Pastoral Leader

**Post Reference: 2202**

**Academy: Leeds East Academy**

**Job Title: Pastoral Leader - Key Stage 3**

**Grade: PO3 - Actual Salary £36,922 to £40,007**

**Hours: 39.5 hours per week, term time only plus 15 days**

**Accountable to: Assistant Principal: Positive Behaviour**

Leeds East Academy is an over-subscribed 11-16 academy that has recently achieved the title of UK Parliament School of the Year. We are a vibrant, diverse and welcoming academy community who are committed to securing our highly ambitious vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ for every single member of our wonderful school. Over the last three years the school has been on a rapid journey of transformation which has resulted in significant improvements in attendance, progress, and behaviour. We received a ‘good’ judgement in our 2019 Ofsted inspection and every member of our community is determined to convert this to outstanding and beyond at our next inspection.

We are proud to be an academy who forms part of the High-Performance Learner international community and our vision of ‘Everyone Exceptional’ is underpinned by the principles of High-Performance Learner. The principles simply foster the belief that every child can and will perform highly and are able to excel both academically and personally within the right climate and culture. We have worked closely with our academy community to develop a culture and climate in which both staff and students can flourish.

Our academy is committed to delivering an outstanding education to each and every one of our students. We provide exceptional life training; harnessing the skills and fortifying the aspirations of young people, who we know will transform the region and provide a positive, progressive contribution to society.

White Rose Academies Trust is a local trust dedicated to raising and fulfilling the ambitions of young people. Our academies throughout Leeds are at the heart of the communities they serve, which is why we are committed to delivering an outstanding education to every one of our students.

Role:
To work with key colleagues in the academy to further develop the strategic management of the academy’s Key Stage 3 pastoral provision. This will include having a particular focus on further strengthening the positive climate for learning within the academy to ensure the continued growth and success of the academy. You will take responsibility for safety and welfare of students in the academy.

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Ensure a high standard of behaviour around the academy at all times for KS3
- Ensure high expectations of attendance and offer high challenge in relation to attendance at KS3
- Offer high support to teachers with whole school routines and behaviour management
- Have overall pastoral and holistic responsibility for all students within KS3
- Have operational oversight of managed moves, Fixed Term Suspensions and Planned Interventions within relevant year groups ensuring all relevant paperwork is complete, processes are followed, and all stakeholders made aware
- Line manage the KS3 behaviour and attendance leader, as well as the two attendance and behaviour managers for KS3 with the framework of high expectation, high challenge, and high support
- Oversee the strategic development of all areas of pastoral care for KS3
- Contribute to effect policies and processes to ensure all KS3 students feel safe in the academy
- Ensure that data relevant to KS3 is checked and analysed to ensure that appropriate actions, interventions and support mechanisms are put in place
- Support students through interventions to ensure they have key strategies to be successful learners
- Ensure that all KS3 interventions are data led and impact is measured
- Organise and chair all KS3 student support meetings (half termly) to ensure the correct support is being offered for KS3 students
- Attend/ensure there is a representative present at all ‘high support for vulnerable learners’ attendance fortnightly meetings for KS3 to support exceptional attendance
- Liaise with other professionals to ensure student support meetings have the correct and relevant data to ensure meetings are purposeful
- Ensure that attendance is a high priority in the weekly pastoral briefing
- Plan and facilitate Continued Professional Development to pastoral colleagues
- Quality Assure dismissal routines for KS3
- Support social times for KS3 and lead the dismissal routines for KS3 where necessary
- Regularly undertake data analysis of the behaviour data across KS3 to ensure appropriate cohorts are identified and receive intervention which supports their student experience

Part of White Rose Academies Trust - Leeds East Academy is accelerating on a thrilling journey, which will ultimately see the school, its staff and its students, secure an Ofsted rating of World Class.

We are securing our vision for World Class by growing our family of exceptional education professionals; dedicated specialists