Trust Pastoral Lead

Employer Blackdown Education Partnership Location Taunton, Somerset Contract Type Permanent Hours Full Time Salary Leadership L14 – L18 £71,330 - £78,702

Posted 4th December 2025 Start Date 1st April 2026 Expires 15th January :00 AM Contract Type Permanent Start Date 1st April 2026 Job ID Job Reference TPLJan2026

Start Date 1st April 2026

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The trustees of Blackdown Education Partnership are seeking an exceptional individual to join our Central Education Team in providing support and guidance to pastoral teams in our schools.

We are a growing Trust of 12 soon to be 13 schools of which 6 are primary and 7, secondary. We are looking for someone with the knowledge and skillset to work across both primary and secondary schools providing leadership, practical solutions and support with implementing Trust policies. This could be reviewing behaviour policies, training pastoral support staff, modelling relational practice, reviewing data trends, gathering pupil voice, supporting the creation of individual behaviour plans or participating in a Team Around the School meeting.

We are also looking for someone who is ready and willing to roll up their sleeves and join a School Leadership Team temporarily if they were facing a particularly acute set of challenges.

You will need to be flexible, creative, resilient and care deeply about the children in our schools. This role has the potential to make a real difference and we are determined to provide our school leaders with exceptional support.

If you share our vision for education which is founded on "belief in every child" and you believe you have the experience and skill set to make a difference in our schools, we would love to hear from you.

All applications should be made by completing the E-Teach application form and include evidence of how you meet the person specification for the role. CVs are not accepted, please complete the application form in full.

For full details of the role, please see the job description and person specification

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Trust Pastoral Lead - Recruitment Pack, Nov25

Safeguarding Statement
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website
Blackdown Education Partnership 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 particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.
The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.
References:
References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.

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Information held by Blackdown Education Partnership complies with and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, the information you have provided in the 'Personal Details' section will be used for payroll purposes and may be disclosed to the Inland Revenue. It will be disclosed within the school for security and administration.

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