Student Support Manager - Stroud High School
Stroud
Grade Competitive - appropriate to the level of experience
Allowances (Not applicable)
This post is suitable for newly qualified teachers
Hours Full Time
Contract Permanent
Closing Date: 20/05/2026
Interview Date: 22/05/2026
Start Date 01/09/2026
Stroud High School is a 21st century girls’ grammar school with a co educational Sixth Form. At our core is a belief that every young person deserves to feel they belong, to be understood and to experience success, whatever their starting point. This is an exciting opportunity to play a central role in turning that belief into reality.
We are a high performing school, consistently ranked among the very highest performing state schools in the South West (Sunday Times Parent Power), and we place exceptional value on inclusion, wellbeing and pastoral care alongside academic excellence. In 2025, Stroud High School was the Sunday Times State School of the Year in the South West.
In our most recent Ofsted inspection, Stroud High School was judged Outstanding across all five areas. Inspectors praised the school’s “highly ambitious vision” for pupils, the exemplary conduct of students, and the strong culture of mutual support across the school community.
“The school is determined that pupils experience ‘the exceptional every day’, and they do.” — Ofsted.
The Role
We are seeking to appoint an outstanding Student Support Manager to work at the heart of our pastoral and inclusion provision. This is a key role focused on ensuring that support for students with additional or complex needs is delivered consistently, calmly and effectively in day to day practice.
Working closely with senior leaders, Leaders of Student Experience, Student Services, families and external professionals, the postholder will coordinate and deliver targeted intervention, support individual pathways and help ensure that barriers to engagement are addressed early and sustainably.
A particularly exciting aspect of the role will be helping develop and control the effective day to day operation of our AP Hub, which we are developing and constructing this year, helping to maintain a calm, structured and purposeful environment which supports re engagement, confidence and increasing independence.
We are looking for someone who is:
• Experienced in working directly with young people who face barriers to learning, engagement, behaviour or attendance
• Highly skilled at building positive, trusting relationships with students and families
• Calm, consistent and practical in delivering targeted support and intervention (1:1 and small group)
• Confident in coordinating and sustaining individual pathways and agreed approaches over time
• Committed to inclusion, safeguarding and student wellbeing
• Organised, reflective and able to maintain clear records of support and impact
• Able to work collaboratively as part of a cohesive pastoral and inclusion team
• Values driven and committed to professional development and continual improvement
We welcome applications from professionals from a range of backgrounds, including pastoral support, inclusion, youth work or teaching. Above all, this role will suit someone who believes that relational, consistent support can transform outcomes for young people and is motivated by making a meaningful difference every day.
Competitive – remuneration will be offered at an appropriate level reflecting qualifications, skills and experience.
For qualified teachers, salary will be aligned with the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document.
For support staff, salary will be aligned with the NJC pay scale or equivalent.
In order to apply, please complete the Support Staff Application Form in the first instance, if you are qualified and called for interview, you may be asked to complete a Teachers Application Form.
Key Information
The post is full time (37 hours per week) term time plus some additional weeks.
The appointment is required from September 2026.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 20 May
If sufficient applicants, interviews will take place on Friday 22 May
Should there be an insufficient number of applications, the school reserves the right to extend this deadline.
We hope that once you have read the information provided, you will recognise the opportunities that Stroud High School can offer in the next stage of your professional career — and the impact you could make within a school committed to inclusion and “the exceptional every day”.
Stroud High School is committed to the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references to the school and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check, will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.
Protecting your personal data is of the utmost importance to Stroud High School and we take this responsibility very seriously. Any information obtained by us is held and processed in accordance with the relevant data protection legislation. The data you provide us with is securely stored on our computerised database and used by us for the purposes of considering your suitability for a role you have registered interest in.
As defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Stroud High School is a Data Controller and a Data Processor, and our legal basis for processing your personal data is ‘Legitimate Interests’. You have the right to object to us processing your data in this way.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff, and volunteers, to share the same commitment. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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