Job Description

Employer
Kestrel Mead Primary Academy
Location
Leicester, Leicestershire
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Term Time
Salary
Grade 4
Posted
14th November 2025
Start Date
5th January 2026
Expires
24th November 2025 11:00 AM
Contract Type
Permanent
Start Date
5th January 2026
Job ID
1518077

The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) is a growing partnership of primary and secondary schools situated in the East Midlands. TMET provides its academies access to a world-class education network and staff with an employer providing high quality professional development. We are committed to ensuring each academy enables every pupil to achieve the very best. We believe that 'together we make a positive difference.'



1 x 33hr Infant Pastoral Mentor Role


Permanent Post


Role: Pastoral Mentor Role


Grade/Salary: Actual salary - Under 5 years - 20,479.05 - 21,830.47



Actual salary - Over 5 years - 20,940.02 - 22,321.86



Hours: 33 / 39wks



Monday to Friday: 8.10am-3.10pm (30 mins unpaid lunch)


We have an exciting opportunity for a dedicated, compassionate, and skilled individual to join our thriving school community. We are seeking someone who is passionate about supporting our most vulnerable pupils, helping them to overcome barriers to learning and achieve both academic and personal success.



As a valued member of our supportive and experienced pastoral team, you will play a key role in promoting the well-being, attendance, and personal development of pupils. You will also have a supporting role in safeguarding across the school as a trained Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), working closely with senior leaders to ensure the safety and welfare of all children.



The successful candidate will have experience working with children and young people whose vulnerabilities or attendance have impacted their education. You will have the skills to build positive relationships, provide targeted interventions, and deliver sessions focused on developing emotional resilience, life skills, confidence, and social interaction.



Are you somebody who;


Embodies our school core character behaviours of compassion, resilience, respect and curiosity? Has experience working with children or young people in a pastoral, mentoring, or safeguarding capacity? Understands the challenges faced by pupils with social, emotional, or mental health needs? Is confident, empathetic, and able to communicate effectively with pupils, families, and professionals? Is willing (or already trained) to act as a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL)? Can plan and deliver small-group or one-to-one sessions to support pupils' personal and social? Work collaboratively within a team to make a positive different to children and their development?
If so, our school is the one to apply for!



Please visit our school website and twitter feed as it gives an accurate flavour of the daily life at Kestrel Mead, go online to find out more and search @kestrelmead.



Closing date: Monday 24th November 2025



Interview date: Thursday 27th November 2025



Start date: January 2026



The successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure check.



How to apply:



If you are interested in this post, please read the candidate pack for instructions on how to apply. NO AGENCIES OR CVs PLEASE



Why Join Us?



The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) is a growing family of schools united by a shared commitment to delivering exceptional education and improving life chances for all our pupils. Serving a diverse range of communities across Leicester and Leicestershire, TMET is built on strong values of collaboration, inclusion, integrity, and excellence.



We are passionate about creating opportunities for staff to thrive. As part of TMET, you will benefit from:


Access to high-quality professional development, coaching, and career progression Trust-wide collaboration across a network of passionate, like-minded professionals A strong commitment to staff wellbeing and work-life balance, including access to the Vivup Employee Assistance Programme Clear, values-led leadership and a shared drive to make a meaningful difference in education

TMET is an inclusive employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and levels of experience. We believe that every child deserves an outstanding education - and that every adult in our organisation deserves to feel supported, valued, and inspired.



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Safer Recruitment & Safeguarding Statement



The Mead Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



An enhanced DBS check with a check of the barred lists is required for all roles working with children. As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025, we will also carry out:


Online searches for all shortlisted candidates, to help identify any issues or concerns that are publicly available online Checks on employment history, references, and eligibility to work in the UK

We are an equal opportunities employer.



TMET are an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.



Successful applicants are subject to an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check and satisfactory employment references.

Safeguarding Statement:

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.