good general education, including at least GCSE Grade 4/C in English and Maths or equivalent qualifications - Essential
Education related qualification - Desirable
First Aid at Work certificate - Desirable
Knowledge
Experience of working with staff, students and their parents/carers within a secondary school or other educational setting - Essential
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
Supporting staff in their pastoral capacity to support students Essential
Effectively working in a multi-agency setting - Desirable
Experience of using educational management systems (SIMs) and safeguarding systems (CPOMs) - Desirable
Skills and Abilities
To be flexible and able to take both a proactive and responsive approach towards the role - Essential
To be a good communicator and be able to present to a wide range of audiences - Essential
To promote equality of opportunity throughout all aspects of Academy life - Essential
To undertake the role with energy, enthusiasm and tenacity - Essential
Attitudes and Beliefs
Commitment to excellence - Essential
Commitment to inclusivity, equality and diversity - Essential
Commitment to the role of secondary education in developing children’s life chances and enabling them to achieve their full potential - Essential
Commitment to ensuring a healthy and safe environment and the welfare of children and staff - Essential
Commitment to regular and on-going professional development - Essential
Commitment to high professional and personal standards of work and conduct - Essential
What the school offers its staff
Now is a really exciting time to be joining Colne Primet Academy as we go through a period of rapid expansion, both in terms of staff and student numbers and with extensive new building and refurbishment work recently completed and opened from September 2024.
We currently have 875 students on roll from a diverse range of backgrounds, and the students numbers continue to grow up to our full capacity of 1050 over the next few years. Throughout the school, we have students who speak 23 different languages. Working with such a diverse community brings lots of opportunities for students to learn more about each other and themselves.
By joining the Primet family you will become part of a supportive and ambitious team. The core drive of being part of the Primet staff team is about wanting the best for our students, and to help them overcome any barriers to their success. Our aim here at Colne Primet Academy is to give each and every child the very best educational start in life. At all times, we guide, support and inspire.
We collaborate with our colleagues at West Craven High School as well as the three primary academies in our Trust family and have the support of the Pendle Education Trust core team for functions such as Finance, Facilities, Human Resources, Health and Safety, IT, Marketing and Governance.
We are proud of the positive atmosphere that exists within the Academy. Visitors very often comment on the calm and orderly surroundings and the warm, welcoming and friendly ethos we have created. We believe that high achievement comes as a result of a positive atmosphere, high expectations and mutual respect.
Our core values are based on the Primet Positives: Progressing, Respectful, Inclusive, Motivated, Expressive and Together. These values are embedded in everything we do throughout school, and we are very proud of what Colne Primet Academy stands for in its community – we hope you want to be a part of that too.
Commitment to safeguarding
https://www.pendleeducationtrust.co.uk/page/?title=Safeguarding+and+Child+Protection&pid=58