Behaviour Support Officer
Barnsley Academy, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 3DL9 days remaining to apply
Closing date
15 May 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE £29,397 gross per annum (actual £25,366.22 gross per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Job title: Behaviour Support Officer
Location: Barnsley Academy, Farm Road, Kendray, Barnsley S70 3DL
Starting salary: FTE £29,397 gross per annum (actual £25,366.22 gross per annum)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Contract: Permanent, Full-Time, 39 working weeks (term-time only)
Barnsley Academy is seeking to appoint a dynamic and enthusiastic Behaviour Support Officer to join their established team.
The academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Barnsley Academy is an 11-16 secondary. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost.Please watch our Welcome Video to find out how our values of Ambition, Determination and Respect underpin everything that staff and students do here at Barnsley Academy:Barnsley Academy > Video
United Learning is one of the largest and most successful Trusts in the country who offers unrivalled Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training, including opportunities for nationwide networking.
We are looking for someone who:
- Have excellent people skills and can be both authoritative and approachable.
- Is a team player.
- Has sound knowledge of Microsoft Office packages.
- Will be resilient in following the academy’s behaviour policy.
- Has a fundamental belief in the power of education to enable students to achieve anything they set their minds to.
Main duties will include:
- Working under the direction of the Behaviour Manager to provide on call support to students needing extra assistance to realise their potential, including dealing with day-to-day behaviour issues.
- Support for students who need extra help to overcome barriers to learning.
- Participate in student intervention workshops to help remove barriers to student engagement
- To support teaching staff to minimise disruption to lessons.
- Respond to individual student welfare and behavioural issues.
- To build positive relationships with students.
- Working closely with the Safeguarding Team and other relevant staff to ensure that the needs of students with additional learning needs are met so they can develop positive behaviours for learning.
We will offer you:
- Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- At least one personal leave day a year.
- Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
- Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Generous staff discount scheme.
- We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
If you possess these qualities and share the academy’s vision, then we will be delighted to hear from you. Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.
How to Apply:
To apply, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button at the top of the advert on our website using the following link to our vacancies page: Barnsley Academy > About Us > Vacancies and complete our online application form. Please note that CVs are not accepted.
Closing Date, Shortlisting and Interviews:
The following gives an indication of the planned timescales for the appointment process (shortlisting and interview dates may be subject to change):
Application Closing Date
Midnight on Friday, 15 May 2026
Shortlisting
Friday, 15 May 2026
Interviews
W/C 18 May 2026
If you would like to discuss this exciting opportunity, please contact hr@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
What the school offers its staff
- Highly competitive salary. We pay an average of 5% above national scales, the best rates of pay in the sector.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- At least one personal leave day a year.
- Polite, respectful and dedicated students who want to learn and fulfil their potential.
- Colleagues who are supportive, friendly and who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in other schools within the Yorkshire cluster and across United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Generous staff discount scheme.
- We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; and we encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employees will, in accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to a comprehensive checking process including references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, an Enhanced DBS check and a further check against the appropriate barred list.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
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About Barnsley Academy
- School type
- Academies, Christian, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 915 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Barnsley Academy website
- Email address
- HR@unitedlearningyorks.org.uk
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