Deputy Centre Manager

Park Vale Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9AZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Administration, HR, data and finance
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week - Permanent, Term Time + 1 Week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £27,158.10 - £29,500.28 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Deputy Centre Manager to support the leadership and daily operation within The Redhill Academy Trust Re-Integration Centre for secondary-aged students. Working closely with the Centre Manager, the successful candidate will help provide a structured, supportive, and nurturing environment for pupils who require additional behavioural, emotional, or learning support.

Key responsibilities include supporting staff in delivering tailored intervention programmes, managing student behaviour and reintegration plans, liaising with teaching staff, families, and external agencies, and ensuring safeguarding and inclusion policies are effectively implemented. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and behaviour management skills, experience working with adolescents, and a commitment to promoting positive outcomes, engagement, and inclusion for all learners.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Proven experience working with secondary-aged pupils, particularly those with behavioural, emotional and social needs (SEMH) and/or SEND.
• Strong behaviour management and restorative practice skills, with the ability to support pupils at risk of exclusion and reintegration.
• Experience supporting and leading staff, including modelling best practice and contributing to staff development and supervision.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with students, parents/carers, teaching staff and external agencies.
• A clear understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)and Working Together to Safeguard Children.
• Knowledge of inclusive practice, equality and diversity, and strategies to promote engagement, attendance and positive outcomes.
• Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in an inclusion, alternative provision, or pastoral leadership role within a secondary school.
• Knowledge of Ofsted frameworks, behaviour and attendance guidance, and school improvement processes.
• Relevant qualifications in education, youth work, behaviour support, SEND, or leadership/management.

What the school offers its staff

The Re-Integration Centre is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

Benefits

• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform

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.

For further details regarding this post please contact Michael Leslie or Amy Fisher on 0115 9770512. To apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team.

Commitment to safeguarding

As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Deputy Centre Manager RIC - JD - RHAT.pdf - 272 KB (opens in new tab)

About Park Vale Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 898 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Park Vale Academy website
• Email address: A.Fisher@redhillacademytrust.org.uk
• Phone number: 0115 9770512
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/park-vale-academy

Park Vale Academy is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

Arranging a visit to Park Vale Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email A.Fisher@redhillacademytrust.org.uk.

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