Behaviour Assistant

Stratton School, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JB

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 November 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  16 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £22,868.20 Annually (Actual) Grade 6, Point 7-12

Behaviour Assistant job summary

VACANCY FOR BEHAVIOUR ASSISTANT

Salary: Grade 6, Points 7-,12 Meridian Trust Pay Tables

Hours of work: 37 hours, 39 weeks per year (term time + 5 training days)

Monday - Thursday 9:30 - 5:30

Friday 9:30 - 5pm

We have an exciting opportunity for a Behaviour Assistant to join our committed, enthusiastic team at Stratton School.

You will support the positive behaviour of all students across the school. Ensuring the students achieve their full potential, whilst supporting the behaviour spaces within the school to support learning. This role would ideally also involve leading and supervising engaging after-school clubs on three afternoon school sessions each week, delivering inclusive activities that support students’ personal development, engagement and positive behaviour. The successful candidate will maintain accurate attendance and safeguarding records, communicate any concerns promptly, and work a flexible timetable with a later start on club days to support the extended provision.

The Opportunity

Work with the line manager with all behaviour-based requests, providing pastoral and academic support.

Work collaboratively with the wider team to embed therapeutic thinking

Promote inclusion and acceptance for all.

Build solid relationships with students and their families

Join a growing, dedicated staff and an expanding academy.

The ideal candidate

• Has experience working with young people in an advisory capacity.
• Understands and respects the concept of confidentiality.
• Possess a calm, professional manner, in challenging situations.
• Is organised, approachable and compassionate.
• Creative thinker, with a positive and enthusiastic approach to work.
• Professional and committed approach to the working environment.

Benefits of working for us include:

• Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support
• Eyecare vouchers
• Cycle to work scheme
• Generous sick pay and annual leave
• Enhanced family friendly policies
• Excellent pension scheme

Stratton is a vibrant Secondary School with around 900 students on roll. We believe in every child striving for and achieving their full potential and all staff encourage them to be the best they can be. We value our partnerships with parents and carer, along with the wider community, to uphold the traditional values of respect and tolerance. We are proud of our large and successful Sixth Form and the breadth of curriculum we can offer our post-16 students. Our students are our best advertisement, although closely followed by our dedicated, creative, and passionate staff.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Closing date for applications is 05/11/2026

Interview to take place w/c 09/11/2026

Please note that Stratton School reserves the right to interview and appoint prior to the application deadline.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Stratton School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 917 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Stratton School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/stratton-upper-school

Stratton is a thriving Secondary School with around 1,000 students on roll. We will be very pleased to share our April Ofsted 2025 report with the community in due course!

Our school has grown considerably in recent years; it is popular with the local community and includes over 200 students in the Sixth Form. In many respects we are a true comprehensive school with a full ability range. Our students are our best advertisement, although closely followed by the dedication of our staff.

We are proud to be apart of the Meridian Trust and embody their values.

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