Looking for a role where you can make a real difference to students who need it most and help create a calm, supportive school environment where everyone can thrive?
As an Assistant Pastoral Manager, you will play a key role in supporting behaviour, attendance, wellbeing, and engagement for vulnerable students. Working alongside the Pastoral Manager, you’ll help ensure students feel safe, supported, and ready to succeed in school. Your work will strengthen relationships with students and families, support positive behaviour, and provide the consistent pastoral care that underpins strong academic outcomes.
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 35 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role
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The role:
As an Assistant Pastoral Manager, you will provide targeted, day‑to‑day pastoral support to students, particularly those who are vulnerable or at risk of disengagement. You will work closely with the Pastoral Manager and wider teams to identify needs, implement interventions, and monitor impact on attendance, behaviour, and learning.
You will support behaviour systems across the school, respond to incidents, and help maintain a calm and purposeful learning environment. This will include on‑call duties, lesson visits, and supporting students to remain engaged in their learning.
You will build strong relationships with students and families, contribute to meetings and intervention planning, and work collaboratively with colleagues and external agencies to ensure joined‑up support. Your role will be vital in promoting positive behaviour, safeguarding students’ wellbeing, and reducing barriers to success.
About You:
What you bring will have a powerful and lasting impact. In this role, you will:
- Support a calm, safe and purposeful learning environment across the school
- Build positive relationships with students and families, promoting trust and engagement
- Work closely with colleagues to support students facing challenges with behaviour, attendance and wellbeing
- Act quickly and effectively to de‑escalate situations and keep students engaged in learning
- Help remove barriers so that vulnerable students can succeed and feel included
- Promote high expectations, celebrating improvement and encouraging positive choices
- Be a visible, reliable and supportive presence for students throughout the school day
About Weavers Academy:
Weavers Academy is a thriving 11–18 non-selective academy located in Wellingborough, and proud to be part of the growing Creative Education Trust. We offer a dynamic and inclusive learning environment where every student is supported to achieve their full potential.
Our academy is large enough to provide a broad and innovative curriculum, yet small enough to ensure that every student feels safe, valued, and happy. At Weavers, we place the quality of teaching and learning at the heart of everything we do, because we know it is the single most important factor in shaping student success.
We foster an ethos where it is ‘cool’ to learn, and we actively listen to feedback from families and students to continually improve our provision. To find out more please visit our website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13,500 children and young people across England. Since 2010, we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together. Visit our trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or conversation with the Line Manager, please let us know. Want to stay connected? Join our Talent Pool and be the first to hear about future opportunities.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £23,267.00-£25,240.00 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free parking
- On-site gym
Work Location: In person
