Woodfield Academy
Worcestershire
£21,380 - £23,193 per year
Salary:
Scale 5 (SCP 12-17)
Job type:
Part Time, Maternity Cover
Start date:
03 November 2025
Apply by:
12 September 2025
Job overview
Pastoral Assistant (Temporary - Maternity Cover)
Scale 5 (points 12-17)
32.5 hours per week, term time only + 5 TED days, Monday - Friday (08:30am - 3:30pm) plus 30 minute unpaid break
The temporary contract will cease on the return of the member of staff.
Woodfield Academy joined the Bordesley MAT from Easter 2022. We work closely with Trinity High School, Birchensale Middle School and Holyoakes First School in a very localised MAT focusing on the development of children in Redditch. Working together as part of the three-tier system we aspire to improve the educational offer for the local community.
Woodfield Academy is a popular 5-form entry middle school with pupils on roll aged 9-13 years. We are a happy, vibrant learning community, with high aspirations for the children in our care and the staff team that supports them.
Woodfield Academy are recruiting for an individual to work with the pastoral team to help uphold the pastoral care and to support the consistent approach to behaviour management.
Job requirements:
* Qualifications in English and Maths to at least GCSE A* - C or equivalent
* Knowledge of Safeguarding procedures
* Experience in working in a school
* Ability to solve problems
* Knowledge of approaches to managing behaviour and behaviour modification strategies
Woodfield Academy can offer:
* Hard-working and highly committed staff who share a common sense of purpose and high expectations of what students can achieve.
* A supportive school as your employer that are strongly committed to providing high quality CPD and career progression.
* Significant opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues in this school and across the Bordesley Multi Academy Trust.
* The opportunity to work with ambitious and inspirational leaders.
* A strong commitment to your ongoing professional development
* A staff healthcare package
Closing date: Friday 12th September 2025, 12pm.
Interviews: To be confirmed
All applicants are encouraged to read our Safer Recruitment Policy. This can be found on in the policies section. Alternatively, please click this link to access the policy :
For further information, or to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Sharon Little,
NOTES:
Only applications submitted via the TES portal will be considered. CVs and open references are not acceptable. The successful candidate must meet the person specification in full in order to be offered the post. Bordesley MAT is an equal opportunities employer.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and criminal background check via the disclosure procedures. Also as per The Department for Education Statutory guidance, in accordance with the "Keeping Children Safe in Education" legislation latest version that came into effect on 1st September 2022, shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence.
Bordesley MAT is committed to the protection, safety and welfare of its pupils and staff and we aim for the highest standards in safeguarding procedures. We expect all staff to share and promote this commitment.
About Woodfield Academy
Woodfield Academy
Studley Road, Redditch
Worcestershire
B98 7HH
United Kingdom
Woodfield Academy is proud to sit at the heart of the Redditch three tier system and provides education for middle school pupils aged 9-13. The academy has excellent facilities on a par with most secondary schools and being one of only a few schools to have its own floodlit 3G sports facility.
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Woodfield Academy sits at the heart of Redditch and was judged to be a Good school in its last Ofsted inspection. The buildings and grounds are extensive and we are very lucky to learn in the buildings we have. The pupils have access to all the facilities from Year 5 which make the three-tier system unique in that pupils receive specialist teaching in the foundation subjects. We are well equipped with two Science labs, a designated technology block with cooking and resistant materials equipment, a library, a gym, a main hall with staging for performances, 2 ICT suites and a full size astro-turf which is the envy of the local community.
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