Pastoral Support Manager

The Heath School

Clifton Road, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 4SY

Are you passionate about making a real difference to the lives of young people? Do you have the drive, resilience, and commitment to support students in overcoming barriers to learning and achieving their full potential?

The Heath School are seeking a dedicated and proactive Pastoral Support Manager to join our pastoral team. This is a key role within the school, focused on promoting positive behaviour, improving attendance, and supporting the wellbeing and engagement of students.

As a Pastoral Support Manager, you will work closely with students, families, teaching staff, and senior leaders to provide high-quality pastoral care and targeted interventions. You will play a vital role in identifying early concerns, supporting behaviour and attendance improvement, and ensuring students receive the right support at the right time.

About You The successful candidate will:

• Have experience working with young people in an educational, pastoral, youth work, social care, or related setting.

• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

• Be skilled in managing challenging situations with professionalism, empathy, and consistency.

• Have a strong understanding of safeguarding and child protection responsibilities.

• Be able to work effectively with families, external agencies, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Possess strong organisational and administrative skills.

• Be committed to promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, and student wellbeing.

Why Join Us?

At The Heath School, staff wellbeing and development are at the heart of what we do. Many colleagues have grown their careers here, and our Principal is a proud former student.

We offer:

• A supportive, collaborative environment within school and across the Trust

• A positive teaching culture with maximum 42/50 lessons per fortnight (reduced for leadership roles)

• Extensive evidence-based training and professional development opportunities

• Non-pay-related performance management

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

• A flexible approach to personal leave requests

• Staff wellbeing support including flu jabs, social events, and even fortnightly cake!

About The Heath School

The Heath is a highly successful, oversubscribed school at the heart of the Runcorn community. We are proud of our strong academic outcomes, which are consistently at or above national averages; and of our wide-ranging extra curricular programme. Our student-centred approach, underpinned by The Heath Standard, ensures all pupils are supported to achieve their aspirations.

Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and references. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CVs. Please fully complete the on-line application form. This can be downloaded and sent to the email on the form.