Pastoral Support Assistant (Sevenoaks)

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive and committed Pastoral Support Assistant to join our highly regarded pastoral support team within the school. This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful school as part of a friendly and very hardworking department.

Overall responsibility

• The Pastoral Support team has responsibility primarily for supporting the Assistant Headteachers and Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning, ensuring they are successful, confident and happy.
• To triage pastoral concerns under the guidance of the Assistant Headteachers and indicate appropriate pathways for students.
• To act as a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) within the school.
• To refer cases to DSL, other DDSL, Heads of Year or Form Tutors as appropriate.
• To act as the main point of contact for students at Student Services, in addition to supporting at key times in the day such as break times.
• To ensure that students follow the school's high expectations, both in and out of the classroom.
• To contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the well-being and personal care of children and young people with regard to the area child protection procedures.
• To act as first aider on site.

The successful candidate will work with our well-established pastoral team and will be responsible for supporting the Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning and ensuring that the students are successful, confident and happy. They will also offer medical support, act as DDSL within the school and provide administrative support in meeting the welfare and pastoral needs of students. They will need excellent time management, strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prioritise duties; they will also need to work on their own initiative while working as part of a wider team.

This role will be predominantly based at our site in Sevenoaks, but you will be expected to travel to our Tunbridge Wells campus.  

Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is one of the largest boy’s grammar schools in the country. In late 2021, we benefited from a multi-million pound investment, which resulted in a brand-new sports building at our Tunbridge Wells campus and the opening of our Sevenoaks campus. 

We can offer you the opportunity to work with highly able young people in a supportive, well-equipped and forward-thinking school. We offer a friendly and inclusive working environment and the chance to be part of a fantastic multidisciplinary team, who work hard and support each other to deliver personalised, bespoke education & care.

You will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed.

Please note that we will only accept CVs that are accompanied by an application form (see below). We shall review applications as we receive them so apply early to avoid delay! We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.