Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Lewisham
£33,320 - £35,976 per year
Salary:
Scale 7 S25-28 (£33,320- £35,976)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
29 September 2025
Job overview
About the role
The purpose of this role is to support the pastoral care of pupils, reporting directly to the Senior
Pastoral Manager and working under the guidance of the Knights Leadership Team (KLT). This is an
exciting opportunity to play a key part in nurturing pupils' emotional and social development, helping
to ensure that they feel happy, safe, and supported throughout their school journey.
As a Pastoral Manager, you will be instrumental in promoting positive relationships within the school
community, working closely with pupils, parents, and staff. Your role will be central to embedding the
school's values, fostering a caring and inclusive environment, and encouraging high standards of
behaviour and achievement.
In addition to supporting pupils' well-being, you will assist in ensuring that school policies on
behaviour and learning are adhered to, while working collaboratively with others to maintain a safe
and respectful school environment. You will also help monitor pupils' progress and well-being by
maintaining accurate records using systems such as CPOMS and the school's MIS system, ensuring
data is processed promptly and accurately.
Regular reports will be required for the Senior Leadership Team, teachers, and heads of department,
keeping all stakeholders informed about pupils' pastoral development.
The role is offered on 35 hours per week term time only. Office hours are 08:00 – 16:00, Monday to
Friday.
Key Responsibilities
The Pastoral Manager will:
* Work within and actively promote, not least by one's professional behaviour, school policies
and procedures.
* Show respect for all members of the school community.
* Liaise regularly with the HOY, Safeguarding Manager and KLT regarding pupil welfare,
attendance and matters of behaviour ensuring that detailed evidence of actions and
interventions for pupils are kept.
* Act as a contact for parents regarding pastoral matters to key students.
* Pass on the content of the communication to the appropriate people and respond accordingly
ensuring prompt feedback to parents/carers.
* Apply the Academy's attendance policy, ensuring regular attendance at school to reduce
unauthorised attendance and improve punctuality through daily parental
calls/communication.
* Utilise all data to monitor key pupils and intervene as necessary recommending
rewards, sanctions and pastoral interventions as necessary and working with
Heads of Years and outside agencies as appropriate.
* To complete effective mentoring/Well-being support sessions with assigned
pupils.
* To oversee the pastoral care and behaviour management of pupils across the
school and support departments in carrying out and promoting the behaviour
policy.
* To assist with whole school behaviour by assisting with on-calls and ASPIRE
room supervision.
* Initiate, organise and assist (as appropriate) with all school event/matters (e.g.
parent/carer consultation evenings, parents in partnership events, pupil voice,
assembly programmes, pupil mentoring, etc.).
* Ensure that form tutors, Heads of Year and other staff as appropriate are kept fully
informed about all matters pertaining to the pupils in their care.
* Attend meeting relevant to the job purpose.
* To assist in escorting pupils on educational visits and to participate in
extracurricular activities as required.
* Forward reports to inclusion panel on pupils and monitor the effect of
interventions.
* Work cooperatively with other members of the Pastoral Team covering and
actively supporting each other as and when necessary.
* Seek to involve parents/carers in the educational life of their child/children.
* Meet obligations with respect to the school's system of performance management.
* Be committed to one's own professional improvement.
* Such other duties/responsibilities as may from time to time be reasonably
required.
* Any other duties commensurate within the grade in order to ensure the smooth
running of the academy
Other responsibilities
* Keep up to date with developments in your area of responsibility
* Take responsibility for your own professional development in discussion with
your line manager.
* Ensure the consistent implementation of school and Trust policies and procedures
throughout the subject areas.
* Work collaboratively with the other academies and colleagues within the Trust.
General Responsibilities
* To provide accurate information for parents as directed by academy and
department policy. and to attend parents' evenings and other presentation
meetings as directed.
* To work within the academy framework with regard to Health and Safety.
* To complete First Aid training and act as a First Aider within the school..
* To promote equal opportunities in the Academy.
* To actively promote the aims and ethos of the Trust/Academy.
* To support the Academy's commitment to the continued professional learning of
all staff.
* To undertake any additional duties as may reasonably required by the Principal
and CEO
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About Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Haberdashers' Knights Academy
Launcelot Road, Downham, Bromley
Kent
BR1 5EB
United Kingdom
Haberdashers' Knights Academy is a vibrant, diverse 11–18 school community with a relentless focus on high expectations and aspirations. We serve the families of the local community in the London Boroughs of Lewisham and Bromley and are part of the Haberdashers' Academies Trust South, a well-established multi-academy trust of four secondary and five primary schools in southeast London and Kent with over 6000 students and 600 staff. The scale of expertise and leadership across our Trust gives us enormous capacity. It is this capacity that has resulted in the success of the Trust and allows us to mount new ventures and allows our staff to take on new opportunities and rapid development trajectories.
Haberdashers' Academies Trust South is a multi-academy trust with five primary and four secondary schools in and around south-east London. Our mission is for all of our children and young people to be successful at school so that they flourish in their lives. We will only be able to achieve this ambition if we are a great employer who can attract, retain and develop great staff.
VISION 2026
Every School an Excellent School
It is the Trust's vision for all of our schools to be excellent schools. Our mission is to ensure that every one of our children and young people flourishes at school so that they can be successful in their lives.
Our three main objectives are:
* Excellent outcomes for all children and young people so that they can be successful in their next steps and future lives;
* To be regarded as a great employer, attracting, retaining and developing the best staff;
* To be the Trust of choice and a welcome presence in our communities.
Joining Haberdashers' Academies Trust South at any point in your career will be a rewarding and fulfilling experience. You will be part of a driven team that spans nine schools and a central services team in South East London and Kent, who are all resolute in their aim to make our schools excellent places to learn and work. We offer an attractive benefits package, plenty of professional development opportunities and a focus on career growth. You will also experience a flexible and supportive work environment with a focus on health and wellbeing, and a culture of openness and respect.
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