Student Support Coordinator

We are looking to recruit an exceptional Student Support Coordinator (High/Most Able) to join our outstanding sixth form team, part of the Providence Learning Partnership, where unwavering support, care, and guidance for our post-16 learners is at the heart of everything we do. This is an exciting opportunity to make a profound difference in the lives of our highest-achieving young people, ensuring they are stretched, challenged, and supported to reach the most competitive global destinations during two of the most critical years of their education.

What Makes This Role Exciting?

• Champion Academic Excellence: Play a vital role in supporting our high-achieving learners, helping them navigate academic pressure and achieve world-class potential.
• Dedicated Cohort Advocacy: Oversee and support a dedicated cohort of High/Most Able students, ensuring they are known, valued and intellectually championed throughout their sixth form journey.
• Elite Progression & Enrichment: Coordinate and facilitate high-level enrichment and aspirational HE and career choices.
  Collaborative Pastoral Care: Work collaboratively with other colleagues to deliver tailored interventions that balance high academic expectations with robust wellbeing.
• Outstanding setting: Be part of a thriving, oversubscribed sixth form with a national reputation for excellence and inclusion.

We are looking for someone who:

• Inspires High Aspirations: Has the ability to inspire and challenge both students and colleagues to strive for academic excellence.
• Understands Ambitious Pathways: Is deeply committed to academic stretching and understands the unique challenges and opportunities facing high-ability learners.
• Has Exceptional Organisation: Possesses precision in managing complex processes.
• Builds Strong Partnerships: Develops respectful and professional relationships with students, families, staff, and external academic or professional agencies.
• Communicates with Impact: Communicates with clarity, empathy and confidence in a fast-paced and intellectually dynamic environment.
• Promotes Resilience: Shares our belief that every young person – regardless of their starting point—deserves the opportunity to be challenged and to succeed.

Why choose us?

• Be a part of an Investors in People: Platinum [Employer of the Year 2025] organisation. 
• We are a flourishing high-performing sixth form where students achieve and exceed their potential.
• Be part of a team that’s ambitious, supportive, and driven by purpose.
• Benefit from personalised CPD, leadership coaching, and genuine career progression.

Join Durham Sixth Form Centre as a Student Support Coordinator (High/MA). Support and inspire the next generation of post-16 students in a nationally recognised, high-performing sixth form. We are located in the heart of Durham, just 20 minutes from Sunderland and 30 minutes from Newcastle city centre.

APPLICATION FORM   

The Application Form should be completed in one of two ways: 

1. Using either the GoogleForm and submitting the completed Application Form.
2. Using our Word Document and emailing it to staffvacancies@durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk.

Both options are available on our website at www.durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk/vacancies/

LETTER OF APPLICATION

The supporting Letter of Application is a separate document and should be no more than 1,000 words. It should set out the particular strengths that you would bring to the post and how you feel you meet the criteria outlined in the job description and person specification. 

Please upload the Letter of Application with the GoogleForm above or alternatively email your Letter of Application with your Word Application Form to staffvacancies@durhamsixthformcentre.org.uk. 

CLOSING DATE: 10am, Monday 2 February 2026

NB: This position is subject to being closed early. Applications received after the closing date/time will not be considered.