Pastoral Officer

Queen Mary's Grammar School; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on everyday purchases (Eden 

Health plan (UK Health Care)

Cycle to work scheme

Blue Light Card

Job summary

Queen Mary’s Grammar School in Walsall seeks a dedicated Pastoral Officer to support students from Year 7 to 13, reporting to the Behaviour Manager. You will contribute to a consistent and supportive environment, alongside senior leadership, focusing on discipline, administrative tasks and parental liaison.

The role emphasizes intervention, safeguarding and building strong relationships within a DSM-wide team, with responsibility for behaviour administration and data reporting.

Qualifications

• Relevant qualifications and experience
• Data literacy and systems capability
• Relationship-building and communication
• Resilience, professionalism and organisational excellence
• Teamwork
• Commitment to values, safeguarding and inclusion

Responsibilities

• Drive a culture of exemplary behaviour and high expectations
• Model excellence and build high-impact relationships
• Lead and deliver restorative behavioural practice
• Operate and strengthen behaviour systems
• Champion whole-school culture and engagement
• Lead robust behaviour data and reporting systems
• Deliver efficient and responsive behaviour administration
• Support safeguarding, monitoring and student accountability

Skills

Relevant qualifications and experience

Data literacy

Relationship-building

Resilience

Teamwork

Safeguarding and inclusion

Job description

Job Title: Pastoral Officer

Location: Walsall

Queen Mary’s Grammar School was founded in 1554 by Mary Tudor. We have been shaped by our past and are proud of our traditions, but we are also confident of an exciting future as we help to shape the new educational landscape with our partners in the Mercian Trust. Queen Mary’s is an academically selective school, but wellbeing and pastoral care is at the heart of what we do. The School has gained national attention for our focus on mental health (through the ‘Change Your Mind’ Programme) and the School community is a huge strength, summed up in our motto: ‘Quas dederis solas semper habebis opes’; It is what you give that you will keep as eternal riches.

Our House system celebrates the four pillars of school life at Queen Mary’s: an academic focus, an international ethos, an enterprising spirit and a sense of community. We enjoy our social, cultural and ethnic diversity and live by our core values:

• Courage - facing new challenges with determination & resilience
• Respect - for yourself & tolerance of others
• Equality - opportunities for all, whilst recognising & celebrating diversity
• Discipline - developing personal responsibility
• Integrity - to be honest, sincere, reliable & selfless
• Teamwork- stronger together

Outside the classroom, we offer a range of life-enriching opportunities: time at our Field Centre in Wales; membership of our thriving Combined Cadet Force; individual and team sports; foreign expeditions and travel; participation in music, debating and public speaking and many other activities. We believe that achievement and enjoyment go hand in hand.

The school is part of the IOE’s Mandarin Excellence Programme and has been named as one of the top 100 secondary schools for cricket in the UK by the Cricketer magazine. The Horizon near-space programme has set new standards of what is possible for school-age students to achieve and we offer a multitude of other clubs, societies and opportunities.

We equip our pupils to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Most choose to go on to higher education, but we prepare them through our wider curriculum for a range of pathways. Through partnership between School, pupil and parents, we aim to produce well-rounded and employable young people. It is our mission to attain excellence in all that we do.

Find more information here: Queen Mary's Grammar School - Home

Are you ready to embark on a rewarding journey within an educational community that values increasing opportunities, improving outcomes for our students. We are looking for a Pastoral Officer to join our team. Reporting to the Behaviour Manager you will play an important role in the day-to-day life of the school, supporting students from Year 7 -13 to make positive choices and contributing to a consistent and supportive environment for all. You will work as part of a wider team alongside the Assistant Headteacher in charge of strategic leadership for behaviour, the Year Teams and the Senior Behaviour Manager. The role is intended to include intervention with discipline matters, administrative support and parental liaison.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive a culture of exemplary behaviour and high expectations
• Model excellence and build high-impact relationships
• Lead and deliver restorative behavioural practice
• Operate and strengthen behaviour systems
• Champion whole-school culture and engagement
• Lead robust behaviour data and reporting systems
• Deliver efficient and responsive behaviour administration
• Support safeguarding, monitoring and student accountability

Pay range: NJC SCP 9 - 17 | 37 hours per week | Term Time only

Qualifications and Skills:

• Relevant qualifications and experience
• Data literacy and systems capability
• Relationship-building and communication
• Resilience, professionalism and organisational excellence
• Teamwork
• Commitment to values, safeguarding and inclusion

While we embrace the use of AI tools to assist in working efficiently and making effective use of time, we ask that you do not use AI assistants during the application process. Applications will be screened for AI generated content.

Why The Mercian Trust?

As one Trust we share a common purpose. We call it our social mobility and social justice mission to change our communities through the very best equitable education. When we get this right, it enables our children and young people to fulfil their potential, thrive in the world of work, and make a positive contribution to the local, national and international community.

Put simply, our common purpose is to increase opportunities and improve outcomes for our students. We are particularly committed to students who are under-served and under-resourced. We prioritise those who have special educational needs and disabilities, or who are more likely to face discrimination for whatever reason.

It is this common purpose that fuels everything we do. We deliver impactful, sustainable and ethical continuous school improvement in our schools to ensure the children and young people in the communities we serve learn in the very best and most inclusive schools.

We are deeply rooted in the communities we serve (which are the education investment areas of the West Midlands). We adopt a pioneering spirit and look to lead the sector with innovative solutions to the problems our students and families face.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more: The Mercian Trust - Home

Benefits:

Financial, Health and Lifestyle

• discounts on everyday purchases (Eden Red)
• a comprehensive free of charge health plan (UK Health Care)
• a cycle to work scheme via Halfords
• access to the Blue Light Card

For further benefits including education sector leading CPD: The Mercian Trust - What we can offer you

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

The Mercian Trust is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.