Pupil Experience Leader

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Job summary

A local educational institution is seeking a Pupil Experience Leader to support students and promote a positive learning environment. This role involves providing pastoral care, managing behavior, and ensuring pupils achieve their potential. Ideal for candidates with experience in education or student support, competitive salary between £26,058 and £28,307 per annum with a supportive team environment.

Benefits

Supportive team environment

Ongoing professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in managing student behavior and pastoral care.
• Ability to foster positive relationships with students and families.
• Commitment to promoting student welfare and academic achievement.

Responsibilities

• Support positive learning culture and high standards.
• Provide pastoral care and lead on areas of responsibility.
• Ensure pupils are making excellent progress.

Skills

Pastoral care

Behavior management

Communication

Conflict resolution

Education

Relevant educational qualification

Job description

Pupil Experience Leader - Houlton School

Houlton launches its next cohort of 180 pupils in September 2025, meaning we are now recruiting a Pupil Experience Leader (Head of Year) to support the further expansion of our academy. You will join a passionate team of teachers and associate staff who are committed to providing a World Class experience for all our pupils. You will be an excellent role model who has the ability to inspire, motivate, challenge and support those around you. It is very important to us at Houlton School that all of our staff feel valued, listened to and mentored well so that they have opportunities to develop.

The successful candidate will enjoy support and guidance from a friendly team who work together and aim to give the best possible educational experience for their pupils. The post is very rewarding and is ideal for people who have experience or who are looking to move into this role.

Main Role and Responsibilities:

• To support the Assistant Principal in establishing a positive learning culture which ensures high standards of achievement, behaviour and attendance.
•To provide pastoral care for pupils.
•To lead on a whole school area of responsibility (area to be determined by the strengths of the successful candidate).
•To ensure each child is making excellent progress.
•To support the embedding of the core values of Houlton School.
•To support pupils to engage with learning.
•To support the welfare of individual pupils.
•To provide academic support for all pupils in a year group (to be determined).
• To facilitate and encourage a learning experience which provides pupils with the opportunity to achieve their individual potential.
•To contribute to raising standards of pupil attainment.
•To share and support the school’s responsibility to provide and monitor opportunities for personal and academic growth.
•To collaborate with teaching staff and liaise with parents as appropriate.
•To be on call when needed to support children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties.
•To deal with daily pastoral/behaviour issues at an appropriate level.
•To oversee behaviour, attendance and welfare issues relating to the allocated year group.
•To help remove welfare barriers to learning, enabling students to make at least expected progress.
•Support SEND learners to make good progress.
•To deal with issues in a positive manner, communicating actions to staff and parents as appropriate.
•To ensure rewards are issued and collated for the assigned year group.
•To take up duties related to on call and staffing of Refocus.
•To actively use SIMS, CPOMS and Edulink to ensure that incidents and actions are meticulously logged.
•To liaise with outside agencies and attend meetings as appropriate including oversight of Early Help cases.
•To attend meetings and reviews as necessary, contacting parents as required.
•To build relationships with parents and resolve issues, liaising with external agencies as directed.
•To use restorative practices to support relationships.
•To be alert to safeguarding issues, log and pass on concerns as appropriate, deal confidentially and sensitively with parents and students undergoing difficulties.
•To collate accounts and collation of information in response to incidents of challenging behaviour.
•To form positive relationships with children and their families.
•To provide a link between the school and external agencies.
•To supervise and monitor peer mentoring schemes.
•To maintain records in relation to consequences and rewards and use data accordingly.
• Develop links to ensure and enhance the understanding of the school amongst new and
existing parents/carers.
• Issue and monitor pupil support cards.
• Supervise break/lunchtime detentions as required.
• To undertake training commensurate with the post.
• Respect confidentiality at all times.
• To understand and apply school policies in relation to health, safety welfare and Child
Protection.
• Ensure that all duties and services provided are in accordance with School’s Equal
Opportunities Policy.
• To enforce expectations with regard to uniform, attendance, punctuality and respectful
behaviour
• To oversee and lead on an area of whole school responsibility.
• To lead assemblies.

Management Information:

● To maintain appropriate records and to provide relevant accurate and up-to-date
information for MIS, registers, etc.
● To complete the relevant documentation to assist in the tracking of pupils.
● To track pupil progress.

Marketing and Liaison:

● To take part in marketing and liaison activities such as Open Evenings, Parents Evenings,
Review days and liaison events with partner schools.
● To contribute to the development of effective subject links with external agencies.
● To promote a positive image of Houlton School through dealings with outside bodies.

Management of Resources:

● To contribute to the process of the ordering and allocation of equipment and materials.
● To co-operate with other staff to ensure a sharing and effective usage of resources to the
benefit of the school, team and the pupils.

Pupil Achievement:

● To make use of assessment data at team level to set appropriate subject targets and to
track and monitor the progress of pupils within the year group.
● To implement the School Rewards, Feedback and Reporting policies, to monitor their
implementation and to give feedback to pupils.
● To take responsibility for the behaviour of pupils and to deal with any problems in keeping
with the School Positive Behaviour Policy.
● To promote co-curriculum activities beyond the taught day which give pupils the
opportunity to take responsibility and to extend their learning.

Staff, Performance Management and Professional Development:

● We are committed to ongoing CPD and offer a variety of formal and informal support to
all staff no matter what their role.

Premises and Administration:

● To ensure that the team’s learning environment is safe, well maintained and attractive and
in keeping with the School Health and Safety policy, reporting any concerns directly to the
Site Manager.

Other Specific Duties:

● To play a full part in the life of the school community, to support its distinctive mission
and ethos and to encourage staff and pupils to follow this example.
● To promote actively the school’s corporate policies.
● To continue personal development as agreed.
● To comply with the school’s Health and Safety Policy and undertake risk assessments as
appropriate.
● To undertake any other duty as specified by STPCD not mentioned in the above.

Safeguarding: To be aware that all staff are responsible for the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post,
each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

Post holders will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to
undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

Post holders are expected to be courteous to colleagues and provide a welcoming environment
to visitors and telephone callers.

The school will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the
working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants
or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition.

This job description is current at the date shown, but following consultation with you, may be
changed by leadership to reflect or anticipate changes in the job which are commensurate with
the salary and job title.

Job Specifics:

Start Date: 01 September 2025 (negotiable to accommodate notice periods and vetting process)

Location:Houlton School, Signal Drive, Houlton CV23 1ED

Actual Salary: £26,058.00 to £28,307.00 (NJC17 - NJC22)

Shift: Monday - Friday 08:15am - 16:15pm
Term Time + 5 days

Contract: Permanent and Fixed Term (Easter 2026) positions available.

Interviews:W/C 25 August 2025

Safeguarding:

The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer. The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.