Pastoral Lead (SEND Focus)

South Lincolnshire Academies Trust Ltd; Slat (KY); On-site; USD 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

South Lincolnshire Academies Trust is seeking to appoint exceptional Pastoral Leads (SEND Focus) to provide highly effective, relational, day-to-day pastoral support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with a position available at Spalding Academy & Cowley Academy.

This is a non-teaching role, working closely with the SEN Manager and Pastoral teams to ensure students with additional needs are safe, supported, included and able to thrive both academically and socially.

Skills

Pastoral support

SEND focus

Relational communication

Attendance support

Job description

GLEA Grade 6
£27,337 to £30,199 per annum
37 hours a week, 40 weeks per year
Spalding Academy/ Cowley Academy
February 2027

South Lincolnshire Academies Trust is seeking to appoint exceptional Pastoral Leads (SEND Focus) to provide highly effective, relational, day-to-day pastoral support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities, with a position available at Spalding Academy & Cowley Academy.

This is a non-teaching role, working closely with the SEN Manager and Pastoral teams to ensure students with additional needs are safe, supported, included and able to thrive both academically and socially.

Working as an integral part of the Pastoral team, the role will include:

• Providing targeted pastoral support to students with SEND, including those with EHCPs and those receiving SEN Support;
• Coordinating and delivering early help, mentoring and intervention strategies such as emotional regulation, anxiety support and social communication support.
• Liaising with parents/cares and external professional to help coordinate multi agency support;
• Support attendance, punctuality, engagement and reintegration following absence, suspension, or placement changes.

The successful candidate will:

• Be calm, resilient and solution- focused;
• Have significant experience supporting young people, ideally within a secondary school or comparable setting;
• Have a strong understanding of SEND, child development and barriers to learning;
• Be a confident communicator, able to work with students, families and outside agencies professionally and sensitively;

The Trust offers exceptionally pleasant working environments. Our school sites offer a calm and safe place, where staff and students work hard, achieve a great deal and enjoy excellent working relationships. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks undertaken are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education". All post holders are subject to satisfactory clearances prior to taking up an offer of employment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date for applications is 8am on Monday 9th November 2026. Interviews will follow shortly thereafter.

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
We look forward to hearing from you.