Pastoral Leader

We are looking for a Pastoral Leader to support staff and students at Harris Academy Merton, promoting a safe environment with excellent levels of behaviour so everyone is entitled to learn. You will help overcome barriers to learning using a range of techniques, including: counselling and focusing on the academic, social & emotional wellbeing of students.

About Us

At Harris Academy Merton we promote the ethos ‘'Achievement is Success'' and believe every student has the right to the highest standard of education so that they can accomplish their aspirations. Our aim is to give every student an educational experience that is enjoyable and holistic so that they develop into responsible, articulate and successful young people.

We combine the traditional values of strong discipline, good manners, respect and pride in appearance with contemporary best practice in teaching and technology. With these core values embedded, we develop our students into confident and capable individuals that have a desire to excel academically and personally now and in the future.

Main Areas of Responsibility

Your responsibilities will include:

• Meeting Academy targets on attendance and behaviour, as agreed with Assistant Principal, Vice Principal, Principal and Governing Body
• Line managing tutors, including:
• Ensuring regular phone calls to students who are doing well/are cause for concern
• Ensuring they are managing the attendance of students whose attendance is between 95% and 100%, and that attendance certificates and rewards are distributed weekly
• Improving the attendance of any student whose attendance falls between 90% and 95%, and ensuring less than 10% of students in Faculty become persistently absent
• Taking responsibility for all students who are at negative boundary 2 to ensure poor behaviour does not continue to escalate towards negative boundary 3
• Supporting tutors and allowing them to escalate for support as appropriate and take responsibility for tutor periods of any students who are disruptive

Qualifications & Experience

We would like to hear from you if you:

• Hold QTS and a good undergraduate degree
• Are an experienced teacher
• Understand the theory and practice of effective teaching and learning.
• Have knowledge of National curriculum requirements at KS3, KS4 and KS5
• Understand the importance of having high expectations for all students, both of behaviour and academic achievement.

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please send us an email, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. This will be helpful for you when completing your application, and throughout the recruitment process.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible as we may interview and offer to a candidate before the closing date. Please note that we only accept applications submitted before the closing date via our careers website.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

We value the diversity of our staff and students, and everyone at the Harris Federation is equally valued and respected. We aim to be an inclusive employer that reflects the communities we serve. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment.