Behaviour Manager

Meadowhead School Academy Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8BR

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 April 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: £33,143.00 - £37,280.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 6 (Scale Point 21 - 26) Actual Starting Salary: £29,073 per annum inclusive of holiday pay

Behaviour Manager job summary

Meadowhead School and Sixth Form have an opportunity for a committed and resilient Behaviour Manager to join our Behaviour team. This is a key role within the school, focused on promoting positive behaviour, supporting students to succeed, and ensuring a safe and respectful learning environment.

You will work closely with senior leaders, pastoral staff, and teaching colleagues to manage behaviour systems, support students and implement effective intervention strategies to manage behaviour.

Key Responsibilities

• Support students in reflection and behaviour improvement
• Coordinate internal exclusion and behaviour support provision
• Work with students to uphold the school’s behaviour policy
• Build positive relationships with students, parents/carers, and external agencies

The Ideal Candidate Will Have

• Experience working with young people in a school or similar setting
• Strong behaviour management skills and emotional resilience
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities
• A calm, consistent, and fair approach
• The ability to de-escalate challenging situations effectively
• A commitment to safeguarding and student wellbeing

What We Offer

• A supportive and collaborative staff team
• Opportunities for professional development and training
• A chance to make a real difference in students’ lives
• Strong staff wellbeing ethos with access to Occupational Health and Wellbeing support via Smart Clinic

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Meadowhead School Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Any position that involves working with children requires declaration of all convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences. Should you be shortlisted for this position, you will be asked to declare any convictions.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.

References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment. Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.

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.

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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 Meadowhead School Academy Trust

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1960 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meadowhead School Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meadowhead-school-academy-trust

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