Pastoral Support Lead

Stockport Council; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 20,000; Full time

Job summary

All Saints’ C of E Primary School in Marple, Stockport, invites applications for a Permanent Pastoral Support Lead (22.5 hours per week). The role focuses on promoting pupil welfare and supporting families within a faith‑based context.

The successful candidate will work with pupils across key stages, delivering creative support, coordinating safeguarding, and helping remove barriers to learning in a values‑driven environment.

Qualifications

• Be dedicated to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children.
• Excellent communication with families and stakeholders.
• Flexible, motivated team player in a busy school environment.
• Commitment to Christian values and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children within our school.
• Support and widen educational access and help overcome barriers to learning for our pupils.
• Provide imaginative programmes of support for pupils with social, emotional, health or behavioural needs to enhance access and attainment.
• Support the inclusion of all children within our school.
• Identify underachieving children and devise and deliver coordinated programmes of support for them and families.

Job description

All Saints’ C of E Primary School Marple
Brickbridge Road,
Marple Stockport,
Sk6 7BQ
01614273008

Job Title: Pastoral Support Lead – Primary School
Salary: Scale 5 Point 12 - £29,542 pro rata actual Salary £15,366
Hours: 22.5 hours per week
Working Pattern: Term time only
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Wednesday 23rd September 2026
Shortlisting: Thursday 24th September
Interview Date: Friday 25th September 2026
Start Date: As soon as possible

At our school everyone is important - that’s all the children and all the adults. It’s a place where everyone is encouraged to be the best that they can be, and a place where they can grow and develop. As a church school, we celebrate the importance of the Christian faith, which guides us in everything we do. We also believe that by working together in the “All Saints’ way”, we can achieve amazing things.

We are looking to appoint a Pastoral Support Lead who demonstrates:

• The joy of being with children
• A professional approach when dealing with all stakeholders, including our families
• A team player who is highly motivated
• Flexibility to cope in a vibrant school environment
• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to use time effectively
• Individual talent to enhance the work of the whole school and community
• Sympathetic and supportive of the values of the Christian faith
• Is effective in supporting the needs of individual pupils and whole classes
• Shows an ability to work with children with a range of educational needs
• Is approachable, adaptable, patient, motivated and a good communicator
• Has excellent organisational skills and enjoys the challenges we face in a busy school

The successful candidate will:

• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children within our school.
• Support and widen educational access and help overcome barriers to learning for our pupils.
• Provide a range of imaginative and creative programmes of support for children with signs of social, emotional, health or behavioural issues to enable them to access the social and academic curriculum to help with their attainment attendance and behaviour.
• Support the inclusion of all children within our school
• Identify underachieving children and devise and deliver and coordinate programmes of support for them and their families

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment clearances including a Disclosure and Barring Service check.

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