10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    27 February 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    17 February 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

£32,597.00 - £35,412.00 (actual salary £27,958 - £30,372)

Isolation Manager job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable and inspiring person to join the Academy’s Pastoral team in this new role as an Isolation Manager. This facility will form a key element of the school’s overall behaviour and sanctions framework and the successful candidate will work to develop resources and programmes to allow restorative behaviour strategies to be employed to support the school in offering a personalised programme of study for a small number of key students.  

This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with teachers and pastoral staff to support students who are disengaged with education, remove barriers and re-engage them with the mainstream curriculum. The post is ideal for someone who is focussed on student welfare and progress and keen to be an integral part of the many varied aspects of school life. 

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

  • The ability to engage positively and build working relationships with a wide range of young people and their families 
  • The ability to encourage positive and respectful student behaviour 
  • An awareness of de-escalation procedures and positive behaviour management strategies 
  • The ability to work effectively as part of a team with teaching and pastoral staff as well as outside agencies 
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication and presentation skills 
  • A willingness to manage their own time effectively, work flexibly, and use their own initiative 

WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU

  • A competitive salary - as an accredited Living Wage Employer, you’re guaranteed a wage that meets, and often exceeds, the real cost of living.
  • Benefits including; excellent pension scheme, cycle to work scheme, free on-site parking
  • An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals 
  • Enthusiastic and motivated students 
  • An exciting and extensive commitment to professional development 
  • A school with its community at heart 
  • An exciting programme of staff well-being activities 
  • Wider career development opportunities to be involved across the Gosforth Group

If you would like to discuss this vacancy further, or you are unable to complete the online application form and require this in another format please contact us by email: peoplegosforth@gosforthgroup.org.uk. Applications are shortlisted for interview as they are received, and so early application is encouraged. We reserve the right to commence the interview process and close the vacancy prior to this date. 

The Trust is committed to equality, inclusion and diversity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

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.
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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

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About Gosforth Academy

School type
Academy, ages 13 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1927 pupils enrolled
Age range
13 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Gosforth Academy website
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Gosforth Federated Academies comprises three schools (Gosforth Academy, North Gosforth Academy and Gosforth Junior High Academy) committed to providing a superb education for pupils from Year 5 through to Year 13.

Gosforth Academy is a successful school which was rated ‘outstanding’ in its most recent Ofsted inspection.

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