We are currently looking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Pastoral Support Manager to join our Pastoral team and work directly with students across Key Stage 3 and 4 who experience a range of needs and challenges. The role also holds Assistant Head of Year responsibilities. The successful candidate will play a key role in the school. The pastoral side of the school is very impressive with fantastic support.  

Ideally you will have similar experience working in a secondary environment and be available to start from April 2026. 

The successful candidate will be:  

• To share a role in the development of nurture principles to ensure that barriers to learning are reduced and to support students in achieving their full potential. 

• To supervise the Bridge, contributing to the whole school approach of positive behaviour.  

• To oversee and monitor the co-ordination of support for all students referred into the SRC 

• To help deliver programmes of support to identified students and support their reintegration into mainstream lessons 

• To create and sustain an environment that allows for reflection and acts as a deterrent to future misbehaviour 

• To provide one-on-one mentoring to students to foster this reflection, addressing both specific incidents, damaging patterns of behaviour, and the students’ relationships to school life in general. 

• To support Head of Year to lead in the provision of high-quality pastoral care across a designated year group so that all students are cared for and make excellent progress in their academic and personal development. 

If you are seeking a challenging and highly rewarding position, enriching the lives of students and the local community, we look forward to hearing from you. 

Application packs can be downloaded from the website www.williamellis.camden.sch.uk, emailing the HR team hr@Williamellis.camden.sch.uk or calling the school office on 020 7267 9346 . A supporting statement must also be sent with the application packs

Closing Date: Monday 16th  March 2026, Midday  

Interview Date: TBC 

Preferred Start Date: 13th April 2026   

Interested Candidates are welcome to contact the school for an informal conversation about the role, the school and to arrange a visit. We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the closing date.  

William Ellis School is committed to Equal Opportunities and to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and therefore expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment, all appointments are subject to DBS checks and excellent references and an online media search