Pastoral Leader

**Working pattern**: Term time plus inset days (39 weeks)
**Actual starting salary (calculated pro rata)**: £25,449 per annum
- Salaries are paid in 12 equal monthly instalments_

The Burgess Hill Academy is looking to recruit a Pastoral Leader to join the friendly and dedicated pastoral team. The pastoral team provide support to students to overcome any barriers to their learning.

**As a Pastoral Leader you will**:

- Be the role model for other staff in the management of behaviour and provide advice over matters concerning behaviour, attendance, and pupil well-being.
- You will provide support for the behaviour and attendance management of students consistent with the Academy’s policies; assist students in managing their own behaviour and attendance.
- Provide support to the year group with child protection and safeguarding
- Supervise detentions for persistently late students or students with behaviour issues

If you would truly like to make a difference to the lives and life chances of our pupils, this may be the role for you.

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of this rewarding role.

**The Burgess Hill Academy**

At The Burgess Hill Academy, students are encouraged to dream big and strive for excellence with our motto, 'Believe in your best'. Our innovative approach to learning inspires a love for reading and provides high-quality pastoral care. We celebrate effort and achievement while promoting exemplary behaviour within the academy and the community.

Leadership opportunities thrive, and we embrace diversity while prioritising student wellbeing. Our commitment is to equip our 1100 students with the qualifications, enrichment experiences, and employability skills necessary for success beyond our walls. Join us in exploring our diverse range of extracurricular activities and opportunities for personal growth.

**Visit us**:Home - The Burgess Hill Academy**

**We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include**:

- ** Generous Pension**:Safeguard your future with financial security throughout your retirement. Employer contribution rate of 22.7%.
- ** Holiday Entitlement**:Take advantage of 25 days annual leave per annum (FTE), plus statutory Bank Holidays.
- ** Health and Wellbeing**: A strong commitment to your health and wellbeing including; onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors and an annual day devoted to your health and wellbeing. This day provides the opportunity to spend valuable time catching up with colleagues, as well as some ‘Time for You’ to do whatever most enhances your wellbeing.
- ** Personal Development Day**:One day annually dedicated to your personal development which could include volunteering, training or a seminar (self-funded).
- ** Employee Assistance Program (EAP)**: Access to free and confidential counselling services, providing support for both work and personal issues.
- ** Cycle to Work**: Build exercise into your commute, with our cycle-to-work programme, offering a £2K loan to purchase a bicycle.
- **Retail Discount**: Savings with hundreds of retailers including gym, private medical, dental and online GP service, as well as eligibility for the Blue Light Discount Scheme.

**Our commitment**

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**Key dates**

**Closing date**: 19 October 2025
**Interview date**: By arrangement
**Proposed start date**: By arrangement

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