Behaviour Support Manager
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace, London, SE19 2JH10 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September
Closing date
2 July 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
22 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Actual salary £30,406.08-£32,261.83 (38 weeks per year, 38 hours 45 minutes per week)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £34,998-£37,134
Pay scale
- Grade 6 (Outer London)
Additional allowances
+ Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a Behaviour Support Manager as soon as possible to join our team to work within our high performing Academy.
The actual salary for this role will be £30,406.08-£32,261.83 (38 weeks per year, 38 hours 45 minutes per week).
We would like to hear from you if you have:
- GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above, or equivalent
- Knowledge of the range of barriers to learning that students face
- Training in child protection and safeguarding procedures
- Basic knowledge of first aid e.g. emergency first aid course
- Two years' experience of working in an inner city school or educational establishment
- Experience of dealing successfully with a range of behaviour issues
- Experience of working with staff to ensure excellent behaviour for learning
- Experience of working with families
- Experience of supervising a group of students for detentions, referral and internal exclusion as appropriate
- Experience of working with challenging students and finding ways in which we can meet their needs more successfully
For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.
What the school offers its staff
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a mixed Academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, with a large sixth form of nearly 400 students. The Academy has three consecutive Outstanding judgments by Ofsted, with the most recent inspection in 2014 finding the Academy to be Outstanding in every aspect. We are a consistently high performing school. Our motto, ‘All Can Achieve' encapsulates our vision that all members of the Academy community are supported and encouraged to achieve their absolute potential. We believe that a well-supported and valued staff body is the key to our success.
We are the ‘Teaching School Hub' for Croydon and Sutton and we are able to offer all teachers an extensive programme of first class professional development. Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is part of the Harris Federation and this enables us to offer you a comprehensive induction programme and training and development opportunities to support your career development including Masters and other qualifications.
Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.
In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includesour Harris Allowance for teachers on MPS/UPS,a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits. Learn more aboutour benefitson our website.
Flexible working opportunities
Harris Federation is committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual’s circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.
Our approach to flexibility includes a range of solutions, from tailored working hours to part-time arrangements, where appropriate, ensuring that we maintain our high standards of education while supporting the wellbeing of our staff. Whether you are a classroom teacher, support staffor part of our senior leadership team, we work together to find solutions that align with both the operational needs of the academy and your professional development.
Harris Federation and our academies are dedicated to creating an inclusive and collaborative environment, where every member of staff can thrive and feel valued in their role.
Further information about the job
Your responsibilities will include:
- Supporting the consistent implementation of the Behaviour for Learning policy
- Managing calm and purposeful student entry, exit and movement around the academy
- Monitoring and supervising students before school, during break and at lunch
- Managing late detentions and supervising detention sessions when required
- Ensuring students meet uniform expectations and applying agreed procedures
- Following up on behaviour issues and maintaining academy standards
- Recording incidents, gathering student statements and escalating concerns
- Reporting safeguarding concerns, including bullying, in a timely manner
- Supervising internally excluded students and those removed from lessons
- Supporting reintegration into mainstream lessons in collaboration with senior staff
- Liaising with teaching staff to ensure appropriate work and provision
- Communicating with parents and carers to support behaviour processes
- Maintaining a calm and purposeful learning environment
- Promoting the academy positively within the community
- Managing behaviour administration, including detention logs, analysis and rotas
- Preparing and distributing detention lists and parent communications
- Maintaining accurate student records and updating Bromcom systems
Commitment to safeguarding
The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1162 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Harris City Academy Crystal Palace website
- Email address
- careers@harrisfederation.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0208 771 2261
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace is a pioneering academy for 1,300 students aged 11-18, and celebrated its 25th anniversary last academic year. The founding academy of the Harris Federation, it has three consecutive outstanding judgments by Ofsted, most recently finding the academy to be outstanding in every aspect in 2014. It is one of the most oversubscribed comprehensive schools in the country and in the top 5% for performance. Come and see us in action: visits to Harris City Academy Crystal Palace are strongly encouraged and very welcome. Please call 0208 771 2261 or info@harriscrystalpalace.org.uk to arrange a time to come in or an informal conversation with the Principal.
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