Pastoral Support Assistant

Employer
- Merstham Park School
- Location
- Redhill, Surrey
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time, Term Time
- Salary
- GLF Associate 2 Point 1 - Actual salary: £19,717
- Posted
- 16th September 2025
- Expires
- 30th September 2025 11:59 PM
- Start Date
- As Soon As Possible
- Job ID
- 1507161
- Job Reference
- MER001
- X

**Merstham Park School is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Support and Admin Assistant to join our vibrant pastoral team. This permanent, term-time-only role (36 hours per week) involves providing efficient administrative support, maintaining student records, and liaising with families and external partners. You’ll play a key part in supporting student welfare, wellbeing, and achievement in our inclusive school community - helping with reintegration meetings, participating in learning walks, and ensuring pastoral needs are met with care and professionalism.**

**Your opportunity**
- Support student wellbeing, behaviour, and attendance
- Liaise with families and external partners to ensure student needs are met
- Manage and maintain student records using Bromcom, ClassCharts, and other systems
- Assist with interventions, reintegration, and incident investigations
- Help promote a positive school culture and student responsibility
- Use Google Drive tools to produce reports and communications
- Contribute to the smooth running of pastoral operations and student support

**What we're looking for**:

- Experience working in a busy office environment
- Strong ICT skills - confident using Microsoft Excel and Word
- Effective and clear communication skills
- Proven ability to work well in a team
- Good organisational and administration skills
- Able to meet deadlines, use initiative, and keep line manager informed
- Ability to manage conflicting priorities
- Able to build appropriate relationships with students in line with safeguarding policies
- Familiarity with Bromcom, ParentPay, ClassCharts, PowerPoint, and other school systems (desirable)
- Please read the full job description and person specification for more information.**About Merstham Park School**

At Merstham Park, our ethos is simple - igniting a passion for learning. We are proud to be a values driven school which encourages its staff and students to embrace these values in all that they do. This approach provides everyone with the opportunity to exceed their potential.

As a growing school we are excited for the opening of our brand-new state of the art facilities that will benefit both our staff and the community. Our new build will be tailored to enable our staff and students to develop unique skill sets in a truly first-class educational setting through the creation of inviting and interactive learning environments.

As the school grows the career progression for our staff is endless. We will be looking to enhance the opportunities for all staff to grow in their roles and take on additional responsibilities.

Our team of passionate staff are committed to providing children with the very best educational experience. We recognise the importance of academic success whilst embracing our wider role in preparing students for their adult life beyond the formal examined curriculum.

**Why work at Merstham Park School**

The welfare of our staff is of the utmost importance. The list below details some examples of how we support the wellbeing of all of our colleagues. To see our full offer, please refer to the attached recruitment pack.
- Comprehensive CPD: we invest in your professional learning
- Regular career development opportunities, both pastorally and academically, in a growing forward-thinking school
- An appraisal system focused on professional learning and developing high quality teaching and support; all within an embedded culture of collaboration and sharing best practice
- A comprehensive development programme for all staff
- A culture of coaching - staff collaborate, support and develop one another
- A school that values everyone and firmly believes that a culture of positive relationships should be the bedrock of an organisation; we want you to love teaching and our students to love learning

**Join the GLF Schools Community**

As a part of GLF Schools, you will join a community of staff dedicated to transforming education. With regular progression discussions, there will be a wealth of opportunities for you to grow your career, whether in one of our 43 academies or in our central team.
- A Multi Academy Trust with over 2,000 colleagues and over 17,000 pupils
- Founded upon the values of Respect, Inclusivity, Integrity and Kindness
- 43 primary and secondary schools across 7 Local Authority areas across the south of England
- We work as a community whilst ensuring each school maintains its own unique identityCommitted to ensuring all children and young people receive the best possible education

**GLF Schools Employment Offer**

GLF Schools has a generous employment offer, which allows all our colleagues to Grow,