Pastoral Supervisor

Torquay Girls' Grammar School; Torquay; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Torquay Girls' Grammar School is seeking a Pastoral Supervisor to join our dedicated Pastoral Team. The role is a permanent position, 35 hours per week across 39 weeks per year, contributing to a supportive, caring environment for every student.

You will work with a Head of Year and tutor teams to provide consistent pastoral support, helping students develop leadership, teamwork and resilience while engaging in a broad range of activities and opportunities within the school community.

Responsibilities

• Support the pastoral care team to ensure the health and happiness of each student.
• Work closely with the Head of Year and tutor teams to provide consistent pastoral support.
• Contribute to the school’s House culture and extra-curricular activity schedule to promote student well-being and engagement.
• Provide a welcoming and supportive environment where students can access guidance and develop positive behaviours and resilience.

Job description

An exciting opportunity is available to join our team as Pastoral Supervisor who will be a key member of staff within our Pastoral Team.

This a permanent role, working 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.

Our pastoral team includes a teaching Head of Year for each year group, who work closely alongside tutor teams and colleagues across the school to provide the best pastoral support possible for each and every student. The team also includes our current Pastoral Supervisor, Counsellor, a Student Services office and our SEND team. We fully believe that for students to have the best success academically, they need the right support to ensure they are healthy and happy. Our pastoral structure is deliberately focused on creating a supportive, caring environment, and as a result, we have nurtured thousands of students throughout their school journey to help them in their own journey to becoming young adults.

Personal development is a key priority for us as a school, and we understand that this will look different for every student who joins our school. We are very proud of our students who really do go the extra mile to enrich their time at school. We want our students to develop their character skills of leadership, teamwork, aiming high, problem solving, speaking, listening, creativity and staying positive through engaging in a vast array of extra-curricular activities, leadership positions, outdoor education, house competitions and charity fundraising. The contribution of our students also extends beyond the school community as they are given opportunities to be real advocates for societal change. From day one, each student has a dedicated form tutor who they see every day. Our tutors form strong professional relationships with their tutees, providing consistent pastoral support and advice. All students also belong to a house which becomes a big part of their identity throughout their time at school. We have a long history of House Culture (over 100 years!) and now have five student houses, each with its own name, house colour, mascot and motto! There are regular House events and competitions throughout the academic year, including elections for new sixth form student Heads of Houses, the annual House Charity Week, various sporting competitions, a range of creative competitions and the grand finale, our end of year House Shout, where each house competes for the coveted House Cup to be adorned with ribbons in their house colour. Our exciting range of extra-curricular House activities and events allow students to display their various skills, pursue their own interests, engage in team building and develop peer relationships across the different year groups. Research shows that this sense of belonging to a schoolhouse can help promote well-being, good behaviour, healthy competition and teamwork, which links to our school values of kindness, well-being and collaboration.

If you would like to arrange a school visit, please contact Sarah Forster, Headteacher, via Louise Rumbelow, Headteacher's PA ([e-mail]) or if you have any questions in relation to the role or the recruitment process, please contact Abigail Henwood, HR Manager ([e-mail]).

Thank you for your interest in this role and our school. We look forward to hearing from you!