Pastoral Lead

Pastoral Lead – Secondary – Walsall - Immediate Start  
Are you an experienced and motivated pastoral lead who is passionate about supporting young people? A supportive secondary school in Walsall is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Lead to join their team, helping to ensure students are fully supported in their personal, social, and emotional development.

As a Pastoral Lead, you will play a key role in guiding and supporting students across the school, working closely with the senior leadership team, teaching staff, and external agencies. This role involves building strong relationships with students, managing behaviour effectively, and ensuring that barriers to learning are removed so that every young person has the opportunity to thrive.
Responsibilities include:

• Leading on pastoral care across the school and supporting the well-being of students.
• Managing behaviour, attendance, and safeguarding concerns in line with school policy.
• Supporting students with social, emotional, or behavioural challenges.
• Working closely with parents, carers, and external agencies to ensure effective support.
• Contributing to the wider school community and promoting positive relationships.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience working in a pastoral or student support role, ideally in a school setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• The ability to remain calm, approachable, and solution-focused under pressure.
• Knowledge of safeguarding and supporting students with additional needs.
• A genuine commitment to improving outcomes for young people.

If you are a motivated Pastoral Lead looking for a rewarding opportunity in a school where you can make a real difference, we would love to hear from you. Apply today or contact The Education Network Birmingham for more information.


The Education Network Offer:

Our specialist team have a combined experience of over 25 years and have unrivalled reputation within the education market, taking great pride in the extremely high service levels that we provide to both our schools and our candidates. Our service is honest and efficient and, in addition to our recruitment solution, we offer the opportunity for additional training and development for our candidates. You will also receive personalised career support from the team.

The opportunity to work in friendly, caring and supportive atmosphere where every child matters. Highly supportive, committed and hard working Consultants who will endeavor to find assignments suited to your needs.
An opportunity to extend your professional development as well as excellent rates of pay.

The Education Network is committed to safe guarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Appointments will be subject to our stringent vetting procedures, including enhanced DBS checks and references.-
The Education Network is committed to Safer Recruitment and recruits to Compliance+ standards. Any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS check in addition to other safeguarding checks. The Education Network is an equal opportunities employer. The Education Network is acting as a recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy.
Due to the expected high-volume of applications we receive only short-listed candidates will be contacted within 3 days.