POSITION: Pastoral Support Officer (PSO)

CONTRACT HOURS: 7.30am - 4.30pm (term time) + up to one week preparation/support during summer holidays

SCALE: SO1 point 23-25 (£38,916-£39,954)

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 5^th March 2026. Interviews will be held on Tuesday 10^th March 2026.

 Purpose of Job:

• ·         To assist the Head of Year 7 (HoY) in the day-to-day leadership and management of the students in the year group.
• ·         To working with the Head of Year, Inclusion Teams, and Senior Leadership to implement pastoral strategies and support cover for internal provisions as required.
• ·         To provide crucial student welfare by offering emotional, social, and academic guidance.
• ·         To act as a liaison between students, parents, and teachers.
• ·         To implement strategies to remove barriers to learning, focusing on attendance, behaviour, and well-being, ensuring students feel safe, included, and can reach their potential. 
• ·         To promote and role model the school’s Inclusion Pledge - advocating for all students, promoting acceptance, and supporting student voice activities.

Key Responsibilities:

Attendance & Punctuality: Monitoring and addressing attendance issues and promoting high standards by:

•          ensuring the school’s attendance policy is implemented thoroughly and consistently
•          leading on pro-active initiatives to promote good attendance and punctuality
•          overseeing and managing the menu of support students are receiving and monitoring the impact of this.
•          Collaborating with attendance leads across the school to share best practice.

·        Manage the rewards system for the year group: leading assemblies and supporting the successful implementation of year group reward initiatives.

         Behaviour Management:

•           Support the Head of Year in managing behaviour, including maintaining reports and implementing proactive strategies to promote positive conduct.
•           Support the Head of Year with investigations into incidents, working closely with the LSC (Learning Support centre). This will include gathering evidence from a variety of sources such as statements from students and checking CCTV. 
•           Facilitate mediations between students where appropriate.

·         Direct Student Support:

•           Identify students who may require additional support, including vulnerable students, and make referrals to appropriate internal and external support services where required.
•           Mentoring individuals and small groups, offering emotional and practical help, running check-ins, and supporting transitions between lessons where needed.
•           Supporting with the supervision of students during break times
•           Being highly visible to ensure high expectations of students are upheld and provide support to staff as needed.

·         Liaison & Communication:

•          Serving as a link between students, parents, and school staff, responding to concerns and providing feedback, including making phone calls home to parents, leading meetings and conducting home visits as required.
•          Proactive parent contact, regarding students' attendance, behaviour patterns and early concerns (with support and guidance from the HoY).
•          Support the Pastoral Lead with transition work, including outreach to key feeder primary schools to build strong relationships and share information on Year 6 students allocated to the school for entry into Year 7.
•          Support with the implementation of the school’s transition arrangements, including interviews, transition days, Right Start programme.

·         Administration and data:

•         Supporting the admin needs of the year group.
•         With support from HOY, review data (behaviour, attendance, punctuality and rewards) to put in place early intervention.

·         Deputise for the Head of Year as required.

·         Undertaking any other responsibilities which may be reasonably directed by Senior Leaders