Behaviour Support Assistant

King James's School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6SG

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  14 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week. 8:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 8:00 to 15:30 on a Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 27,903 - 29,356 actual salary

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for passionate and self-motivated individuals to work within our Pastoral team in the role of Behaviour Support Assistant. The successful candidates will play an essential role in re-enforcing standards of behaviour, working with students to ensure they continually meet our high expectations.

Excellent communication skills are essential to this role as you will need to liaise with staff, students, parents/carers and outside agencies on a daily basis. You will be able to demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility. This is an excellent opportunity for a dedicated colleague to join a successful, progressive and happy school.

What the school offers its staff

At King James’s School we are proud of our inclusive and supportive working environment. As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we are committed to helping you fulfil your potential. With a comprehensive training and development programme, tailored to your needs and the requirements of the school, we will enable you to flourish in your role and perform to the very best of your abilities.

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

We are committed to safeguarding & promoting welfare & safety of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment. We ask applicants to provide us with two references, which will be obtained prior to any interview. We will carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. This post involves direct contact with children and is considered to be a regulated activity. This role is exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, so most criminal convictions must be disclosed to us.

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About King James's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1064 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: King James's School website
• Email address: staff.tbrook@kingjames.school
• Phone number: 01484 412 990
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/king-james-s-school-huddersfield

King James’s School is a successful and oversubscribed 11-16 comprehensive school (NOR 906), serving a suburban area and a scatter of villages to the east and south of Huddersfield. It is situated approximately 2 miles from the centre of Huddersfield in a semi-rural position overlooking the Farnley Valley.

Our origins go back to the thirteenth century and the school, which has occupied its present site since 1547, became an Academy in 2012.

King James’s is a truly comprehensive school. The annual intake of 180 students, for which we are regularly over-subscribed, has a very broad socio-economic and ethnic mix, closely resembling the wider British society. Our intake comes predominantly from the priority admission area of Lepton, Kirkheaton and Grange Moor, but we also take from outside the area, particularly from Dalton and Almondbury.

‘A lovely, friendly school, full of history and character, offering an excellent learning environment in a wonderful setting’ - Ofsted 2018

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