Behaviour Manager / LAC Coordinator

Due to the internal promotion of a current post holder, Newhouse Academy is seeking a dedicated Behaviour Manager / LAC Coordinator to join our team.

You will work closely with a colleague who has extensive experience in this role, forming a small, dynamic team of two. Together, you will support students and ensure that they receive the appropriate interventions to foster academic achievement, positive behaviour, and overall well-being.

We are looking for a candidate who can:

• Work collaboratively with SLT, Heads of Year, and the Attendance Team to identify and address disengagement and behaviour issues.
• Develop and implement effective interventions to improve student engagement, behaviour, and progress.
• Monitor the progress, behaviour, and attendance of students, ensuring interventions are having a measurable impact.
• Provide advice, guidance, and support to staff regarding behaviour management techniques and strategies.
• Champion the educational achievement and well-being of Looked After Children and previously Looked After Children.
• Work closely with external agencies, social workers, and carers to ensure Looked After Children and Previously Looked After Children students receive the support required for their success.
• Regularly report to SLT and other stakeholders on student progress and the impact of interventions.

Please see the job description for all key duties and responsibilities. 

We have just opened a brand new, state of art building which houses; Science, Music, Performing Arts, Technology, PE and Aspire, (our SEND department).

We are delighted with the progress that the school is making, excited about the potential for our current and future students, and are all working tirelessly to ensure that we keep moving forward, delivering the very best education.

If you’re looking to contribute to the success of our students, we’d love to hear from you!

‘Doing the right thing for our people!’

In return, we offer:

• Membership of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund (GMPF) 
• Funded CPD for nationally recognised qualifications
• An optional package of health benefits from Simply Health
• Free use of a brand new gym
• Staff activities, including a Wellbeing Café
• Free staff car parking

We openly encourage you to make an appointment to come in and have a look round before 20th December 2024. The Headteacher, Alex Burnham, is more than willing to meet you and talk through our journey and the vision for the future. Your visit would include a tour of the new school building which opened in September this year. If you would like to arrange a visit, please email Rebekah Duffy on recruitment@newhouseacademy.co.uk.

Hours: 37 hours per week 

Salary: NJC Grade 6 / SO1 Points 19 - 25

Contract type: Permanent, Term time plus one week, 37 hours per week 

Start date: February 2025 / ASAP

Closing date for applications: 5th January 2025 at midnight

Interviews: Likely to be week commencing 6th January 2025

To apply for this position, please complete the application form and email it  along with any supporting documents to recruitment@newhouseacademy.co.uk by the closing date.

Newhouse Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. The information requested for applicants is considered to be objectively justified to comply with government guidance on safer recruitment in such areas. Appointment to this post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring check.

The Hollingworth Learning Trust operates a Smoke Free Policy for all employees that applies to any building and associated grounds within the immediate vicinity of the building, which is wholly owned, leased or operated and occupied by the school.