Pastoral Support Assistant

Job title and organisation: Pastoral Support Assistant - Mount St Mary's Catholic High School
Salary: Salary Scale C1 - £29,542 - £32,046 per annum pro rata (actual starting salary £25,409)
Hours: 37 per week, term time only plus 5 days
Contract: Fixed term
Location: Ellerby Road, Leeds LS9 8LA
Closing Date and Time: Thursday 26 November 2026 at 9:00am

Mount St Mary’s is a successful and oversubscribed inner city school located in the very heart of the city. Drawing from three of the four compass points the school flourishes in an atmosphere of engagement and aspiration drawing hugely upon the experiences of our incredibly diverse community.

In March 2025 Ofsted visited Mount St Mary's and after an intensive two days found the school to be "Outstanding" in all four reported areas.

Inspectors declared that the school has a deep community spirit. Pupils enjoy coming to this highly inclusive school. Pupils benefit from a broad and ambitious curriculum. “Pupils feel happy and safe in the school. They behave extremely well. The school encourages pupils to be respectful and supportive to each other. As a result, bullying is very rare.”

Ofsted reports that pupils learn from a “rich and well-developed curriculum.” Carefully designed to build knowledge and skills, it also has a clear focus to support pupils with SEND and disadvantaged pupils to excel.

Pupils develop “strong and purposeful relationships” with staff, while the “rich and varied personal development” programme is described by inspectors as a “strength of the school’s work.”

They added: “Staff expertly deliver the curriculum. This ensures that pupils progress well from their starting points when they join the school. Pupils confidently apply the knowledge and skills that they learn to their classwork and wider learning.

“Pupils are exceptionally well prepared for life beyond school. They speak knowledgeably about diversity, culture and faith. They learn about healthy relationships and the importance of consent.”

The school’s “leadership is exemplary,” according to Ofsted and it is “proactively supported” by the diocese, the local authority and governors.

Staff receive “continuing professional development” to further strengthen their practice and ensure pupils are safeguarded.

All students seek to access extra curricular activities beyond the school day, be that of a sporting nature, academic, performing arts or public speaking. This is an area we value highly and continue to see growth in.

The successful candidate will be based in a Year Office and work in close partnership with one of our teaching Year Leaders, offering administrative support and working to develop the structures and protocols which aid the pastoral and academic progress of our students. Our Pastoral Support Officers play a full and active role in monitoring daily absences, implementing strategies to improve student attendance, producing accurate data relating to student behaviour and ATL and overseeing the organisation of key year group events.

They are also responsible for providing the first line of communication for all students, families and staff linked to a specific year group. The development of this key relationship is strengthened by working with the same cohort of students throughout their 5 year journey.

We are keen to receive applications from individuals with an experienced background in administration and office work. Previous employment within a school is desirable, but not essential, as full training will be provided. Are you a highly efficient individual? Do you pride yourself in being very well organised with a strong attention to detail? Are you keen to utilise these skills to develop a career working within an education setting? If so, we would be interested in hearing from you.

The position is term time only plus 5 days permanent subject to a 6 month probationary period.

School application forms and further details can be downloaded from the school website. Support staff application forms should be returned to Mrs Stubbs by email.

Closing date: 9am Thursday 26 November 2026

Interviews – week commencing 30 November 2026

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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