Job Introduction
The White House School Website
Job Title: Pastoral Manager and DSL
Salary £29,000 - £31,000
Hours of Work: Monday – Friday 8.30am – 4.30pm
No CVs will be accepted, and an application form must be completed prior to interview.
The White House School offers a specialist learning provision for children from the ages of 6 to 14. We emphasise the development of core academic understanding, encourage creativity, celebrate outdoor learning and promote the growth of essential life skills. We aim to establish a safe, creative and vibrant environment where children feel challenged and supported in their learning, achieving high levels of wellbeing and academic success. We aim to nurture and develop mutual respect, tolerance, teamwork, perseverance, kindness and good manners.
We are looking to appoint an experienced, compassionate and highly organised Pastoral Manager with Designated Safeguarding Lead responsibility to support the operational leadership of safeguarding, behaviour and wellbeing across the school.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and developing school and become a key member of the wider pastoral team. The successful candidate will work closely with the Deputy Headteacher, who has strategic oversight of safeguarding, behaviour and wellbeing, to ensure that all pupils are safe, supported and able to thrive both emotionally and academically.
The successful candidate will lead and coordinate pastoral systems across the school, working collaboratively with families, external agencies and staff to ensure consistently high standards of safeguarding, behaviour support and pupil wellbeing.
As Pastoral Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead, you will play a central role in promoting the welfare, safety, attendance, behaviour and emotional wellbeing of all pupils across the school.
You will lead the operational management of safeguarding procedures, behaviour systems and pastoral support, ensuring that pupils receive effective, responsive and compassionate support tailored to their individual needs. Working closely with the Deputy Headteacher, SLT and wider pastoral team, you will contribute to a culture of high expectations, inclusion, relational practice and positive outcomes for all pupils.
The successful candidate will act as the school’s operational DSL’s and will maintain accurate safeguarding systems, coordinate interventions, liaise with external agencies and support staff in implementing effective safeguarding and behaviour practices.
You will line manage and work collaboratively with members of the pastoral team, including the Positive Behaviour Support Lead and Attendance Support Worker, ensuring a cohesive and effective approach to pupil support.
The role will involve direct work with pupils, particularly those within the school’s Nurture provision and supporting pupils whose behaviour, emotional regulation or social communication present barriers to learning.
We would love to hear from you if you are confident, resilient, have excellent communication skills, an eye for detail and share our passion for creating the best possible opportunities and outcomes for our students.
Equal Opportunities
The White House School will seek to ensure that all existing and potential employees and students are given equal opportunities for employment and education. It is committed to the elimination of unlawful or unfair discrimination on the grounds of sex, age, marital status, race, nationality or other ethnic or national origin, disability, sexuality, trade union membership or activity and religious background. The school will seek to ensure that no applicant for employment or education is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be justified. The school aims to provide an open, welcoming, and safe environment for all its students, employees, and visitors.
Commitment to Safeguarding
The White House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be conducted; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
We comply with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) code of practice and have a written policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders, both of which are available on request. If you are shortlisted, you will be required to declare any relevant convictions, adult cautions or other matters which may affect your suitability to work with children. As a result of amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions order 1975) in 2013 and 2020, some minor offences are now protected (filtered) and should not be disclosed to potential employers, and employers cannot take these offences into account.
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