Student Welfare Officer

We are seeking a committed and compassionate Student Welfare Officer to lead our pastoral provision and ensure every young person feels safe, supported and able to thrive. The strength of the department is their focus on student support and building excellent communication between staff, students and families. We are looking for a committed role model who can establish a positive ethos for all students with a focus on attendance, positive behaviours, home-school communication, and wellbeing and kindness. The successful candidate will become an essential and valued member of the pastoral team and we are looking for a candidate that shares our ethos of supporting and caring for our community and will relish new challenges and has a willingness to participate in professional development and opportunities. You should have knowledge of barriers facing young people and support strategies as they navigate their educational journey, interests and ambitions for their future. Good organisational and communicational skills are required as you will be working with multiple different groups of people - students, families, colleagues, and external agencies, with a holistic approach for every child. Our core purpose is to ensure that everyone at Farnborough is able to say “We Are Proud”, and this remains central to all we do. Our Academy is an exciting place to be. In September 2022, Farnborough was graded as “GOOD” by Ofsted in our first inspection since joining The Spencer Academies Trust. We received a “GOOD” grading in all areas, including behaviour and attendance, personal development, quality of education and leadership and management. This endorsement was a just reflection of all the hard work, effort and commitment shown by our Academy community over a number of years. Ofsted states “this school is a warm and happy learning community where everyone can be themselves. Pupils and staff pledge to be proud of the school, and they are. Pupils treat each other with respect and kindness. They laugh and smile. They enjoy positive relationships with staff who know them well.” We make no apology for having high expectations of all. This includes colleagues, and we enjoy working with a brilliant staff team who will go the extra mile to ensure all our students succeed. This ensures that we develop positive relationships within the Academy and with our wider community in Clifton and Nottingham. We are committed to providing high quality teaching and learning for all students. Practice is consistent and high quality across all classrooms through the implementation of our Teaching and Learning Fundamentals. We are committed to professional development, through our instructional coaching programme, supporting us all to reflect on and improve our practice. We follow the mantra “Every teacher needs to improve, not because they are not good enough, but because they can be even better.” We have an open door culture where staff regularly ‘drop in’ to each other’s c