Behaviour Manager
| Posting date: | 20 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 November 2025 |
| Location: | Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1FA |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7c237246-feb1-47c6-8d5b-050921b063fa |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Responsibilities
1. Behaviour Leadership and Management
• Lead the non-teaching Heads of Year, ensuring consistent application of behaviour policies and high standards of pastoral care.
• Lead a Year Group as Head of Year.
• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Refocus Room (isolation provision), ensuring it is a calm, purposeful environment and that students complete meaningful work and reflect on their behaviour.
• Manage the member of staff responsible for Refocus and detentions, ensuring effective systems for recording, communication, and reintegration.
• Lead on the school’s detention system, ensuring consistency and clear communication with students, staff, and parents.
• Analyse behaviour data, identify trends, and implement interventions to reduce exclusions and improve student outcomes.
• Work with teaching and support staff to develop and implement behaviour management strategies and restorative practices.
• Provide direct support and intervention for students exhibiting challenging behaviour, including developing individual behaviour plans.
2. Fair Access Protocol (FAP)
• Oversee the FAP process, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance and local authority protocols.
• Liaise with the local authority and other schools to ensure the swift placement and reintegration of students under FAP, minimising time out of education.
• Prepare and present cases for FAP panels, ensuring all documentation is accurate and up to date.
3. Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Lead
• Act as the school’s CSE Lead, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding legislation and best practice.
• Lead on staff training and awareness regarding CSE, ensuring all staff understand their responsibilities.
• Work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and external agencies to identify, support, and protect students at risk of or experiencing exploitation.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure all concerns are reported and followed up in line with school policy.
4. Wider Pastoral and Safeguarding Duties
• Support the development and implementation of the school’s behaviour and safeguarding policies.
• Liaise with parents, carers, and external agencies to support students’ welfare and engagement.
• Contribute to the school’s leadership of inclusion, attendance, and personal development.
• Participate in and contribute to safeguarding meetings, including Early Help, Team Around the Child, and multi-agency panels.
5. Line Management and Professional Development
• Line manage non-teaching Heads of Year and the Refocus/Detentions Lead, providing support, challenge, and professional development.
• Lead regular team meetings and contribute to whole-school CPD on behaviour and safeguarding.
• Model high expectations and professional standards at all times.
What the school offers its staff
Continued Professional Development
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.
Key Responsibilities
1. Behaviour Leadership and Management
• Lead the non-teaching Heads of Year, ensuring consistent application of behaviour policies and high standards of pastoral care.
• Lead a Year Group as Head of Year.
• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Refocus Room (isolation provision), ensuring it is a calm, purposeful environment and that students complete meaningful work and reflect on their behaviour.
• Manage the member of staff responsible for Refocus and detentions, ensuring effective systems for recording, communication, and reintegration.
• Lead on the school’s detention system, ensuring consistency and clear communication with students, staff, and parents.
• Analyse behaviour data, identify trends, and implement interventions to reduce exclusions and improve student outcomes.
• Work with teaching and support staff to develop and implement behaviour management strategies and restorative practices.
• Provide direct support and intervention for students exhibiting challenging behaviour, including developing individual behaviour plans.
2. Fair Access Protocol (FAP)
• Oversee the FAP process, ensuring compliance with statutory guidance and local authority protocols.
• Liaise with the local authority and other schools to ensure the swift placement and reintegration of students under FAP, minimising time out of education.
• Prepare and present cases for FAP panels, ensuring all documentation is accurate and up to date.
3. Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) Lead
• Act as the school’s CSE Lead, maintaining up-to-date knowledge of safeguarding legislation and best practice.
• Lead on staff training and awareness regarding CSE, ensuring all staff understand their responsibilities.
• Work with the Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) and external agencies to identify, support, and protect students at risk of or experiencing exploitation.
• Maintain accurate records and ensure all concerns are reported and followed up in line with school policy.
4. Wider Pastoral and Safeguarding Duties
• Support the development and implementation of the school’s behaviour and safeguarding policies.
• Liaise with parents, carers, and external agencies to support students’ welfare and engagement.
• Contribute to the school’s leadership of inclusion, attendance, and personal development.
• Participate in and contribute to safeguarding meetings, including Early Help, Team Around the Child, and multi-agency panels.
5. Line Management and Professional Development
• Line manage non-teaching Heads of Year and the Refocus/Detentions Lead, providing support, challenge, and professional development.
• Lead regular team meetings and contribute to whole-school CPD on behaviour and safeguarding.
• Model high expectations and professional standards at all times.
What the school offers its staff
Continued Professional Development
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.