Raising Aspiration Manager at Studio West

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/SW/43175

Location

West Denton Way, West Denton, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE5 2SZ

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Full-Time

Salary

£27,989.00 - £30,406.00 Annually (Actual)

Hours Per Week

Weeks Per Year

term time plus 5 training days

Closing Date

Midnight, Mon 6th Jul, 2026

Start Date

1/9/2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

About this Role

The postholder will be accountable for the following

•To contact parents informing them of individual students' behaviour or exclusions as part of effective lines of communication between the school and home.

•To manage and track all bookings into PDC and share with key Pastoral Staff daily

•To liaise with pastoral links in other schools who may be using the provision, ensure the work they provide is completed and returned for marking.

•To liaise with the relevant staff on actions to be taken

•To utilise SIMS and Class Charts and other systems to track the attendance, progress and behaviour of students

•Supporting parents and students where the impact of their home life brings them into conflict with school rules

•To arrange for units of work and/ or specific skills development with individual students to be provided

•To monitor the behaviour and progress of these students

•Delivering courses relevant to cohorts of students to provide them with relevant qualifications where appropriate

•Liaise with external agencies to find appropriate pathways for the students involved to ensure the vulnerable students are provided with the best possible education

•Liaise with parents to improve student's behaviour, self-esteem, achievement, attainment and aspirations

•Establish, develop and maintain effective and supportive mentoring and other supportive relationships with children and young people and those engaged with them

•To manage the supervision of vulnerable pupils with specialist intervention such as sexual health, and anger management

•To support the sharing of information between local agencies, Academy's, authorities and other learning mentors, and to be the single point of contact for assessing a range of community and business-based programmes and specialists support services, for example the Social and Youth Services, the Education Welfare Service, the Probation and Youth Offending Services etc.

•To work collaboratively with local agencies, and to offer complementary programmes of support for youngsters in the Academy where applicable

•Develop, agree, implement and review a time bound action plan with groups and individual children and young people and those involved with them based on a comprehensive assessment of their strengths and needs. Developing SMART targets and activities to remove barriers to learning.

•To support, direct an encourage pupils to undertake further education, apprenticeships or employment after the compulsory education

•Contribute to the development and application of priorities, policies and activities in order to enable the achievement of whole school aims.

•Promote the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons the postholder is responsible for or comes into contact with. Be aware of school policies and other guidance on the safeguarding and promotion of wellbeing of children and young people. Take appropriate action where required.

•Promote and implement policies and practices that encourage mutual tolerance and respect for diversity in all aspect of employment and service delivery.

•Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified and the post holder may reasonably be expected to undertake other duties commensurate with the level of responsibility that may be allocated from time to time.

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