Pastoral Manager

WMJobs; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Bordesley Green Girls School is seeking a pastoral year lead to lead the pastoral care for a designated year group. The successful candidate will support students, promote excellent educational outcomes, and assist in the overall management of the school. This fixed-term role offers a supportive work culture with generous benefits, aiming to nurture a positive school environment.

Benefits

Wellbeing support including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Generous benefits such as pension scheme

Active CPD and coaching support

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting students and an awareness of the challenges facing young people.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the provision of pastoral care for students in designated year group.
• Support the headteacher and leadership team in school management.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Time management

Organizational skills

IT skills

Job description

Start date: 1 September 2025

Hours per week: 36.5, Term time only

Bordesley Green Girls School and Sixth Form
Bordesley Green Road
Nechells
Birmingham
B9 4TR
Telephone number: 0121 464 1881

Contact email: [e-mail]

Contract type: Fixed term until end July 2026

The governing body are seeking to recruit a pastoral year lead who is an excellent practitioner with a passion for supporting students. The role we are offering is to lead the provision of pastoral care of pupils in your year group to secure excellent teaching so all pupils achieve their potential within an atmosphere in which pupils feel challenged, valued and secure and to assist the headteacher and the leadership team in the overall management and development of the school.
At BGGS we are a warm, welcoming and diverse team, this role is available with an immediate start. Please review the job description attached noting the requirement to be a DSL at the school.

Our ideals candidate will have:

• excellent interpersonal skills – be bright and interested in students, displaying a genuine warmth for them
• an awareness and working experience of the challenges facing young people today
• excellent communication skills with a “can-do” attitude
• an ability to work within a team and independently
• excellent time management and organisational skills
• excellent IT Skills, including excel and word etc

What we will offer you:

• a supportive and caring culture
• a knowledgeable and friendly team
• active CPD and generous coaching/line management support
• wellbeing support including 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme/confidential counselling, access to wellbeing advice, flexible working culture
• access to generous benefits, such as pension scheme (LGPS)

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

How to apply

Applicant Information Pack Pastoral Manager June 2025 Fixed Term

Interested candidates should email their completed application form [e-mail] the closing date.

Interviews will take place w/c 14July 2025

If you have not received a response within 10 working days of the closing date, then please assume that your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

BCC is a Living Wage employer

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.