Behaviour Mentor
Highfields Spencer Academy, Derby, Derbyshire, DE23 3UX2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
4th September 2026
Closing date
3 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,365.81 - £27,069.28 Annually (Actual) NJC12-16 - FullTime - Term Time Only
Behaviour Mentor job summary
At Highfields Spencer Academy, we believe that every child deserves the opportunity to succeed, regardless of the barriers they may face. We are looking for a committed, caring and resilient Behaviour Mentor to join our pastoral team and support children to develop positive behaviours, regulate their emotions and engage successfully in school life.
This is a rewarding role for someone who is passionate about making a difference and helping children overcome social, emotional and behavioural barriers to learning.
As a valued member of our team, you will work closely with pupils, staff, families and external agencies to ensure that children feel safe, supported and ready to learn. The role also requires flexibility and a willingness to support the wider school community, including providing classroom cover when required.
What will the role involve?
The successful candidate will:
- Build positive and trusting relationships with pupils across the school.
- Support children who require additional help with behaviour, emotional regulation and engagement in learning.
- Work alongside teachers and leaders to implement strategies that support positive behaviour and inclusion.
- Provide targeted mentoring and intervention programmes for individual pupils and small groups.
- Support children during lessons, transitions, playtimes and lunchtimes.
- Help pupils develop resilience, confidence, independence and self-regulation skills.
- Contribute to behaviour monitoring and record keeping.
- Work collaboratively with families to support positive outcomes for children.
- Liaise with external agencies and professionals where appropriate.
- Support the implementation of behaviour plans and individual support programmes.
- Provide short-term classroom supervision and cover when required, ensuring a calm, purposeful environment for learning.
- Promote and model the school's RISE values of Respect, Inspire, Success and Empathy at all times.
What are we looking for?
We are seeking someone who:
- Has experience working with children or young people.
- Understands the importance of positive relationships in supporting behaviour and wellbeing.
- Can remain calm, patient and professional when dealing with challenging situations.
- Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Is confident supporting children with social, emotional and behavioural needs.
- Is able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Has high expectations of behaviour and conduct.
- Is flexible, proactive and solution-focused.
- Shares our commitment to inclusion and ensuring every child can succeed.
Why work at Highfields Spencer Academy?
At Highfields Spencer Academy, relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We are a welcoming, ambitious and inclusive school where staff work together to ensure every child can thrive.
We can offer:
- A friendly and supportive staff team.
- Children who are enthusiastic and eager to learn.
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing.
- High-quality professional development opportunities.
- The opportunity to make a genuine difference to children's lives every day.
- A school community built around our RISE values.
If you are passionate about supporting children to achieve success and helping them overcome barriers to learning, we would love to hear from you.
Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.
Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).
The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.
Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Highfields Spencer Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 233 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfields Spencer Academy website
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to be the Principal of a thriving and expanding primary school located between Findern and Mickleover, and 4 miles south west of Derby.
This position offers the chance to work with:
• A diverse and inclusive school at the centre of a newly built community
• A body of children who are happy and who enjoy coming to school
• A visionary, successful and outward facing MAT
We opened in September 2020, in a brand new building, initially housing nursery and reception age children only. We now have classes from nursery to year 3 and will be accommodating all year groups by summer 2026. We pride ourselves on our ‘Rainbow’ values of ‘respect, achieve, inspire, nurture, belong, open and well-being’.
Our recent Ofsted report celebrated our strengths in a number of areas which were graded as good. Our principal is relocating for September 2023 so we are looking for an experienced and inspiring individual who can oversee the next phase of our journey towards outstanding when we are next inspected.
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