Pastoral and Administration Assistant KS3

Colchester County High School For Girls; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Colchester County High School for Girls is seeking a Pastoral Assistant to support students and parents in fostering positive behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and pastoral care to enable learning progress.

The successful candidate will be a committed team player with strong administrative and interpersonal skills, and will provide administrative support to the Pastoral Leadership Team. The role requires a working knowledge of a school environment and safeguarding considerations.

Qualifications

• Commitment to working with students and parents in a school setting.
• Strong administrative and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with attendance policies or safeguarding is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral support to students and parents regarding behaviour, attendance, wellbeing and engagement.
• Provide administrative support to the Pastoral Leadership Team.
• Assist with safeguarding compliance and related processes as required.

Skills

Administrative skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

School experience

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for the position of Pastoral Assistant to start in October 2026 to provide support to students and parents in terms of positive behaviour, attitude, attendance, wellbeing and pastoral care to enable students to make relevant progress and engage in their learning.

The successful applicant will be a committed team player with strong administrative and interpersonal skills. In addition, to provide administrative support to the Pastoral Leadership Team.

A working knowledge of a school environment, policies and procedures, including attendance, would be a distinct advantage as well as experience of dealing with external agencies., Colchester County High School for Girls is part of Alpha Trust. It is a selective state school for academically able students aged from 11 to 18 years which consistently achieves public examination results at the highest level and Ofsted "Outstanding". Admission to the school is via the 11+ examination in Year 7; the school also admits academic students into the Sixth Form. The school is lead for the North East Essex Teaching School Alliance and Colchester Teacher Training Consortium is based on the site. Situated a mile to the west of central Colchester, the school is set in its own extensive grounds on a large, quiet campus.

TAlpha Trust - Mission

The mission of Alpha Trust is to provide all our children and young people with every opportunity to achieve excellent individual outcomes, both academic and personal; to be committed to advancing learner progress through ambition, challenge and inspiration in our teaching, learning and leadership; and to support our students as they build resilience, become proud of who they are, take on responsibilities and grow respect for others.

We aim to:

• enable students to cope emotionally, physically and spiritually with the pressures and demands of life
• provide a broad, well-balanced and personalised curriculum
• provide the highest quality education for able students, to enable them to achieve their personal best in public examinations
• provide access to the highest quality further education and employment

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Monday to Friday - 37 hours per week (08.00 to 16.00 Monday to Friday), term time only plus non-pupil days and 10 days' summer holiday working

Scale 5 Point 9-12

Actual Salary - £24,515 - £25,724 (£27,254 - £28,598 FTE)