Mental Health Lead

Mental Health Lead

For November 2026 Full-time, (37.5 hours per week), term-time only.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Monday 21^st September 2026

Interview date will be on Monday 28^th September 2026

We are seeking to appoint an experienced, compassionate and proactive Mental Health Lead to join our Pastoral Team and play a key role in promoting positive mental health and wellbeing across the School.

As Mental Health Lead, you will lead and coordinate the School's approach to mental health and wellbeing, ensuring pupils receive appropriate support to enable them to thrive academically, socially and emotionally. Working closely with pupils, families, staff and external agencies, you will provide early intervention, coordinate targeted support and contribute to a culture where wellbeing is valued and prioritised.

The successful candidate will have significant experience supporting children and young people with mental health and wellbeing needs, along with a strong understanding of child and adolescent mental health. Excellent communication, relationship-building and organisational skills are essential, as is the ability to work collaboratively with staff, families and external professionals.

Experience within an educational setting and a recognised mental health qualification would be advantageous.

This is a full-time role (37.5 hours per week), term-time only.

This role is 8:30am to 4:30pm, 5 days per week, with an unpaid 30-minute lunch break per day. This includes all CPD days.

The pro-rated salary range for the hours above is £26,715.36 to £29,682.78 per annum. (£34,049 to £37,831 FTE). The agreed salary is dependent on experience

Clifton High School is a part of Pembroke Education, a group established in 2026 to bring together distinctive schools with a unified commitment to meaningful, future-focused education. Situated on a beautiful Bristol site, we are an academically selective, co-educational, independent day school for approximately 800 pupils aged 3-18 years. Our educational offering is underpinned by a strong pastoral and family ethos where we value individuality and positively celebrate diversity and inclusion in every area of the School.

Clifton High School is a place where diversity is celebrated, and individual brilliance is valued. It is a place where everyone belongs, and we are committed to providing an inclusive environment that attracts, develops, and retains individuals with diverse experiences. Applicants from all sections of the community are welcomed, including those from the global majority, the LGBTQ+ community, the neurodiverse, and disabled individuals. We are collaborative and committed to shared learning from multiple perspectives, providing a supportive, respectful and empowering environment where everyone can achieve their full potential. If you share our commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion and collaboration, we invite you to apply for any available positions at Clifton High School.

Clifton High School is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expects all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. All roles in the School are assumed to be engaged, or have the potential to be engaged, in regulated activity with children. The School is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and all convictions, cautions, reprimands, and warnings (including those which would normally be considered “spent” under the Act) must be declared, unless filtered out in accordance with DBS filtering rules, if invited to an interview. If you are barred from engaging in a regulated activity relevant to children, it is an offence to apply for roles at Clifton High School.