Pastoral Development Manager | West Lea School
Learning for Life Campus, ASU, Cyprus Road, Edmonton, N9 9PG
Hours: Full Time, 36 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term time only)
Salary: £42, 771 - £45, 750 per annum (NJC Scale PO1, depending on skills and abilities)
Closing date: 26th November 2025, 5pm
Start date: As soon as possible
Contract term: Permanent
As our Pastoral Development Manager, you’ll manage the Pastoral Development initiatives, ensuring the holistic wellbeing and emotional development of our learners so they can flourish. This is a new role, bringing marketing in-house after being outsourced. It is your chance to make your mark and grow in a values-led organisation that believes in its people.
We’re looking for someone who is:
- Experienced in safeguarding, managing pastoral interventions to support students with a range of needs
- Committed to ensuring the best outcomes for students and families using innovative and creative approaches
- Has a sound understanding and experience of the local context and the challenges faced by our families
- Organised, collaborative, and confident working in partnership across different campuses.
- Excited to manage and build relationships across organisations to safeguard young people.
You’ll strategically plan the pastoral offer and ensure the implementation across Campuses, collaborating closely with internal teams, external agencies, and other stakeholders. This role involves overseeing the Homes and Hospitals Provision, coordinating therapeutic support and interventions, and developing a strategic vision for pastoral care to meet the changing needs of learners.
We have an attractive employee benefits package, including:
- Pension scheme with 19.01% employer contributions
- 26 days Annual Leave plus bank holidays
- Funded CPD and paid membership of a professional body
- A supportive, people-first culture
- Professional networking opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Free onsite parking
- The chance to make your mark in a meaningful role
Based in the borough of Enfield, we provide education to children and young adults with special educational needs and disabilities, from the ages of 4 to 25. We pride ourselves on creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome.
Our four campuses – Meridian, Haselbury, Learning for Life and Horizon – serve more than 500 learners and are home to 230 employees.
We’re a strong community that works together with the common goal of helping each other to flourish. Our learners leave confident and able to progress onto further education and work.
We’re a disability confident employer that’s Investors in People accredited, with firmly held values placed at our core.
THE SCHOOL AT A GLANCE
- Founded in 1938 as an ‘open-air’ school, we had 80 learners on a single site by 2014. Today, our four campuses – Meridian, Haselbury, Learning for Life, and Horizon – serve more than 500 learners aged 4 to 25
- We cater for children and young people with a wide range of complex SEND needs, preparing them for adulthood, further education, the workplace, and independent living
- Our provision includes an Attendance Support Service (ASU), Home Tuition Service, and a post 16 programme that enables learners to continue their studies at a local college
- Through our Travel Training Programme, many learners gain the confidence and skills to travel independently
- We actively prepare learners for working life – it’s key to what makes us special. Learners meet and engage with employers from a young age, and older students undertake group and individual work placements with local employers
- Our Supported Internship Programme gives young people aged 16 to 25 the chance to work. Around 80% of interns move into paid jobs, and 90% stay in those jobs.
- We’re a founder member of the Enterprise Cooperative Trust (ECT) in Enfield, working together with local schools and partners to create life-changing opportunities for young people
West Lea School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure and checks regarding proof of ID, medical clearance and the right to work in the UK. CVs will not be accepted. The postholder may be required to work at any West Lea School site.
To apply, please visit our website, westleaschool.co.uk and click ‘vacancies’
West Lea School, Staff and the governing body are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Our recruitment process is rigorous and appointments made are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, a medical check and satisfactory references.