Netherthorpe School
Chesterfield
£38,220 - £41,771 per year
Salary:
NJC Grade 7, Point 27 to 31
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
27 October 2025
Apply by:
15 October 2025
Job overview
Post: Senior Inclusion Lead
Location: Netherthorpe School
Salary: NJC Grade 7, Point 27: £38,220 to 31: £41,771 gross per annum
Actual
Annual Salary: £32,874.34 to £35, under 5 years of service)
Contract: Permanent, 37 hours per week x 39 weeks per year
Start date: As soon as possible
Minerva Learning Trust is a growing multi-academy trust committed to providing an outstanding education for students from a wide variety of backgrounds across Sheffield and Derbyshire. Founded in 2014, Minerva Learning Trust has expanded to a thriving family of schools, including primary, secondary, sixth form, and a unique post-16 provision. We have a strong track record of school improvement, successfully transforming schools from Ofsted ratings of RI and Inadequate to GOOD.
Netherthorpe School is a popular 11-18 school in Staveley, Chesterfield. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school for all. We regard all staff and pupils as part of our family and whilst we have really high expectations of everyone, we maintain a caring and supportive ethos. We strongly believe in work life balance and we work with our staff to actively promote and improve wellbeing.
We are seeking to appoint a well-motivated Pastoral Team Leader to join and lead our developing pastoral team structure. The successful candidate will:
* Have extensive knowledge and experience of working with young people and be able to offer care, guidance and support to meet the needs of all pupils within their year group.
* Have understanding and experience of liaising with external agencies.
* Has the ability to lead a team of year managers, with a strong emphasis on ensuring consistency and effective intervention.
* Have the ability to empathise with young people, has a flexible approach and takes pride in their work.
* Have the ability to support, monitor and manage pupil's behaviour, attendance and academic progress in order that they can succeed.
* Be able to analyse and present data to inform next steps and actions.
* Be able to work independently and as part of a team.
* Have the ability to forge positive relationships with staff, pupils, parents and outside agencies.
Candidates are encouraged to contact the school for an informal discussion about the role. If you would like to discuss the role please contact Lynne Jordan, Headteachers PA via - Applications should be made by completing the Minerva Learning Trust Support Staff Application Form found on the Trust Central website.
The closing date is 9am on Wednesday 15 October 2025, interviews TBC
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment, further information can be found in our child protection and safeguarding policy on our statutory information page on our website Statutory Information - Minerva Learning Trust. The successful candidate will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In line with KCSIE, the trust/school will be carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence.
The application form and information pack is available on the Trust website Netherthorpe School Vacancies - Minerva Learning Trust. Please ensure that you do not fill in a local authority application form in respect of this vacancy, ONLY MINERVA LEARNING TRUST APPLICATION FORMS WILL BE ACCEPTED. Please provide telephone numbers and email addresses for yourself and referees.
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About Netherthorpe School
Netherthorpe School
Ralph Road, Staveley, Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S43 3PU
United Kingdom
Netherthorpe is truly thriving at the moment and I am extremely proud of the staff and the students who work and attend here. Standards of teaching are higher than they have ever been and students are achieving remarkable results. The new buildings have provided us with facilities that are a match for any in the area, and our refurbished old buildings still lie at the heart of the school, as they have done for many decades.
This school can trace its existence back to 1572 when three local families, the Sitwell family, the De Rodes family and the Frechville family decided to set up a school to serve the local people of Staveley, with the aim of providing extra-ordinary opportunities for ordinary children. Whilst I think our children are anything but ordinary, I can identify with these sentiments and we are still trying to do exactly this 400 years later.
Whether you are visiting this website because you are considering sending your child here to be educated, because you are considering applying for a job here, or because of some other connection with us, I hope you leave with a sense of what this school is really about.
Netherthorpe is special. Our 'Care, Guidance and Support' is outstanding and has been recognised as such on consecutive OFSTED inspections. We aim to develop each child that comes to us in a welcoming and safe environment, so that they achieve highly and enjoy doing so. Our motto 'Learn, Enjoy, Succeed' is at the heart of all we do and children thrive because of the exceptionally strong relationships that exist between the staff here and the students. Our Sixth form is thriving and we attract around 90 applications from other local schools each year, as well as our own Year 11 students. Our experience in supporting students post-18 has led to many students continuing their education at Universities all over the country (including Oxford and Cambridge), whilst others have gained worthwhile employment, apprenticeships or college places after being carefully mentored and prepared for interviews by our careers team.
Student Leadership is a particularly strong feature of student life here. We encourage students to take responsibility, have a voice on school matters and get involved in the organisation of events. We have a School Council, a School Parliament, Sports Leaders, a Charity Committee, a Prefect system and Year Group committees to mention but a few. We are as keen to produce confident leaders who show initiative and are willing to get involved, as we are to produce students with high qualifications. We work hard at both.
Netherthorpe has by no means achieved all that it is capable of and our ambition is to be recognised as one of the best schools in the country - we aim to be a truly outstanding school in every aspect of our work. We constantly seek to improve our practice and we expect all staff who come to work here to do the same.
I hope you find the information you are looking for in visiting our website. Should you visit the school in the near future, I am confident that you will sense for yourself the ambition we have for every student, as well as the warmth and support we provide for them.
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