Pastoral Manager

What skills and experience we\’re looking for

We are looking for a Pastoral Support Manager to support staff and students at Harris Academy Bermondsey, covering maternity leave. In this role, you will lead and manage the pastoral needs of a specific year group, developing and implementing effective systems and strategies to ensure every student is supported in reaching their full educational potential.

You will play a key role in promoting a safe and inclusive school environment with high standards of behaviour, enabling all students to thrive. By using a range of techniques, including pupil counselling; you will help address and remove barriers to learning, with a strong focus on supporting the academic, social, and emotional wellbeing of our students.

This role is term time only, and the actual salary will be £33,468-£35,007 (38 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week) based on a 12-month contract.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• A good level of education
• Good communication skills verbal and non-verbal
• Experience of keeping a clean, tidy, well ordered environment
• Experience of working in a busy school environment
• Experience of working within a team
• Experience of working with children and young adults
• Experience of managing conflict

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

What the school offers its staff

Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls\’ school with drive and ambition in the heart of London. Our students achieve the very highest standards in their education. Ofsted rated us as Outstanding in every one of their categories in November 2019.

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Further details about the role

• Contribute to whole school improvement planning and pastoral strategy development.
• Support monitoring, evaluation, and school self-evaluation processes.
• Collaborate with Key Stage and Learning Coordinators to address underachievement and barriers to learning.
• Lead behaviour management within the year group, using interventions such as detentions, reports, and referrals.
• Implement strategies to improve attendance and punctuality, ensuring targets are met.
• Monitor student movement and manage out-of-lesson tracking systems.
• Plan and oversee enrichment activities to boost motivation and attainment.
• Support rewards and recognition systems to encourage positive behaviour and academic effort.
• Deliver assemblies and foster a culture of achievement and respect.
• Build strong relationships with parents through meetings, calls, letters, and events.
• Represent the school in welfare meetings and collaborate with external agencies for student support.
• Lead on student welfare strategies, including uniform policy, conflict resolution, and exam support.
• Monitor wellbeing and coordinate with staff and external partners to ensure effective safeguarding and guidance.
• Maintain accurate student records and reports, including behaviour, attendance, and punctuality data.
• Manage year group communications via internal platforms and parent forums.
• Promote student voice through structured systems of feedback and engagement.
• Support daily operations through duties at break/lunch and attendance at school meetings.
• Provide First Aid support and maintain current certification.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.