Pastoral Assistant
Permanent, 37 hours per week
Term-time only plus one week (40 weeks)
Grade C, Actual Salary: £21,410 to £22,309 p.a.
Full Time Equivalent £24,405 to £25,430 p.a. (Pay Award Pending)
Start Date: September 2025
Closing Date: Monday 23 June 2025
We seek to appoint an energetic, enthusiastic and dynamic Pastoral Assistant to support a strong team of tutors who are led by an innovative Head of Year. The role will involve supporting staff and pupils in sustaining positive behaviour management and good attendance across the school.
The successful applicant will be an ambitious practitioner who wishes to develop their career through working with a talented group of staff who are committed to improving outcomes for our pupils. The ability to support sustained engagement with learning in school and at home through creative intervention will be a key part of the role.
This role is an exciting opportunity to work with youngsters and parents in supporting their progress and integration in school. The successful candidate will need very good interpersonal and communication skills and be confident in dealing with pupils, staff and parents on a day-to-day basis.
The postholder will also be responsible for fulfilling the safeguarding requirements of the role and adhering to the school’s safeguarding policy.
If this describes you then we are interested in hearing from you.
GCSE Grade 4/C (or equivalent) in English and Mathematics is essential.
We can offer:
A school that is moving towards outstanding.
A school with a calm and considered environment.
A school which pupils, staff and the community feel proud.
Membership of a strong staff body.
Effective training and support.
The opportunity for promotion when the occasion arises.
We are a growing 11 – 16 comprehensive school. Graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in our most recent inspection (January 2024) and graded as ‘outstanding’ for Personal Development. We pride ourselves in being highly inclusive and pupil focused. We were awarded the prestigious National SMSC Quality Mark Gold Award, for the second time in April 2024. We are very proud of our pupils and their achievements.
Within the school we also have a resourced provision for physically disabled pupils who are integrated fully into the life of the school, which brings a richness and variety to the curriculum and adds to our extensive after school provision. We are proud of the way we address the needs of all of our pupils.
As a community school we also have a nursery and a pre-school.
Visits to the school are welcome as well as informal discussions to support and inform your application. Please contact Mr B Toone, Assistant Headteacher, by calling 023 9236 4399, or email: [email protected]
An Application Pack can be downloaded from our website at www.portchester.hants.sch.uk under the ‘About Us’ menu, or email: [email protected]
Please email your completed application to [email protected] or send to Portchester Community School, White Hart Lane, Portchester, Fareham, Hampshire, PO16 9BD, marked for the attention of Mrs Y Boxall, Personnel Services Leader. Please return the equalities monitoring form in line with the details shown on the form.
Please be aware that a Hampshire County Council application form must be completed, as CVs are not accepted.
Applications will be considered on receipt and suitable candidates invited for interview. We reserve the right to withdraw the advertisement early if the vacancy is filled before the closing date.
Closing Date: Monday 23 June 2025
Portchester Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Online searches will form part of the pre-employment checks on shortlisted candidates.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnership.
This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 because it is a post which involves working directly with children or young people. If shortlisted for interview you are therefore required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions (or cautions or bind-overs) including those which are ‘spent’. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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