Job description
Role: Pastoral Leader
Location: Colchester
Pay Rate: £100 – £140 per day
Start Date: September 2025
Make a Lasting Impact as a Pastoral Leader – Colchester
GSL Education is currently recruiting committed and skilled Pastoral Leaders in Colchester. If you're passionate about behaviour support, pupil wellbeing, and creating safe, positive learning environments, this could be your ideal next role.
About the School:
Located in Colchester, this alternative provision offers a structured and nurturing environment for students aged 11–16 who benefit from a more personalised approach to education. The school supports pupils with a variety of needs including SEMH, behavioural challenges, and those transitioning back into mainstream settings. The team is collaborative, student-focused, and driven by inclusion and impact.
What You’ll Be Doing:
As a Pastoral Leader, you will support students' emotional, social, and academic development while maintaining high standards of behaviour and care. You will:
- Be a visible Pastoral Leader across the school, helping pupils transition between lessons and stay engaged
- Support behaviour interventions, wellbeing programmes, and restorative approaches
- Lead on behaviour investigations under the guidance of SLT
- Work in partnership with the SENCo, safeguarding team, and external agencies
- Build trust and communication with parents, carers, and multi-agency teams
- Develop student voice and leadership programmes that shape school culture
- Monitor pupil data, identify trends, and act proactively
Ideal Candidate Will Have:
- Proven experience in a school setting as a Pastoral Leader, Behaviour Mentor, or similar role
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, especially with vulnerable pupils
- Ability to remain calm and solution-focused under pressure
- Solid understanding of safeguarding, inclusion, and trauma-informed approaches
- A positive, committed attitude to making a difference
- NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in youth work, behaviour support, or learning support
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of
safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks; including providing an enhanced DBS certificate registered on the update service, or completing an application for a new check.
For more information or to register your interest in the Pastoral Leader role, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch.