Behaviour Manager
Harris Aspire Academy, London, SE25 6EJ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
26 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
12 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 39 weeks per year, 37.5 hours per week; actual salary £30,192 - £32,035
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,998-£37,134
Pay scale
- Grade 6 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a Behaviour Manager to join us at Harris Aspire Academy to lead our GAIN ("Grasp, Achieve, Improve, Next Steps") Provision.
This is a new and exciting opportunity for a dynamic and highly motivated individual to join our pastoral team to further strengthen the support that we provide to all students. You will have a passion for making a difference in the lives of young people, will be sensitive and resilient and will be on the front line in supporting our young people to exceed their potential and become students with character, courage and conscience who are academically and personally successful.
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
- Knowledge of behaviour for learning policies
- Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Basic knowledge of first aid; e.g. emergency first aid course
- Degree or equivalent
- Three years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
- Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
- Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
- Experience of working with families
- Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
- Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
For a full person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Since opening its doors in 2013, Harris Aspire Academy has been committed in its vision to provide an outstanding education to all of its students overcoming barriers that may have prevented them from engaging fully in mainstream education. The Academy is part of the Harris Federation whose name is synonymous with setting standards of excellence and fulfilling high expectations.
The S.O.A.R programme may be requested for students in the following circumstances:
- Exclusion after the 5thday of a fixed term suspension
- Health issues
- Safeguarding issues
The S.O.A.R programme provides the following during the student's stay:
- A safe educational environment for the student
- Daily attendance update for the Commissioning Body
- Supervision and support with the work set by the Commissioning Body
- Therapeutic sessions with a member of the Inclusion team to address the reasons why they are on the Programme.
- Student work returned for marking
- A strategy bank and pupil voice will be provided at the end of the placement
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS,a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staffor part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Leading on the consistent implementation of the Behaviour and Learning policy of Central GAIN
- Managing the calm and purposeful entrance and exit of students into, out of and around the GAIN and the Aspire Academy
- Leading other members of the GAIN team to ensure students are monitored throughout the day including during break and throughout lunch
- Liaising between GAIN and the home academy for any aspect of behaviour/safeguarding issues
- Ensuring that students enter the building in full academy uniform and if not, following agreed procedures
- Ensuring that follow up action is taken for students failing to meet GAIN expectations
- Following through on any issues to do with behaviour, such as taking student statements regarding incidents and passing these on to relevant colleagues
- Working closely with students to encourage positive outcomes by setting targets, arranging relevant meetings and tracking progress
- Preparing students' files for their time at GAIN and completing a placement report for their home academy
- Presenting reports of students' progress to review meetings
- Ensuring that issues relating to student safety, such as allegations of bullying, are passed on for further investigation
- Liaising with the home academy to enable the delivery of the curriculum offer
- Liaising with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work is set and appropriate provision is in place, and ensuring that students complete tasks to the expected standard
- Liaising with parents, carers and relevant staff to ensure a smooth transition to and from GAIN placement
- Maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment
- Following up on truancy or attendance concerns
- Reducing potential permanent exclusion by offering an alternative curriculum which includes rigorous behaviour for learning intervention
- Implementing a clear structure of learning, considering innovative measures to maintain and raise student engagement
A full list of responsibilities can be found in the Job Pack.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
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About Harris Aspire Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- School size
- 0 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris Aspire Academy website
- Email address
- info@harrisps6f.org.uk
- Phone number
- 020 3370 9238
Since opening its doors in 2013, Harris Aspire Academy has been committed in its vision to provide an outstanding education to all of its students overcoming barriers that may have prevented them from engaging fully in mainstream education. The Academy is part of the Harris Federation whose name is synonymous with setting standards of excellence and fulfilling high expectations. I firmly believe that a strong, embedded culture of expectations of behaviour, coupled with a high standard of teaching and support, work to ensure a positive, successful learning environment that keeps all students engaged in the learning process. My ambition is to drive the accomplishments of the Academy further, enabling our young learners to develop and achieve the essential skills needed to be happy, confident and successful in order to flourish in adult life. The curriculum offer at Harris Aspire Academy is designed to meet the social and educational needs for students at a personalised level, delivered by highly trained and fully committed staff.
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