Pastoral Manager

Job Title: Pastoral Manager

• Location: Physis Academy, Whitchurch SY13.
• Salary: £28,101 (Actual). Full time equivalent £32,045. £14.50 per hour
• Hours: 08:00 to 16: hours a week).
• Contract: Permanent. 40 weeks per year. (Term-time + 10 days, or equivalent disaggregated time).

Who are Physis Academy.

We are a specialist Independent School based in North Shropshire, providing education for pupils aged 11-18, who are at risk or have experienced sexual exploitation, or who have low mood and anxiety. The school currently has 14 pupils on roll but has been granted DfE and Ofsted permission to increase numbers to a maximum of 45 pupils over time.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted "The school's therapeutic programme dovetails well with the academic curriculum. It helps pupils to make sense of their emotions and understand their past experiences. This in turn helps to improve their self-esteem. Parents and carers value the difference that the school make to the pupils' lives. One parent described the school's work with her daughter as 'life changing.' [Ofsted Nov 2023].

The school delivers individualised educational provision to students who require high levels of understanding, consistency and continuity through an integrated therapeutic approach. Our pupils are intelligent and make rapid progress in numerous qualifications when they trust the adults around them who ignite their passion for learning in creative ways.

However, sometimes they struggle to remain motivated, or need a little help to process the other aspects of their lives and this is where the pastoral manager is crucial to their positive school experience. Are you that person?

The Role of the Pastoral Manager:

• To be the main responsible person for collecting, collating, and communicating information about pupils, between home, school, and other agencies.
• To provide high quality pastoral support, ensuring high attendance, reducing barriers to learning, recognising & rewarding achievement, and finding strategies to intervene and monitor progress.
• To provide immediate therapeutic interventions to support pupils in moments of crisis when they may need calming or reassuring.
• To create and maintain accurate and up to date pastoral records for each pupil, and communicate the contents as necessary to the teaching team, parents/carers, and external agencies such as Ofsted when required.
• To be proactive and anticipate young people's needs and risks and be responsible for amending or creating living documents such as care plans and risk assessments.
• To lead pastoral meetings to ensure accurately and timely communication of pupils' circumstances to the education team.
• To know, understand, and role model Physis' therapeutic approach, and at all times to work within Physis' expectations to be a positive ambassador for the children and young people.

Experience and qualifications you will have:

• Experience of working in a pastoral role within an educational setting.
• Experience working with young people who have experienced trauma, SEND etc
• Ability to proficiently use IT systems (Fully competent if Microsoft programmes such as Outlook, Word, Excel etc) and management information system when in post.
• High levels of professional oracy, literacy and numeracy.
• Able to carry out physical intervention as part of the Therapeutic Crisis Intervention training. (Training will be provided.)
• Good organisation and time management skills.
• The right to work in the UK
• A full driving license. Fitness to drive with the ability and willingness to drive others and travel as part of the role.

Note: We are NOT able to offer sponsorship visas

Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Any unspent conviction/cautions should be declared at the point of application. Any adult cautions (simple or conditional) or spent convictions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 should also be declared.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £28,101.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Whitchurch SY13: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Experience:

• Pastoral: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 06/11/2025