26 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
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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