Behaviour Manager
Wellsway School, Bristol, BS31 1PH42 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
29 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Grade 7 SCP23-26 Actual Salary £29,189.70-£31,602.
Behaviour Manager job summary
Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future?
Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued?
Join us!
We are looking to appoint a highly skilled, organised and motivated individual to an exciting position within two established and already very successful pastoral teams across Wellsway School and IKB Academy.
Applications are welcomed from those with experience in working in an educational setting and with a proven track record of success in terms of making an impact on school culture and improving student behaviour in both schools.
You will need to be committed to our vision of becoming an outstanding school and have a passion for pastoral care; driving forward the school culture and working alongside colleagues to ensure all students meet our high standards for behaviour.
Duties will include ensuring behaviour systems and processes are implemented consistently and effectively, to work closely with Pastoral staff to produce and review behaviour plans, act as Line Manager for the Reset Room and ensure that day to day processes are followed, to prioritise and action serious incident referrals and to manage the detention systems for both schools.
This new role provides an exciting opportunity to help shape the provision for behaviour and attitudes in both Wellsway School and IKB Academy whilst benefiting from working with practitioners across the Futura Learning Partnership to share best practice and resources.
If you are able to form positive relationships with students, staff and parents/carers and are confident to play a key role within the development of pastoral provision, we would love to hear from you.
As a Behaviour Manager, you will be responsible for:
Providing a consistent, effective and visible behaviour management presence around the school day, including during unstructured time, acting as a role model for staff and students.
Maintaining and managing the behaviour systems/processes to ensure readiness for the next day.
Contributing to the creation and review of behaviour plans for key students in collaboration with behaviour, safeguarding and inclusion teams.
Providing proactive and positive behaviour support for key students, including individual support, small group work, classroom support, and organising interventions such as mentoring.
Facilitating the daily running of the Reset/Referral Room, ensuring continuity of staffing and promoting restorative practice.
Acting as Line Manager for the Reset Room Supervisor and ensuring behaviour tracking is current and communicated.
Supporting strategies to reduce suspensions, managing detention systems, and assisting with PEX and suspension paperwork.
Liaising with parents, carers, external agencies, and attending reintegration meetings.
Upholding safeguarding and data protection responsibilities at all times.
What You’ll Bring to Futura
We are looking for a dynamic and pragmatic Behaviour Manager who:
Qualifications: Good standard of education (minimum 3 GCSEs including English at grade C/4 or above). A-level or relevant qualifications (e.g., Counselling) desirable.
Experience: Working with challenging or vulnerable people in an educational setting; working collaboratively as part of a team. Experience managing staff and working with external agencies desirable.
Skills: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong behaviour management skills, ability to empathise with young people, organisational skills, and good IT skills (MS Office).
Demonstrates a passion for creating a supportive and inclusive environment for all members of our school community.
Aligns with our trust-wide values by bringing a positive, collaborative approach to their work and a willingness to continuously develop professionally.
What We Offer to Support Your Growth
At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to providing our staff with the resources, support, and opportunities they need to succeed and feel valued.
Continuous Professional Development (CPD), additional inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes.
Wellbeing initiatives, flexible working arrangements, and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
Generous pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan, and retail discount schemes.
Commitment to environmental sustainability through Climate and Nature initiatives.
Inclusive, supportive culture where collaboration and diversity are celebrated.
Key Information:
Application Deadline: 30/11/2025
Interview Date: Shortly afterwards
Start Date: 5th January 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours:37 Term time only + 2 inset days
If you are interested and would like to discuss further, please contact Sean Bailey (Assistant Headteacher for Behaviour and Attitudes) who will be delighted to hear from you.
PLEASE NOTE: Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006’.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Wellsway School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1326 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wellsway School website
A successful, high-performing 11-18 mixed comprehensive that is popular and over-subscribed, with almost 1300 students on roll. The school is set on the east side of Keynsham, eight miles north-west of Bath and seven miles south-east of Bristol and we are fortunate to have a large, semi-rural setting with excellent transport links for students and staff. Having been part of the Wellsway Multi-Academy Trust since it was founded has already brought many benefits to the school community and a real strength of the trust is its cross phase nature, allowing us to work with leaders with a wide range of experiences and students across all the age ranges.
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