Pastoral Support Assistant - Heckmondwike Grammar School

Kirklees Council are advertising this role on behalf of Heckmondwike Grammar School

Are you an organised and approachable individual?

Then this will be the job for you.

This post provides a unique opportunity to work within a high-performing and growing 11 to 18 grammar school with a large sixth-form and exceptional students.

We are delighted to have been named “Secondary School Of The Year”, “Soaring 57 places in the UK rankings to 77” out of approx 6000 secondary schools (state and independent)  in the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Guide.

And for the second year running we are ranked No 2 in the North of England.

At Heckmondwike Grammar School, our motivation is for our students to enjoy their school days and to become thoughtful, articulate, confident and responsible members of society. In order to achieve this, we rely on our staff to work closely with students, parents and teachers to provide a supportive community, keeping the well-being of our students at the forefront of everything we do.

The Role:

The role of Pastoral Support Assistant at Heckmondwike Grammar School supports a team of five Heads of Year and a Safeguarding and Welfare Officer, who endeavour to provide outstanding pastoral support for the students in Years 7-11.  

The post holder will need to assist staff in ensuring that high standards of behaviour are maintained throughout the school, supporting the implementation of the pastoral system as well.

This will also include upholding the rewards system by working with all staff, students and parents.

Experience of working in a school is not essential however previous experience of working in a front-facing or customer services type role is a must. You will be able to work with young people of all ages and have the ability to maintain appropriate relationships at all levels.

Responsibilities

Specific responsibilities are set out in a detailed job description.

What will you bring to the role?

• Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Demonstrate a high standard of customer service
• Work well as part of a team, as well as on your own initiative
• Honesty and integrity
• A flexible and open attitude to change
• Suitability to work with children

Why Should You Apply?

Heckmondwike Grammar School is a unique school, with students who are eager to learn, keen to know more and want to enjoy their educational experiences. It is exceptional in many ways: a very diverse school community that produces results of the highest quality. We work effectively with the young people, really care about them and their futures and have an ultimate success measure of enabling them to proceed to where they want to go.

Excellent relationships between staff and students are the norm, expectations are high and students perform very well as a consequence.

We also offer a competitive salary and membership to a Local Government pension scheme.

If you are interested in this position then please visit the vacancies section of our website www.heckgrammar.co.uk/vacancies.

Completed applications should be sent by email to: recruitment@heckgrammar.co.uk.

Further information about the school is available on the school website www.heckgrammar.co.uk.

Protection of children:

Disclosure of criminal background of those with access to children.

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’.  These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account.  Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered prior to the date of the interview.  You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

Safeguarding Statement:

Heckmondwike Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.