Sixth Form Pastoral Manager

Bishop Vesey's Grammar School; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Birmingham is seeking a committed Sixth Form Pastoral Manager. The role involves supporting students' academic and personal success, ensuring high standards of behaviour and attendance while leading a team and fostering positive relationships. Candidates must have experience in pastoral care and excellent interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in pastoral care or working with young people in an educational setting.
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and student welfare.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring excellent student conduct, punctuality, and attendance.
• Building positive relationships with students and supporting their pastoral needs.
• Overseeing and supervising Sixth Form Study.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Organisational Skills

Leadership

Education

Experience in Pastoral Care

Job description

We are seeking a committed and compassionate Sixth Form Pastoral Manager to play a key role in supporting the academic and personal success of our Sixth Form students. You will work closely with the Head of Sixth Form and Sixth Form Leadership Team to foster high standards of behaviour, attendance, and well-being. The role involves a blend of student-facing responsibilities, safeguarding, attendance monitoring, and leadership tasks.

Key responsibilities include:

·Ensuring excellent student conduct, punctuality, and attendance

·Building positive relationships with students and supporting their pastoral needs

·Overseeing and supervising Sixth Form Study

·Coordinating interviews, student voice surveys, and supporting admissions

·Leading Pastoral Assistants

·Supporting the wider Sixth Form team with administrative and pastoral duties

What we’re looking for:

·A proactive and caring individual with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills

·Experience in pastoral care or working with young people in an educational setting

·A strong understanding of safeguarding and student welfare

·Ability to lead, manage and build trust with students and staff alike

Join us in helping our students achieve their full potential in a supportive, dynamic environment.

Application forms and further details are available from our website at www.bvgs.co.uk. Please note that we do not accept CV’s, all applications should be submitted on the BVGS application form.

If you wish to have an informal chat about this role please contact Dr L Rackham on [phone] extension 280. To arrange a pre-application visit please contact the Recruitment Team at [e-mail] or by telephone on [phone].

Candidates will need to meet the requirements of the person specification. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.The post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check together with Identity, Right to Work, medical, qualification and reference checks. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all shortlisted candidates.

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.