Student Support Officer

St John Fisher Catholic High School; Peterborough, Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

St John Fisher Catholic High School is seeking a dedicated Student Support Officer to join their team from September 2025. This role is pivotal in providing care and behavioral support for students, ensuring their progress and well-being. The successful candidate will work closely with students, parents, and external agencies to foster a supportive educational environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting students with behavioral needs.
• Strong communication skills for liaising with parents and external agencies.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children.

Responsibilities

• Monitor student progress and implement individual support programmes.
• Provide mentoring for individual students.
• Liaise with parents and external agencies.

Skills

Monitoring student progress

Mentoring

Home school liaison

Job description

We are seeking to appoint a Student Support Officer from September 2025. This is a key role in the care and behavioural support of our students. The student support team at St John Fisher Catholic High school is one of the best around and we want to recruit an outstanding individual who can put students at the heart of everything they do. The responsibilities will include monitoring student progress, individual support programmes, mentoring of individual students, home school liaison and liaison with external agencies.

The role is for 37 hours per week term time only and training days.

St. John Fisher Catholic High School is an 11-18 comprehensive school with a rich Catholic ethos. There are 820 students on roll including the Sixth Form.

This school is a safe school and we ensure our culture is one that keeps children and young people safe from harm. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We take safer recruitment very seriously and the successful applicant will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau).