What skills and experience we’re looking for
ASPIRE Centre Manager
Closing date – 9th December 2025
Salary: Grade 6 – £24,020 – £27,712 (Actual Salary)
Hours: 37 hours per week, Term Time (39 weeks)
Monday – Thursday 8.30am – 4.30pm and Friday 8.30am – 4pm
Contract type: Permanent
Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher responsible for pastoral care
Responsibilities
* Manage the onsite ASPIRE centre, a small, detached classroom base for students who are struggling in the main school setting. The role is student‑facing, delivering aspects of the curriculum and leading a team of mentors.
* Have oversight of the Shire Oak ASPIRE interventions programme.
* Assess the needs of students who receive ASPIRE referrals and plan an appropriate programme of intervention.
* Plan and oversee appropriate intervention timetables for the ASPIRE mentors and associate heads of year.
* Coach and manage the ASPIRE mentors, ensuring quality interventions are being delivered.
* Communicate with the wider school about students and their needs, influencing the practice of other staff and providing support and training on how to work with the students in the wider school.
* Manage the ASPIRE Centre daily – both the RESET room and the ASPIRE room.
* Deliver interventions as required within the ASPIRE centre timetable.
* Link with external agencies to review the quality of their provision, attendance and engagement.
Leadership
* Utilise the school-based systems and agencies already existing within the school, including phase leaders, heads of year, associate heads of year and mentors.
Other responsibilities
* Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and follow Academy policies and the staff code of conduct.
For a more detailed look at our Academy visit www.shireoakacademy.co.uk.
Contact
Further details are available by contacting the Headteacher’s PA by e‑mail: ons.read@soa.merciantrust.org.uk
Safeguarding and Checks
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre‑employment checks include an enhanced disclosure and barring service check as a requirement of this post. Our Safeguarding Policy is available on our website, and we encourage applicants to review it before applying.
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check (formerly CRB) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Further details regarding this check are available from the school or by visiting www.crb.gov.uk.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical, online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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