Pastoral Co-Ordinator

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Barking; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Barking Abbey School is seeking a dedicated Pastoral Co-ordinator to join our supportive pastoral team and help enhance student behaviour, wellbeing, attendance and learning.

The successful candidate will work across our dual campus, with term-time hours plus 10 days, typically 8am to 4pm, and a prorated salary within the 6 scale. This role offers CPD opportunities within a strong Ofsted Outstanding environment.

Job description

Pastoral Co-ordinator

Commencing: As Soon As Possible

Salary Scale: 6 (Pt 18 £35,520 - Pt 20 £36,585, full time) Prorated salary range is likely to be approx. £31,337 - £36,585, (dependant on experience, weeks per year and continuous service). Based on working 35 hours per week, Term time plus 10 days. Likely hours of work during term time are likely to be 8am to 4pm. (Subject to change to meet the operational needs of the school).

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Barking Abbey School for a Pastoral Coordinator to work alongside our Pastoral Teams.

We are looking for a committed member of staff who would like to undertake this vital role supporting our student’s behaviour, wellbeing, attendance and learning. This is an exciting opportunity for someone to learn new skills, and undertake a developing role, working with a dedicated and supportive pastoral team. Barking Abbey is an Ofsted Outstanding heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.

The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.

Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.

In return we offer:

• A supportive and encouraging staff team
• The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
• A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
• A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems

Barking Abbey (BA) and Eastbrook (EB) schools have been working together in a soft federation since September 2023. In this time the schools have collaborated successfully. The schools have formed joint finance, IT, premises, HR, cleaning and catering operations. Our schools are united through the Federation while retaining their own individual identity, ethos, context and character.

We are proud that Ofsted recently judged the school to be Outstanding in all areas. The report states; “This is a large and diverse school where difference is valued. Pupils, and students in the sixth form, are supportive and respectful of each other. Pupils’ conduct is exemplary, both inside lessons and around the school. Leaders have established simple and clear rules that everyone understands. Pupils are focused, engaged and participate well in lessons. Staff feel that their workload and well-being has been carefully considered by leaders. They appreciate their open-door policy”. (Ofsted, February 2024)

Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants. Online searches may be conducted for all shortlisted candidates and will be conducted for all successful candidates as part of our due diligence checks