Pastoral Manager 6th Form

Your Role

Required: As soon as possible

Salary: £31,022 - £35,412 pro rata (actual salary: £16,299 - £18,606)

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, Term Time Only plus 1 week

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: All Saints Catholic Secondary School, Mill Mount, York, YO24 1BJ

All Saints Catholic School are seeking to employ a confident, determined and caring person to provide a practical and strategic approach to support the pastoral development of young people. Working in this school as part of an established team, the Pastoral Manager will be working on a small group or 1:1 basis in KS5 supporting sixth form students with their learning and wellbeing needs. See job description for further details of the role together with person specification criteria.

Our school has an outstanding Ofsted rating and is dedicated to creating a unified and caring community of learners. A large Catholic Secondary school with an oversubscribed Sixth Form that welcomes a diverse range of students from a wide catchment, we are looking for a candidate that can work effectively with students from a variety of backgrounds with a broad range of educational and pastoral needs.

All Saints Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will require the successful applicant to undertake an ENHANCED criminal record check via the DBS.

All Saints Catholic Secondary School is part of the Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust, a family of 32 primary schools, and 6 secondary schools. With more than 12,300 pupils and 1,500 plus staff, the Trust is now one of the largest Catholic Multi Academy Trust in the UK.

Catholic schools are welcoming places to pupils and members of staff from all faiths and none. More than a quarter of a million pupils and almost half of teachers in Catholic schools are not of the Catholic Faith.

The successful candidate will:

1. Enjoy working with young people and their families
2. Have excellent interpersonal skills
3. Have a positive and flexible approach
4. Communicate effectively and maintain confidentiality
5. Use their initiative and work independently, whilst also being a team player.
6. Be tenacious and refuse to stop until the required outcome is achieved.

We can offer:

1. A welcoming school with very friendly, support and enthusiastic staff
2. Enthusiastic and happy children with very high standards of behaviour
3. A Leadership Team with a strong vision and determination to ensure the school maintains 'outstanding' status
4. A strong commitment to CPD
5. Dedicated, supportive Governors, Parish and Parish community

For visits to the school or for further information please contact Mrs Sharon Bilton, Head of Sixth Form at recruitment@allsaintsyork.npcat.org.uk

Closing date: Monday 9th November 2026 by 9am

Interview: Week commencing 16th November 2026

Experience

• Experience of working in secondary schools with students who are experiencing social, emotional and/ or behavioural problems essential
• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams essential
• Experience of participating fully in planned intervention programmes for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties essential

Personal Attributes

• In depth knowledge, understanding and skills in relation to their specialist area essential
• Knowledge of normal child development and children's personal development needs essential
• Knowledge of strategies which promote good behaviour and discipline essential
• Knowledge of developmental progression in the emotional curriculum essential
• The ability to work effectively and sensitively with a range of groups and individuals, whilst pursuing agreed aims essential
• An ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of people and groups essential
• Ability to set clearly-articulated goals to track progress of pupils and adapt strategies to achieve them essential
• Actively promote the vision and beliefs of the school essential
• Demonstrate a belief in the role of the school in developing citizens for the future essential
• A strong belief in education which values and encourages learning for life essential
• Excellent communication skills with students, staff and parents essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills essential
• Time management and organisational skills, able to prioritise and successfully manage competing demands essential
• A strong belief in education which values and encourages learning for life essential
• Excellent communication skills with students, staff and parents essential
• Excellent interpersonal skills essential
• Time management and organisational skills, able to prioritise and successfully manage competing demands essential
• Administrative skills: able to keep good written records; adopt good administrative practice; keep data and use management information essential
• ICT capability - to produce appropriate resources/documentation essential
• Be willing to work flexibly to meet the demands of the post essential
• Professional appearance, conduct and attitude essential
• To be an exemplary leader in dealings with staff, parents, pupils and outside agencies essential
• A committed life-long learner, willing to undertake further training essential
• Empathy with young people essential
• Ability to command respect and deal with pupils authoritatively essential
• Ability to deal with pupils in a fair and consistent way essential
• Support and seek to develop the distinctive ethos of the school essential
• Collaborate and network with other schools essential
• Recognise and take account of the richness and diversity of the school's communities essential
• Build and maintain effective relationships with parents, carers, partners and the community that enhance the education of all pupils essential
• Application forms should be completed in full essential
• Personal Statement should be clear and concise essential
• Personal Statement should address the criteria identified in the Person Specification essential
• Professional appearance and demeanour. Excellent role model essential
• Working outside of school hours will be required essential

Qualifications

• Nationally recognised qualifications: minimum of 5 A* - C grades include English and Maths or relevant Level 3 (NVQ) qualification essential
• Good level of English and Maths essential
• Experience of further relevant professional development

Safeguarding Information

Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust is committed to equality of opportunity, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other relevant employment checks. The successful candidate will be required to sign a Catholic Education Service contract.

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