Deputy Centre Manager
| Posting date: | 12 February 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 February 2026 |
| Location: | Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG5 9AZ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | bd71474e-755c-4081-9f04-5dce1955d4e7 |
Summary
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 details about the role
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.
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 details about the role
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.