About this role
Pastoral and Welfare Lead (Secondment Opportunity)
6-Month Initial Secondment Opportunity
Start Date: January 2027
At Leighton Academy, our vision is rooted in the values of aspiration, respect, resilience, kindness and responsibility. We believe that every child deserves to feel safe, valued and supported so they can achieve their full potential both academically and personally. As our Pastoral and Welfare Lead, you will play a vital role in championing these values each day, ensuring that children and families receive the guidance, care and support they need to flourish within our school community.
Are you passionate about supporting children and families to overcome barriers to learning and thrive both socially and emotionally? This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate professional to take on the role of Pastoral and Welfare Lead within our nurturing primary school environment. The role is offered as an initial 6-month secondment, providing an excellent opportunity to develop and transfer your skills within a pastoral, safeguarding and attendance leadership role, to gain experience in a larger primary school setting.
About the Role
Working closely with the Principal, Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and wider school team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting vulnerable pupils and families, promoting excellent attendance, and strengthening safeguarding practices across the school.
You will
Work alongside the DSL as Deputy Safeguarding Lead to support robust safeguarding systems and practices.
Provide pastoral support for children experiencing social, emotional or behavioural challenges.
Support staff in responding appropriately to safeguarding concerns and disclosures.
Lead attendance processes, working with families, external agencies and the Education Welfare Service to improve attendance and reduce persistent absence.
Coordinate support and interventions for vulnerable pupils and families.
Work collaboratively with external professionals and agencies to secure the best outcomes for children.
Support the delivery of trauma-informed approaches and relational practice across the school.
Provide guidance and support to staff regarding behaviour, wellbeing and intervention strategies.
Contribute to staff training and ensure safeguarding records and training audits remain up to date.
We Are Looking For Someone Who
Has experience working with children, families and vulnerable pupils in an education, social care or pastoral setting.
Demonstrates a strong understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and children's welfare.
Has excellent communication, organisational and record-keeping skills.
Can build positive relationships with pupils, families, staff and external agencies.
Has knowledge of trauma-informed practice and effective strategies to support children facing barriers to learning.
Is resilient, proactive and able to work independently whilst contributing positively to a team.
Shares our commitment to inclusion, high expectations and ensuring every child has the opportunity to succeed.
What We Offer
A rewarding opportunity to make a genuine difference to children's lives.
A supportive and collaborative team environment.
Opportunities for professional development and leadership experience.
Exposure to safeguarding, attendance and pastoral leadership responsibilities.
The opportunity to develop transferable skills that could support future progression within a larger primary school setting.
A school community that places children's wellbeing and success at the heart of everything it does.
About the Trust
Formed of two local trusts on 1st September 2023, The Learning Alliance and The Learning for Life Partnership, The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.
At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission -ambition, inclusion and opportunity. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.
The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:
Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme
Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral
Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment
Free parking
Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities
The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application or interview process should contact Debbie at: [email protected].
The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), and appropriate online searches in line with the requirements in Keeping Children Safe in Education (2026).
The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable. We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.
The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.
For further information regarding this role, please contact: [email protected]