Pastoral Manager

About the School

Shirestone Academy is a one‑form entry primary school located in the Tile Cross area of Birmingham. In our most recent Ofsted inspection, the school was judged to be ‘Outstanding’, with inspectors noting that "the school is at the heart of the community" and that "pupils are happy, feel safe and simply love coming to school."

Role Overview

We are seeking to appoint a compassionate, dedicated, and highly organised Pastoral Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting the wellbeing, behaviour and attendance of pupils and their families. The Pastoral Manager will also take a lead in safeguarding across the school as the DSL.

Key Responsibilities

The Pastoral Manager will undertake a wide range of duties, including engaging with pupils and families on a daily basis, managing complex safeguarding matters with professionalism and sensitivity, and supporting pupils’ emotional wellbeing. The role is central to the school’s safeguarding provision and to the promotion of excellent attendance and punctuality, ensuring that all pupils are given the best possible opportunity to succeed. The successful candidate will work to remove barriers to learning through effective collaboration with families, staff and external agencies, build and sustain positive professional relationships, and maintain the ethos of a warm, caring culture.

Additional duties include leading on school admissions, acting as the first point of contact for parents, carers and external agencies, providing a welcoming and professional presence, leading on first aid within the school, ensuring appropriate procedures are followed, coordinating first aid provision, and ensuring staff are trained and confident in administering first aid.

Qualifications & Requirements

The successful candidate will need:

• to share our passion for wanting the very best for our students and schools
• be committed to keeping our students safe
• be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people
• be emotionally intelligent with the ability to build strong working relationships with students, staff, parents and carers
• a willingness to receive training / advice from other professionals

Prospective candidates are strongly advised to visit the school by prior appointment, to see the passion and ethos for themselves. Visits can be arranged by contacting the school.

Recruitment and induction practices to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or vulnerable adults apply to this post in addition to the requirement to obtain a Barred list and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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