The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Pastoral Lead at Wild Bank Primary School, Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG.
Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.
Wild Bank is a one form entry school with 31 staff and 146 pupils aged between 3 and 11. Wild Bank’s school motto is ‘Working together we can achieve our best’.
Details about the role:
To start 1st September 2025
Pastoral Lead full-time Salary £30,060-£32,654
The role is permanent, part-time 30 hours per week, Term Time Only
With an actual salary - £21,437-£23,286 (Grade F Point 17-22).
The hours are:
Monday to Friday 8:30am to 3:30pm (with 1 hour lunch)
We are a small one-form entry school with delightful children and dedicated and friendly staff. The pastoral lead role is one which involves being the attendance lead, deputy safeguarding lead and will have close liaison with parents, children, outside agencies and other members of school staff. We require a person who is an excellent communicator, and is able to ensure the enhancement of the wellbeing and emotional health of our children and families. Experience in this area of work is desirable.
For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.
The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:
• Applications close at 12pm on Thursday 24th July 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.
• Interview date is to be confirmed
• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.
Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We have a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The roles across our schools involve working with children and/or young people and are subject to our Safer Recruitment Process.
We do not accept CV’s, all applicants should complete a Trust Application Form and include on this the details of two referees who, if you are shortlisted will be contacted for a reference. Social media checks will be carried out for roles across our Trust. All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We may close the job advert for roles within our Trust as soon as sufficient applications have been received so please apply for advertised roles as soon as you are able. If you have any queries linked to any of the roles advertised please ring 0161 830 6964.
Visits to our schools are encouraged and warmly welcomed please contact the individual school to arrange this.
