Pastoral Lead and Family Support Worker


Role: Pastoral Lead and Family Support Worker

Location: Thorp Primary School, Westerdale Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5TY

Hours: 36 hours, 40minutes a week, Term Time Only + 1 days.

Salary: Grade 6 (SCP 23-27) £28,392 - £31,514 actual salary

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: As soon as possible


Are you ready to make a lasting impact on children’s lives? Are you passionate about helping young people feel confident, cared for, and ready to shine?

At Thorp Primary School, we’re creating something brand new and we’re looking for an inspiring Pastoral Leader and Family Support Worker to bring it to life. This is the first role of its kind in our school, giving you the unique opportunity to shape the vision, build the systems, and set the tone for pastoral care and family support at Jupiter.

You’ll lead with warmth, empathy, and creativity supporting our children’s emotional wellbeing and personal growth so they can thrive both inside and outside the classroom. Working closely with our dedicated staff and families, you’ll help nurture a culture where every child feels seen, supported, and celebrated.

If you’re excited by the chance to develop a new role with real purpose and influence and want to be part of a friendly, forward-thinking team we would love to hear your ideas and your vision for this exciting new chapter at Thorp Primary.

Come and help us make Thorp a place where kindness grows, confidence flourishes, and every child feels they truly belong.


We can offer:


  • An opportunity to work for a ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted, committed to excellence.
  • An enthusiastic, hardworking, and supportive team of leadership and staff.
  • Friendly children who are eager, love challenge and are ready to learn.
  • Excellent professional development opportunities.
  • An inclusive and positive ethos.


As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to office@thorpschool.uk or please phone Thorp Primary School on 0161 823 0520 Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.

Closing date: noon 12th December 2025


Thorp Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221)





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Westerdale Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5TY, United Kingdom

Job ID

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