School Counsellor

The Cooper School, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX26 4RS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  14 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (FTE) Actual pro-rata starting salary will be £18,538.64 per annum

School Counsellor job summary

The Cooper School is seeking a compassionate, skilled and committed School Counsellor. This is a part-time role of 25 hours per week, term time only plus INSET days.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people by providing a professional, confidential and student-centred counselling service. You will support students experiencing a range of emotional, behavioural and mental health challenges, helping them to develop resilience, improve wellbeing and achieve their full potential.

Working closely with colleagues, families and external agencies, you will manage a caseload of students, provide therapeutic interventions, contribute to safeguarding processes and play an active role in promoting positive mental health across the school community.

We are looking for a qualified counsellor with experience of working with children and young people, strong safeguarding knowledge and excellent interpersonal skills. Professional accreditation with BACP, UKCP or an equivalent body is essential, together with a commitment to ongoing professional development and clinical supervision.

If you are passionate about supporting young people's mental health and wellbeing and would like to work in a caring and inclusive school environment, we would love to hear from you.

The Cooper School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check.

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.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About The Cooper School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1118 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Cooper School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-cooper-school-bicester

At The Cooper School, we pride ourselves on being forward thinking in terms of curriculum decisions which support our students; focused on improving learning through the use of new technologies and determined to continuously refine our approaches to teaching and learning. Investing in the Media Suite reflects a small part of our approach to making learning engaging, relevant and active for our students.

Joining us as a member of staff at The Cooper School means being able to see the big picture for the students here. It means that whilst we always strive for academic excellence, we also place great value upon students becoming adaptable, resourceful and enquiring. These are the sort of skills that will enable them to become effective citizens, just as much as their academic results will. As such, we encourage independent learning, enrichment initiatives and House-based teamwork and co-operation.

Working here is an opportunity to flourish as a professional. We ‘grow our own’ leaders. Many new staff have taken on additional responsibilities which is a mark of their quality and commitment to making progress in their own careers as well as their desire to become part of a successful and positive organisation.

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