Behaviour Support Assistant
Whittington Green School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S41 9LG5 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
2 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours Monday to Thursday 8.15am – 4.15pm, Friday 8.15am – 3.45pm 40 weeks – to include Summer School week (GCSE Results Week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Grade 8
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a hardworking and reliable behavioural support assistant to support our student services. The successful candidate will have excellent communication skills, be a good team player and enjoy working around young people.
The job will involve delivering/supporting pastoral support programmes to small groups or individuals to improve their attitudes and behaviour. To provide supervision of students in Reset and Reflection, preparation and collation of student information for meetings. Providing lesson cover as required.
It will be necessary to work with information technology and associated systems and, where appropriate, existing technology agreements and consultative procedures will be applied in accordance with the school’s policies.
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you:
- a committed and supportive leadership team, teaching and support staff
- a range of career development opportunities
- a stable and caring school community with well behaved, motivated students
- a school that is well led and managed
- a pleasant, green site with outstanding facilities
- and an opportunity to live and work in a fantastic part of the country.
a supportive Governing Body
Commitment to safeguarding
Whittington Green School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its students. We expect all staff, volunteers and agency staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
Applying for the job
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About Whittington Green School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 609 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whittington Green School website
- Email address
- catherine.swain@wgs.derbyshire.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01246 450825
OFSTED rated GOOD - February 2023
Whittington Green is a truly inclusive school and our vision is to ensure that every member of our school community is inspired, engaged and challenged to achieve at the highest possible level. At the heart of everything we do is a strong moral purpose to ensure all students have access to the highest quality education and enrichment experiences. We are relentlessly ambitious for our students in their future aspirations and we want their success to go beyond academic achievement.
The school aims to ensure that our students leave as healthy, secure and independent individuals who have a love of learning and are ready to make a personal contribution to society, living with honesty, confidence and integrity.
Every student will Dream big, Reach for the stars and Achieve their goals.
Arranging a visit to Whittington Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email catherine.swain@wgs.derbyshire.sch.uk.
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