Pastoral Manager

We are seeking to appoint a compassionate, dedicated and highly organised Pastoral Support Manager to play a pivotal role in supporting wellbeing, behaviour of our pupils and their families. This role is central to the school’s safeguarding provision and to the promotion of excellent attendance and punctuality, ensuring that pupils are given the best opportunity to succeed.

The successful candidate will support pupils’ emotional wellbeing and work to remove barriers to learning through effective collaboration with families, staff and external agencies.

We are looking for a Senior Learning Mentor who:

Become a designated safeguarding lead.

Manage effective communication with all staff, children and families regarding identified pupils.

To be familiar with and apply Birmingham’s Support First Attendance Framework.

Manage the school’s ‘Early Help’ intervention programme in regards to attendance and pupil wellbeing including writing to and meeting with parents when there are areas of concern.

To be the focal point of contact between various agencies where a multiple agency approach is required

Holding daily drop-in sessions for pupils, offering and providing support and/or counselling to individual children and groups of children as and when the need arises.

Managing and leading a team of learning mentors and will support the senior leadership team.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with families and external agencies to support young people and developing relevant interventions.

The role will require considerable skills in liaising sensitively with parents/carers, pupils, teachers, and other external agencies, with the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships a key to the success of the role.

A caring and compassionate nature, the ability to be resilient and calm under pressure are essential.

You will be joining a team of highly skilled and committed professionals who are relentless in the pursuit of pastoral excellence, and we will expect you to be an outstanding role model committed to the distinctive ethos of our School.

Elms Farm Primary School is an exciting place to be.

At our school:

‘This is an inclusive school where pupils are welcomed warmly and have a strong sense of belonging. Leaders create a nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and supported. Leaders maintain a highly effective culture of inclusion, holding ambitious expectations for every pupil, including those who face barriers to learning. Staff are supported to identify pupils’ needs swiftly and accurately. They know pupils well and adapt learning effectively. This means that pupils can achieve well.’

‘Leaders and governors place a high priority on managing staff workload and wellbeing, considering these carefully when making decisions. As a result, staff feel highly valued.’

Ofsted January 2026

Elms Farm Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We therefore expect all staff and volunteers to work to and within school policies and procedures, including safeguarding, child protection and health and safety.

This post is subject to satisfactory references which will be requested prior to the interview, an enhanced

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK. This post is also covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement for this role.

Visits to our school are warmly invited, please contact the office to arrange a visit.

Closing Date: Thursday 11th June 2026 @ 9am

Interviews: Monday 15th June 2026

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.