ACADEMIC MENTOR (ENGLISH)
Hall Green School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B28 0AAThis job expired on 19 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Start date details
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Closing date
19 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
15 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Subject
- English
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time, Term Time: During your working weeks you will work full-time, i.e. 36.5 hours per week. Your normal working day will be 8.15 am to 4.05 pm, Monday to Friday, with a half hour unpaid lunch break each day.
Contract type
- Fixed term - UNTIL 19 JULY 2024
Full-time equivalent salary
- £19,000.00 - £21,000.00 dependent on qualifications
What skills and experience we're looking for
- Experience of working with young people
- Assessing pupils needs and barriers to learning
- Delivering programmes with pupils with challenging behaviour, including one-to-one small group and whole-class activities
- An understanding of learning behaviour, including young people with SEN and disability
- Able to develop a good rapport with pupils across KS3 - KS5
What the school offers its staff
We are committed to supporting staff wellbeing in a variety of ways and the good working relationships within the staff body, and between staff and students, is why many colleagues have chosen to stay with us for the long term. We are also strong at supporting staff career development and colleagues are successful in securing promotions at all levels.
Further details about the role
We are seeking to appoint a high achieving English specialist to work in our English department as an Academic Mentor for the 2023/24 academic year, at all key stages (KS3-KS4).
As an Academic Mentor you will be supporting pupils either individually or in small groups. You will work closely with the class teacher and Head of Department to take responsibility for intervention programmes, having your own small groups of students outside of the classroom. You will be monitoring the progress of pupils and relaying this information back to the class teacher/Head of Department.
Commitment to safeguarding
WMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the School to share this commitment. If you are shortlisted online searches may be carried out as part of due diligence checks (i.e. Google and Social Media Platforms). The successful applicant will be subject to the following checks: Enhanced DBS, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable), a prohibition from teaching (where applicable), qualifications (where applicable), medical fitness, identity and right to work. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Hall Green School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 909 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hall Green School website
- Email address
- recruitment@hallgreen.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01216288787
Hall Green School is a very popular, heavily oversubscribed and academically successful 11-16 Converter Academy. We are a highly diverse institution, both ethnically and as a fully accessible mainstream school, attracting pupils from across the city with physical disabilities. We have wonderful pupils who fully contribute to the school’s ‘caring, nurturing and inclusive culture’ described by Ofsted (2019) as ‘a welcoming and inclusive school’ where ‘pupils are happy, and they achieve well’ and the ‘positive relationships between pupils and staff are a hallmark of the school’.
The school is part of the newly formed West Midlands Academy Trust (WMAT) which opened in January 2025. As one of the three founding members, the school has been integral to forming the Trust’s mission:
• Relentless focus upon delivering an excellent Quality of Education, resulting in strong progress and attainment for all groups of pupils.
• Emphasis upon personal development and well-being for staff and pupils.
Arranging a visit to Hall Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@hallgreen.bham.sch.uk.
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