Positive Behaviour Support Officer
Highgate Wood Secondary School, London, N8 8RN21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
29 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Term Time - 36 hours a week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Haringey Support Staff Salary Scale 5 (Points 12 - 15)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Positive Behaviour Support Officer
Support Staff Salary Scale 5 - Term Time - 36 hours a week
FTE £32,535-£33,987 - Actual pro rata £30,595 - £31,960.
Highgate Wood School wishes to appoint a resourceful, flexible and knowledgeable Positive Behaviour Support Officer for an April start.
The Positive Behaviour Support Officer's primary responsibility will be providing support with operating the school’s behaviour support system. You will work closely with the Positive Behaviour Manager, Senior Leadership Team and Pastoral Teams to promote the positive behaviour across the school reengaging the students and improving their academic performance.
The ideal candidate will:
Have the ability to form good working relationships with students and colleagues
Have good oral and written communication skills
Be able to adapt and be flexible in working practices and the ability to know when to use initiative
Have a high degree of professionalism in your approach to work and tasks set
Have an ability to be a good role model for students and colleagues
Have experience of working with/caring for children or adults who have barriers to learning and/or special educational needs/behaviour issues
Have experience working as part of a team
What the school offers its staff
We can offer you
The opportunity to work in a continuously improving school.
The chance to join a talented and highly committed staff team.
Excellent students who are keen to excel and operate in an ethos underpinned by the principles of courtesy, consideration, cooperation & contribution.
Our commitment to provide CPD opportunities to ensure all staff continue to develop.
A learning environment where imagination and commitment are encouraged and valued.
Excellent Local Government pension Scheme and other benefits such as Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Tech Scheme and Employee Assistance Program.
Closing date for applications: Friday 20 February 2026 at 09:00 am
Interviews will be week commencing 2 March 2026.
Previous applicants need not re-apply.
** No Agencies Please **
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
How to apply:
- To apply for this post, please download the application from this (TES) website or visit our website or contact hr@hws.haringey.sch uk to request an application pack.
Please note that CVs alone are not accepted in line with Safer Recruitment practices.
We are unable to provide visa sponsorship and candidates must have the Right to Work in the United Kingdom.
Highgate Wood School is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Also, this post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Highgate Wood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations. The successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.
In line with safer recruitment practices, we will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. This is part of our safeguarding checks and seeks publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.
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)About Highgate Wood Secondary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1543 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highgate Wood Secondary School website
- Email address
- hr@hws.haringey.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02083427970
Highgate Wood School is a mixed comprehensive school providing secondary education. We want everyone to feel welcome, safe and secure in the school and believe that each of us has a valuable contribution to make to our community and its continued success. We firmly believe that Everyone Matters. Our core values are embodied in the 4Cs - Courtesy, Consideration, Cooperation, and Contribution, the principles of Respect and Honesty and the commitment to encouraging Perseverance and Hard Work within a Growth Mind-set.
It is through these values that we bring to life our mission statement: "Making a positive difference to students' achievements and experiences, maintaining the highest expectations and inspiring self-belief”.
Ethos and values
Our established values of Courtesy, Consideration, Contribution and Cooperation (the 4Cs), together with our Growth Mind-set focus on perseverance and hard work and our emphasis on honesty and respect underpin the school’s behaviour ethos.
Our school motto is Everyone Matters and this ensures that we take an approach that values every student as an individual, with a wide range of curricular and extra-curricular opportunities enabling talent and creativity to be identified and nurtured.
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