Key Role Information

Salary
£30,777.00 - £32,079.00
Job type
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Closing
07/09/2026 00:00
Interview
to be confirmed
Contract term
TTO Plus - Term time only plus weeks
Pay grade
NJC Grade SO1, SCP 23-25, £34,434-£36,363 FTE. Actual salary: £30,777 - £32,079
Department
Pastoral
Key stage
Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4
Hours per week
37.00
Weeks per year
46.000
Visa sponsorship
No

Your Role

We are looking for two highly motivated and compassionate Behaviour Intervention Leads to join our Outstanding School. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about supporting young people, promoting positive behaviour and helping students overcome barriers to learning. Working closely with students, families and staff, you will provide early intervention and targeted support to improve behaviour, attendance and engagement. You will play a key role in maintaining a safe, inclusive and purposeful learning environment, ensuring high expectations and positive outcomes for all students.

 

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and relationship-building skills, experience of working with young people, and the ability to remain calm and resilient when managing challenging situations. Experience of pastoral support, safeguarding or working with students with additional needs would be an advantage. This is a rewarding opportunity to make a real difference to the lives of young people while becoming part of a team committed to excellence, inclusion and student success


We can offer the successful candidates an opportunity to work with highly trained and supportive staff, as well as a whole school commitment to professional development, since we believe that staff development is a fundamental aspect in raising standards further for our students.


The Wade Deacon Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory medical clearance.

Qualifications

GCSE's grade A* - C, including English and Maths or equivalentsessential

Skills

Abilities, Skills and Knowledge

High motivation and professional commitment essential
A commitment to and understanding of equality of opportunity essential

Experience

Previous experience of working with young peopleessential
Experienced in the use of Microsoft packages including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, email and other relevant softwareessential
Knowledge of SEND/SEMH needsessential
Safeguarding trainingessential
Previous experience of providing pastoral support within an educational settingessential

Leadership

Ability to establish successful relationships at all levelsessential
Ability to deal with pupils, parents and staff in a calm and well thought-out manneressential
Ability to work flexibly whilst under pressure with dealing with competing prioritiesessential
Ability to address sensitive matters with a caring approach and appropriate confidentialityessential
Understanding awareness of current educational developmentsessential
Ability to monitor pupil progress, attainment and attendanceessential
Ability to bring about change to pupils attitudes to learningessential
Ability to ensure pupils are able to effectively manage time and understand the effective ways to learn and reviseessential

Wade Deacon High School

Catherine Rogers

c.rogers@wadedeacon.co.uk

Wade Deacon High School
Birchfield Road,
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 7TD

Safeguarding Information

The Wade Deacon Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure. All applicants should read the school’s Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and Safer Recruitment Policy, which are available on our websites.