Pastoral Support Manager

About this Role

Pastoral Support Manager

Location: Barnhill Community High School

Salary: £31,169 per annum (Scale 6, Point 20) actual salary

Contract Type: part -time, permanent

Working Weeks: 38 Weeks (37 term time +5 INSET days)

Hours: 36 hours per week - Monday to Friday, working between the hours of 8am and 4pm with an unpaid 40 minute lunch break.

About Us: Barnhill is a heavily oversubscribed, high performing school that places wellbeing and quality of life at the heart of its ethos. Barnhill performs in and around the top 5% of schools in the country and was judged to be outstanding by Ofsted in February 2024. The sixth form was judged to be a very strong aspect of the school in the inspection.

Barnhill is part of Middlesex Learning Partnership, a multi-academy trust which is dedicated to providing exceptional educational opportunities for young people, fostering inclusive learning environments, and nurturing a strong sense of community. With three schools under our care—Barnhill High School, Belmore Primary, and William Byrd Primary—our mission is to ensure every child has access to outstanding facilities that inspire success.

Staff Wellbeing: We have a very well thought of staff wellbeing that focusses on allowing staff to concentrate on their work without unnecessary impediment. In addition to this there is a range of supportive measures such marking from home, wellbeing events and staff celebrations.

The Role: To promote a positive and supportive ethos in the student body. To support student development, behaviour, attitudes, attendance and safeguarding in a designated key stage. To support students learning progress and to support parent engagement.

Key Responsibilities:

Be the daily first point of contact for students requiring support.

Record and report any matters of a safeguarding nature using the schools’ systems.

Support a case load of students who require support such as mentoring, counselling and lower level safeguarding concerns.

To actively encourage interaction with parents as required.

Keep accurate and intelligible records of students, for example those with particular needs, those with adapted curriculum, those in receipt of counselling etc.

To plan, and deliver interventions that help students build confidence, resilience so that they can manage their own dilemmas, resolve their own difficulties and prevent further problems in the future.

Full job description attached.

Further Information

Barnhill Community High is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check.

It is an offence to apply for the position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children.

Early applications are positively encouraged and the school reserves the right to shortlist and interview earlier than advertised.

We do not accept CV's.

We accept only employment and academic references; character references and those sent from generic email addresses (e.g., Gmail or Hotmail) will not be accepted.

Please see link to the Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy

Please note that we hold the right to carry out online checks on applicants selected for interview.

Middlesex Learning Partnership is a disability confident committed employer,

Closing Date: Friday11th September 2026.