Job details
Start date: September 2025
Kingstone High School is a small high school seeking to appoint an enthusiastic individual to join our team in a new role. The Student Support and Engagement Coordinator will play a central role in supporting the behaviour and engagement of students across the school. The Student Support & Engagement Coordinator will respond to classroom incidents as part of the on-call system, work proactively with students to overcome barriers to learning, and contribute to wider strategies that promote inclusion, wellbeing, and positive behaviour.
The successful candidate will have the ability to work flexibly and effectively independently and as part of a team; ideally have experience of working with children/young people and families in overcoming barriers to engagement and learning and model and promote high expectations, empathy, and restorative practice. .
The successful applicant will be joining a friendly and supportive staff team, in a school that works tirelessly to produce confident, self-assured and successful young people. We do everything we can to ensure every single student gets the best possible start.
Training will be provided. We would endeavour to upskill the successful candidate through broadening their professional development, including any training required.
The ability to communicate appropriately and relate well with young people and adults is essential. Excellent numeracy, literacy skills and I.C.T. skills sufficient to advance students' learning are necessary for this position.
Kingstone Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check and further pre-employment checks will be conducted in accordance with KCSIE. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.