Pastoral Support Officer - Cressex Community School
Location: High Wycombe
Overview
Are you ready to play a key role in the further development of our thriving, multi-cultural secondary school? Our great students are at the heart of all we do.
Term time only: Yes
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: Pay Range 6 - £37,772 - £41,272
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full-time
Closing date: 08/06/2026
Interviews to be held: Shortly thereafter
About us
At the Cressex Community School we firmly believe that high achievement for each and every student is our shared responsibility. As a team of staff, we aim to ensure that everyone in the school is able to achieve to her or his full potential and, we hope, to discover new skills and talents too.
Website: www.cressex.org
About the role
Do you want to make a real difference?
The successful candidate will have:
- The ability to be a positive role model for students
- Successful experience of working with secondary aged young people in a school or relevant setting
- Good interpersonal, verbal and written skills
- Experience of working with young people on raising their attainment and an understanding of the "barriers to learning"
- Commitment to working with students from a wide range of ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds
- Good numeracy, literacy and IT skills
Why Cressex?
- A supportive and dedicated community of staff and governors
- A family friendly school, making it easier for employees to balance work and life
- Teaching & Learning underpinned by the latest research
- A data-rich environment focused on raising standards for all
- Opportunities for Continued Professional Development
- A superb, state-of-the-art learning environment and well-resourced departments
- Staff gym onsite
- Friday afternoons reserved for staff planning, including working from home
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The Pastoral Support Officer (PSO) is a positive role model for students.
S/he uses professional knowledge and positive relationships with students in order to offer both challenge and support.
The role will include collaboration with Key Stage Leaders, Student Support Officers and the SENCo.
The role will also involve regular liaison and communication with parents.
For further information please see attached Person specification.
Other information
We would welcome you for a visit to the school for a tour.
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.
Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Tel No: 01494 437729
Email: [email protected]
Cressex Community School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. Shortlisted candidates should be aware that online searches (including social media) will be carried out as part of due diligence checks.
We take our responsibilities in relation to child protection very seriously. Access to the site is closely monitored. All adults who come into contact with young people have been appropriately checked. Our recruitment procedures follow "safer recruitment" guidelines. All staff receive regular training and updates on their obligations with regard to child protection and safeguarding. This includes training in areas such as misuse of the internet and social media, child sexual exploitation and the government's "Prevent" strategy, aimed at stopping young people falling prey to radicalisation. The school works closely with partner agencies such as Barnado's, the Police and the Local Authority to ensure young people are kept safe.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
