Learning Coach - Pastoral Support at Swindon Academy

Are you looking for new challenge?

Would you like to work as a part of a team in a role where you can make difference to the lives of young people?

An Exciting opportunity to join Swindon academy, the most improved school in Swindon.

School:   Swindon Academy

Job Title: Learning Coach – Pastoral support

Salary:     £24,597 per annum

Hours:     40 hours per week, term time only

Are you passionate about supporting young people to overcome barriers, build resilience, and achieve their full potential? Swindon Academy is seeking a dedicated and compassionate Learning Coach (Pastoral Support) to play a key role in helping students thrive both academically and emotionally.

About the Role

Working under the leadership of the Senior Deputy Headteacher, you will provide pastoral support for students, particularly those experiencing social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) challenges. You will help create a safe, supportive environment where every student can access learning and succeed.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day operation of the Academy’s Early Intervention Hub (R-Zone) and pastoral on-call systems.
• Deliver targeted interventions and support programmes for students with identified needs.
• Build positive relationships that help students develop confidence, resilience, independence, and successful engagement in learning.
• Monitor, record and report on student progress, working closely with staff, parents and carers.
• Assist in developing bespoke learning plans and risk assessments where required.
• Promote inclusion and contribute positively to the wider life of the Academy community.
• Support pupils to develop resilience and independence as well as positive relationships with staff and peers so that they can access learning in the classroom.

• ·         Promote the inclusion of all children

• ·         Attend and participate in relevant meetings when required

We are looking for someone who:

•  Is passionate about supporting young people and improving outcomes
• Has excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Is calm, empathetic, and able to work effectively with students facing challenges.
• Can work collaboratively with colleagues, families, and external agencies
• Shares our commitment to safeguarding, inclusion, and student wellbeing. 

Additional Information

Swindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.

Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Why choose us

At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.

We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. 

Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19. The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. 

After a visit from Ofsted in June 2022, the academy continues to be a ‘Good’ school in all aspects of the inspection framework. Inspectors who visited the school noted that, “Warm, caring relationships are at the heart of the way that staff work with pupils.

United Learning

Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England. 

Our schools work as a team and achieve more by sharing than any single school could. Our subject specialists, our group-wide intranet, our own curriculum and our online learning portal all help us share knowledge and resources, helping to simplify work processes and manage workloads for an improved work-life balance.