Job Title: Pastoral Manager
Salary: £27,964 - £30,146 per annum. Actual salary £23,945
Hours: 37 Hours per week, Term Time Only + 5 Inset Days
Contract: Fixed Term until 31 August 2025
We are looking for an Pastoral Manager to join our supportive and talented team at Tewkesbury Academy. We are a diverse multi-academy trust, looking for professional and ambitious people, with a passion for transforming our students learning.
Tewkesbury Academy is part of the Cabot Learning Federation, and is a well-established school at the heart of the historic market town of Tewkesbury providing an education to a cohort of 1200 plus students, aged 11-18. We are well placed at Junction 9 of the M5 and close to the Cotswolds, the Malvern Hills and the historic towns of Gloucester, Worcester and Cheltenham.
The young people at Tewkesbury Academy are our finest ambassadors exemplifying hard work, kindness and good manners. They benefit from a hugely positive and supportive learning environment housed in a wonderful campus with great facilities and grounds. You will have the opportunity to work alongside outstanding teachers, to observe and share practice on a regular basis, developing pedagogy through reflection. We are passionate about staff work-life balance throughout the Academy.
What We Are Looking For
The role of Pastoral Manager is a fast-paced and varied role. The successful candidate will work to ensure the welfare, safety, attendance, academic engagement and emotional wellbeing of the young people within the academy. They will promote and model the Academys culture of high-expectation and achievement and assist in ensuring the smooth running of the academy on a day to day basis. This will support in providing an excellent setting in which students can maximise learning opportunities and overcome learning barriers.
About The Cabot Learning Federation
The Cabot Learning Federation is a diverse Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) in the South West. We are proud to serve 18,000+ pupils who all attend ten secondary academies, seventeen primary academies, an all through provision, a studio school, a discrete Post 16 provision, two alternative provision schools and three SEMH special schools.
CLF is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The trust is proud to serve a diverse student population and their communities. We actively encourage applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We are proud to be part of diverse communities in the region and celebrate the richness of cultures, faiths and backgrounds of our students. We aim to develop a curriculum that is responsive to our pupils needs and reflects their diverse interests and backgrounds.
Cabot Learning Federation Benefits: Click here to access a full list of Cabot Learning Federation benefits.
How To Apply
Please download the job description and person specification below.
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Safeguarding And Pre-employment Checks
The Cabot Learning Federation are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This role has significant responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice within the academy. This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.
The successful applicant will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK and a child disqualification check. The checks will also include an enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
