Director of Key Stage 3 & Transition Manager

GLEA Grade 7
£30,272 to £33,625 per annum
(depending on qualifications and experience)
37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year

South Lincolnshire Academies Trust is seeking to appoint a Director of Key Stage 3 & Transition Manager to join the Pastoral Team at Spalding Academy.

The Director of Key Stage 3 & Transition Manager will provide strategic leadership for Key Stage 3, ensuring high standards of attendance, behaviour, and student wellbeing. The postholder will lead the successful transition of students across Key Stage 3 and into Key Stage 4, fostering strong relationships with year leads, families, and staff to ensure every student has a positive and successful journey through secondary school.

• Be self-motivated, proactive, quick thinking and highly organised;
• Provide pastoral support to the varying needs of our students;
• Maintaining high standards;
• Have a passion for supporting our young people to achieve their full potential;
• Be able to build positive and supportive relationships with our students and the wider school community;
• Be able to build effective partnerships with parents/carers, and external agencies;
• Possess effective time management skills in order to meet deadlines with accuracy and attention to detail;
• Be an effective and confident communicator via different means such as telephone and email;
• Competent with IT;
• Experience in pastoral/ behavioural role would be desirable;

The Trust offers exceptionally pleasant working environments. Our school sites offer a calm and safe place, where staff and students work hard, achieve a great deal and enjoy excellent working relationships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Pre-employment checks undertaken are in line with “Keeping Children Safe in Education”. All post holders are subject to satisfactory clearances prior to taking up an offer of employment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Closing date for applications is 8.00am on Monday 9th November 2026

Interviews will take place shortly thereafter.

We look forward to hearing from you.