Behaviour Support Lead

Hillview School for Girls, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2HE

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 October 2026

• Closing date

  19 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 October 2026

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: 26,759 actual pro rata salary

Behaviour Support Lead job summary

WHY CHOOSE US?

Do you want to be part of a community which offers a positive, exciting and rewarding place to work? Hillview School for Girls is a popular, high achieving, non-selective school based in Tonbridge, Kent. Our calm and focused environment, where students are keen to learn, achieve and appreciate their staff’s dedication and support, are the main reasons why people love to work at Hillview.

We are excited to introduce a new Behaviour Support Lead role as part of our ongoing commitment to providing outstanding pastoral support for our students. This is a unique opportunity to help shape a developing role within a highly successful school and make a genuine difference to the lives of young people.

We are looking for a confident, resilient and proactive individual who can build positive relationships with students whilst maintaining high standards and clear expectations. This role would particularly suit someone with a background in the Armed Forces, emergency services, youth work, care or other environments where leadership, communication and professionalism are key.

The successful candidate will be a positive role model who understands the importance of consistency, accountability and mutual respect. We are seeking someone who can be firm but fair, establish clear boundaries and support students in making positive choices, helping them to thrive both academically and personally.

As this is a newly created position, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to the development of the role and play an important part in shaping the support we provide to our students.

Responsibilities may vary but will include:

• To plan and provide individual and/or group support or activities for students at risk of becoming disaffected or disengaged

• To support students in developing the necessary skills to overcome barriers to demonstrating positive behaviour for learning in the classroom

• Identify when a student is struggling emotionally and be able to support as necessary, referring relevant concerns

• Maintaining a positive and nurturing atmosphere that supports all students to actively engage with learning 

• To support the reduction of suspensions, isolations and the raising of attendance for identified students

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

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.

About Hillview School for Girls

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1500 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hillview School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hillview-school-for-girls-tonbridge

Hillview School for Girls is a large non-selective, single-sex school with a co-educational Sixth Form. The school is oversubscribed and is highly popular within the local area, attracting students from all ability ranges, with an interest in creative subjects, a supportive pastoral ethos and high expectations. We are a high-attaining Single Academy Trust with attainment being amongst the top non-selectives in Kent and performing within the top 10% of all schools nationally based on Progress 8 in 2018. The school is proud of its Performing Arts Specialism and has a long-standing record of high achievement in these subjects and across the curriculum over many years. Ofsted visited in 2018 and the school achieved a Good grading, the school is well on it’s way to Outstanding. Our belief is around the pure potential and possibility of the child. Our vision is that “Students unlock their pure potential to drive their future and thrive in society”. We believe that our students can achieve highly and can be successful, we do not limit their success and support our students to believe in themselves and reach for the very highest standards. To achieve this we maintain a supportive, respectful environment where we all work together to make Hillview the very best it can be. We have focused and calm learning environments, where students come to learn and teachers can teach, with a robust behaviour management system to support where needed.
As a school we value a broad and flexible curriculum. We do not limit our students to studying the EBACC and allow a relatively free choice across GCSEs and one of the widest range of subject offers at KS5. We believe that students should be able to study the subjects where they are able to succeed and thrive and actively support skills and knowledge development within all areas of study. We offer a wide range of opportunities and believe that it is through engagement within these opportunities that the students can show most growth and development personally. This is supported through our PDL curriculum that runs throughout the school and supports the students in understanding themselves, the world around them and how to manage their lives. This includes a strong careers programme that aids learners in making choices for the future through well-planned and provisioned careers workshops.
Our expanding Sixth Form is successful and popular, with students choosing our provision for many reasons: the performing or creative subjects, for a range of academic studies or for the breadth of choice. Students’ progress to universities, specialist performing arts and creative arts college/schools, apprenticeships and employment.

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