Here, at The Pingle Academy, we are on a truly exciting journey of improving standards and outcomes in our pursuit of excellence.  

Our visitors tell us that our Academy offers them a warm welcome with a calm atmosphere. We are a passionate and committed group of staff who support each other to be the best that we can be.

Our vision is to ensure that all the children and young people in our care have the opportunity to fulfil their potential through achieving highly, regardless of their ability or background.  We are truly an inclusive academy with an ERS unit attached and a thriving Sixth Form provision

At The Pingle Academy we believe in working hard, being kind and choosing wisely. We are privileged to work in a community where we have a positive impact on children’s lives and future every day.  

Good behaviour provides the foundations for high quality teaching and learning to thrive.  It allows teachers to focus on their craft and to teach well.  High quality teaching is sacrosanct and is the absolute focus of our next chapter ensuring that great teaching impacts positively on the outcomes of all within our care. 

Strong pastoral care supports good behaviour and ensures that students feel safe, feel valued and have a sense of belonging.  We advocate a warm strict approach where adults are trusted and respected, where students are nurtured, valued and known.  When we get this right, the pieces of the jigsaw come together, students attend more, students learn more – they progress and they thrive.  

We are creating a new pastoral structure – these final appointments are essential in developing accessibility and availability to good pastoral care within our academy.

About this Role

After appointing a new Pastoral Leader and two Pastoral Managers, we now move to stage three of our exciting restructure.  Once again, this is a critical appointment, and we are seeking two highly experienced, dynamic and motivated professionals with a deep and demonstrable commitment to high quality pastoral care. The successful candidates will work to support improvements within attendance, behaviour and wellbeing that supports student outcomes.  Individually, you will be aware of and apply the Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance in your role and will proactively model this across the academy and will ensure that students’ progress, belong and thrive.  These roles sit below the Pastoral Managers’ and will have oversight and operational impact on a designated year group.  You will work to implement the pastoral strategy directed by the Pastoral Leader.

We require someone with:

• Ability to promote and uphold excellent standards of behaviour and attendance.

• Secure knowledge and experience of safeguarding practices within a school or educational setting.

• The capacity to de-escalate and foster warm professional relationships with students and parents 

• An ability to manage relational conflict and day to day student behaviour.

• Warmth, integrity and the ability to develop strong, trusting relationships with students, families and colleagues.

• A can-do approach who models positivity and brings out the best in our young people.

• Personal standards of good attendance.

Positive relationships between staff, students and parents are a key strength of our Academy. We are proudly inclusive and do not tolerate discrimination of any kind. The successful applicants will play a pivotal role in strengthening our partnership with families and ensuring that parents have a valued voice within our community.

Our ethos is built on safety, tolerance, respect and fairness, rooted in traditional British values such as courtesy and mutual respect. As a central part of the Swadlincote community, we work closely with local partners and take pride in contributing to community life. The successful candidate will embrace this outward-facing role and champion opportunities for students and families.

If you are passionate about improving the life chances of young people and committed to delivering exceptional pastoral care, we would be delighted to hear from you.