Job overview We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, positive and committed Pastoral Support Assistant to join our highly regarded pastoral support team within the school. This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful school as part of a friendly and very hard-working department. Overall Responsibility The Pastoral Support team has responsibility primarily for supporting the Assistant Headteachers and Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning, ensuring that students are successful, confident and happy. To triage pastoral concerns under the guidance of the Assistant Headteachers and indicate appropriate pathways for students. Act as DDSL within the school. To refer cases to DSL, other DDSL, Heads of Year or Form Tutors as appropriate. To ensure that students follow the schools high expectations, both in and out of the classroom. Contribute to the safeguarding and promotion of the wellbeing and personal care of children and young people with regard to the area child protection procedures. The successful candidate will work with our well-established pastoral team and will be responsible for supporting the Heads of Year to achieve high-quality pastoral care of students, enabling students to achieve the highest standards of learning and ensuring that the students are successful, confident and happy. They will also offer medical support, act as DDSL within the school and provide administrative support in meeting the welfare and pastoral needs of students. They will need excellent time management, strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prioritise duties; they will also need to work on their own initiative whilst working part of a wider team. Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys is an expanding and rapidly improving selective grammar school. It is undergoing a period of transformational change benefitting from a multi-million pound investment in Tunbridge Wells and a brand new building at our Sevenoaks campus, which opened in September 2021. Staff will benefit from a positive working environment, with strong support for professional development and specialist teaching rooms. We aim for high standards and the pursuit of academic excellence, helping every student to reach their full potential through the development of skills, concepts and knowledge, within the framework of a caring community. Relationships between staff and students are based on trust, mutual respect and a determination to succeed. Please note that we will only accept CV’s if they are accompanied by an application form, which can be found on our website: Staff Vacancies We shall review applications as we receive them so apply soon This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post. About Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys St. John's Road, Tunbridge Wells Kent TN4 9XB United Kingdom Headteacher: Amanda Simpson Location: Tunbridge Wells (TN4 9XB) Type of School: Community Boys Grammar School Kent Age range: 11 - 18 Gender: Boys with mixed Sixth Form Number of students: 1388 plus 338 at Sixth Form Average class size: 30 in KS3, 23 in KS4, 15 in Sixth Form Number of teaching and support staff: 160 Date school established: 1956 External recognition: Good Ofsted and Investors in Careers Award The School Context Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys was originally founded in 1956 as a technical school and later became a grammar school in 1982. It is one of the largest grammar schools in England, with over 1500 students and approximately 150 staff split across two sites. Curriculum Intent At Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys, our curriculum vision is to empower our students not only to achieve academic excellence but also to develop into global citizens who will go on to make a positive contribution to society. Achieve academic excellence Develop into global citizens Make a positive contribution to society Flourish as individuals Experience a broad curriculum with a diverse range of intra-and extra-curricular activities Succeed in public examinations for their next steps Benefits All TWGSB staff are highly valued for the role they play in the lives of the students. Teacher/Support Staff Pension contribution Extensive CPD training programme Free Flu Vaccinations Employee Assistant Programme via Health Assure Free Eye Tests Paid Moving Day Use of school Sports Centre Access to free will (for 2023) Car Parking on site Flexible and family friendly working practices. Training and development opportunities Access to Kent Rewards Access to health and wellbeing resources Childcare/nursery in site adjacent to school The School provides Employees with access to a number of services to support Employee wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programme Occupational Health Counselling Support Mental Health First Aiders Mediation Coaching and Mentoring Campus Addresses Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4 9XB Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Seal Hollow Road, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN13 3SL Living and working in Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks Tunbridge Wells and its immediate environment presents an ideal location in which to live and work.