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About the role

You will lead and deploy a skilled Pastoral Support Team, ensuring the right balance of: • Reactive support – responding to incidents and supporting students in the moment • Proactive support – delivering and recording planned interventions, mentoring, student check-ins and family engagement Your work will ensure that students are supported to regulate, recover and reintegrate into lessons as quickly as possible, removing barriers to learning and improving outcomes. At any one time, you will oversee a team providing on-call support across the school, ensuring calm, consistent and effective responses to student need.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and line manage the Pastoral Support Team • Coordinate daily pastoral deployment and priorities • Oversee targeted interventions (e.g. emotional regulation, anger management) • Ensure all interventions are recorded using the agreed school MIS, Arbor and monitored for their efficacy • Provide intervention updates for Annual Reviews which outline progress towards outcomes • Support staff with behaviour and inclusion strategies • Act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) • Work closely with families and external agencies • Contribute to whole-school behaviour, attendance and inclusion strategy

What we’re looking for

We are seeking someone who: • Has strong and extensive experience working with students with SEND, particularly autism and SEMH • Is a confident and compassionate leader, able to lead, manage and deploy a team effectively • Can remain calm under pressure and make sound decisions • Has excellent communication and relationship-building skills • Is committed to inclusive, child-centred practice • Has experience of safeguarding and multi-agency working

Full details are available in our Recruitment Pack