Pastoral Lead

Job Description

Pastoral Lead, 37 hours per week, term time (plus inset days)

Start date : January 2025

Why Stifford Clays Primary School?

We are a community-focused school for 2 to 11 year olds, located centrally in the Stifford Clays ward of Thurrock. The original infant and junior schools were built in 1954 and were one form of entry. The school has grown hugely to accommodate 90 children in each year group. We have a resource base provision for children with autism.

Stifford Clays Primary School is an extremely happy and positive school. We are an Ofsted 'Good' school (2022) where ''pupils love coming to school'' and "pupils, staff and trustees show great pride in belonging to the Stifford Clays Primary School community.'' Our personal development provision is 'outstanding'.

You will have;

· experience in working with children with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

· a secure understanding of safeguarding and ideally, experience of working in a school's safeguarding team

· experience of working within the primary stage

· the ability to create positive learning environments

· high expectations of pupil attainment and behaviour

· experience of working with vulnerable families and providing support

· a strong and caring personality - calm and patient

· good organisational and communication skills

· the commitment to providing a 'child-centred nurturing' ethos, collaborative team-work and flexible working.

Why SWECET?

We are a Multi Academy Trust who wish to ensure our profession remains supportive and exciting, and we welcome all candidates including those embarking on their first stage of their career. This is an exciting time to join SWECET, which was established in 2015 with the belief that every young person in our community needs and deserves an education that will maximise their future life chances. In return for their dedication to achieving our vision, we offer our colleagues:

· Competitive salaries

· Comprehensive training and development opportunities supported by Thurrock Teaching School Alliance

· Full and comprehensive induction with training and tailored pathways for individual career progression

· Reduced gym membership at a Trust school

· Becoming part of a growing organisation

· A health and wellbeing package

· A two week October half term.

If you have energy and passion in abundance and would relish the opportunity to be part of our team, we look forward to hearing from you. To speak to the recruitment team for more information, please email recruitment@swecet.org

Information about the School

We are a community-focused school for 2 to 11 year olds, located centrally in the Stifford Clays ward of Thurrock. The original infant and junior schools were built in 1954 and were one form of entry. The school has grown hugely to accommodate 90 children in each year group. We have a resource base provision for children with autism.

Stifford Clays Primary School is an extremely happy and positive school. We are an Ofsted ‘Good’ school (2022) where ‘’pupils love coming to school’’ and “pupils, staff and trustees show great pride in belonging to the Stifford Clays Primary School community.” Our personal development provision is ‘outstanding’.