Pastoral Support Officer

We are seeking to appoint a motivated and organised Pastoral Support Officer who will work well as part of a team and truly want the best from our students. If you enjoy working with young people and would like to help them prepare for their future working lives, we would like to hear from you.

Pastoral Support Officer

• NJC Scale Point: 9 - 17
• Actual salary: £23,441 to £26,682 per annum
• 37 Hours per week, Term Time Only
• Commencing: 01 September 2026

Due to our increasing PAN and student numbers, we are excited to offer the opportunity to join our academy as our staff body continues to grow and support our larger year groups of 220 students. This is an exciting time to join our academy as we celebrate our Outstanding Academy Inspection in November 2023. Inspectors stated that Bristnall Hall Academy is a “truly inclusive and harmonious school” and that “everyone is proud to be part of a close-knit school community that is working together with a common purpose.” Our staff “feel valued” and our classrooms “ooze enthusiasm and productivity”.

We are seeking to appoint an individual with good interpersonal and communication skills, with a real drive to enhance students’ experience of secondary education. The ideal candidate will be an ambitious professional with at least three years’ experience of working with young people in a secondary school. Reporting to the Achievement Coordinator, this role will involve collaborating with the wider pastoral team and other colleagues to improve attainment and progress for all students. This will include leading on behaviour, attendance and welfare issues for identified year groups and being one of the first points of contact for parents and external agencies. The successful candidate will join an academy which is dynamic and inspiring; creating a culture of outstanding success amongst our students. To succeed, you will have a good academic standard of general education to GCSE grade C/4 in English and Maths and have a patient, caring and sympathetic personality. We are keen to secure a high calibre professional who can make a telling contribution to our team. The department is part of a well led, mutually supportive Learning Support team; there is a very strong commitment to improving standards. The appointed candidate will work collaboratively with colleagues and will be supported by a strong SLT.

Why choose Bristnall Hall Academy? We have a key focus on staff well-being, with a number of initiatives in place across the academy including bespoke departmental marking and assessment policies which have dramatically reduced teacher workload. If you want to inspire, aspire and achieve, come and join something special and make your mark.

We aim to provide our young people with the qualifications, skills and attributes to have a successful and happy life.

About Academy Transformation Trust

Our ATT2030 Vision means we meet our young people where they are at and refuse to leave them there. Our pupils will leave us capable, competent and confident and take their place in the community of educated people. Our staff will be cared for, developed and they do will be capable, competent and confident. We would love to hear from those who want to join us in that mission.

In return, you can expect fantastic Professional Development opportunities, a comprehensive employee benefits package, shopping discounts, cycle-to-work and gym schemes, cinema tickets and an employee assistance programme.

Bristnall Hall Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person – able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called “the Great Conversation.” An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

To learn more and apply online, please see our application pack for more information and visit our careers page.

Closing date for applications: Monday 29 June 2026, 09.00am
Interview date: To be confirmed

The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check, and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025. We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

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