Behaviour Support Officer

The Hart School, Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 2UE

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  29 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: Term-time Only, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade 6

What skills and experience we're looking for

About You:

The Hart School is seeking a compassionate and resilient Behaviour Support Officer to join our dedicated Pastoral Team, acting as a trusted advocate for our students and helping them realise their full potential. In this vital role, you will play a key part in promoting positive behaviour and emotional wellbeing, offering consistent support, guidance, and practical strategies to help students manage their behaviour effectively. Working closely with the wider pastoral team, you will be an approachable presence throughout the school day, ready to listen, respond to challenges, and contribute to a safe, inclusive, and respectful learning environment. We are looking for someone who is empathetic, proactive, and committed to never giving up on a young person.

Our Ideal candidate will have:

• Good qualifications; specifically GCSEs in English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above.
• Strong Behaviour Support Experience; with confidence working with students who display challenging behaviour.
• Effective Relationships; the ability to build strong and effective relationships with students, staff and parents.
• Reflective Practice; committed to self-evaluation and continuous improvement.

What the school offers its staff

About the Pastoral Team:

The Pastoral Team at The Hart School plays a vital role in supporting the personal, social, and emotional development of our students, ensuring that every young person feels safe, valued, and empowered to succeed. Committed to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment, the team works closely with students, families, and staff to provide tailored support, guidance, and early intervention when challenges arise. Whether addressing behaviour, attendance, wellbeing, or safeguarding concerns, the team is approachable, proactive, and deeply invested in helping students overcome barriers to learning and thrive both in and out of the classroom.

About Our School:

Curious about what makes The Hart School special? We warmly invite you to explore our ethos and discover what it's like to be part of our community on our website.

Discover More About Our Trust:

We encourage you to learn more about our trust's culture, the continuous professional development (CPD) opportunities we offer, and the benefits available to our colleagues. Visit our Trust website to explore these aspects in detail and see how we support our staff in their professional journey.

Further details about the role

Essential Information:

Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.

All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.

The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974.

CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Hart School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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CET Staff Benefits 2024 Compressed.pdf - 3.44 MB (opens in new tab)

Behaviour Support Officer Job Description.pdf - 226 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Hart School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1261 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Hart School website
• Email address: claire.bradley@hartschool.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-hart-school

The Hart School an oversubscribed school that is situated in a pleasant residential area on the edge of Cannock Chase. We offer a stimulating environment that enables every learner to progress and flourish.

Our aims are clear: we want to enable every student ‘to be the best that they can be’, to thrive and meet or exceed their potential and to develop an enjoyment and passion for learning. We are a community school and proud of our Ofsted Good status.

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