Pastoral Manager

Dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive school community? As Pastoral Manager, you’ll champion student wellbeing, break down barriers to learning, and nurture personal development. Your leadership will help students flourish both academically and emotionally, fostering a culture rooted in care, resilience, and success.

Job Title: Pastoral Manager

Location: Ash Green School, Coventry

Salary: NJC Payscale - £33, - £36, (£28, - £31, Pro rata for term time only)

Start Date: ASAP

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Pattern: Full time

Application Closing Date: Sunday 16th August

Interview Date: Thursday 20th August

About You:

As Pastoral Manager at Ash Green School, you’ll be a compassionate and proactive presence, dedicated to supporting students’ wellbeing and personal development. You bring experience in pastoral care or a similar role, with the ability to build trust, manage sensitive situations, and help students overcome barriers to learning.

Our Ideal candidate would have:

• Good knowledge of safeguarding and the challenges young people face in and out of school.

• The ability to build strong, trusting relationships while maintaining clear, consistent boundaries to support wellbeing, positive behaviour, and a safe, inclusive environment.

• Bags of energy and enthusiasm, along with the ability to adapt quickly to a fast-paced, diverse school environment.

About The Pastoral Team:

At Ash Green School, the Pastoral Team plays a vital role in fostering a safe, inclusive, and caring environment where every student feels supported.

Following a positive Ofsted inspection, this is an exciting opportunity to join a school recognised for its strong pastoral support. Our dedicated Pastoral Team consists of 10 staff members working across the school, closely aligned with Heads of Year to ensure every student receives the care and guidance they need to thrive.

About Ash Green School:

At Ash Green School, our G.R.A.C.E values, Global citizenship, Resilience, Aspiration, Creativity, and Excellence, are at the core of everything we do. These values shape not only our ambitious curriculum and high expectations for students, but also the way we work together as a staff team. We are proud of our strong sense of community, where staff, students, and families support one another and celebrate achievements together.

Teamwork and support are central to life at Ash Green. From your first day, you’ll be welcomed into a friendly team where open dialogue and collaboration are encouraged. Staff benefit from a strong network of coaching, mentoring, and trust-wide development opportunities. Our comprehensive curriculum resources and excellent facilities allow you to focus on what matters most, making a difference for our students.

We are looking for positive, professional, and child-centred colleagues who share our values and are committed to helping every child thrive. If you want to be part of a school where you are supported, challenged, and truly valued, we would love to hear from you. To find out more please visit our

About Creative Education Trust:

Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13, children and young people across England. Since , we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.

We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future. We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education.

Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.

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Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) .

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.