Academic Mentor - Pupil Premium
The John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 9EH8 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 June 2026
Closing date
28 April 2026 at 9am
Date listed
20 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: The working hours for this role are expected to be 16 hours per week.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 22/07/2026
Full-time equivalent salary
- £27,254 per annum pro rata. £14.13 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
The John of Gaunt School is seeking to appoint a passionate and enthusiastic Academic Mentor to join their team. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
This role focuses on working closely with students, primarily in KS3, to raise aspirations, improve achievement, and support attendance through one‑to‑one and small‑group mentoring. The successful candidate will coach students in independent study skills, support homework completion, and help set meaningful goals and targets. You will work collaboratively with teaching staff, parents/carers, and external agencies to create strong home‑school partnerships and effective intervention strategies. Strong organisational skills are essential, as the role involves working with student data, maintaining accurate records, and contributing to progress reporting. This is an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a supportive school community committed to excellence every day.
For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.
What the school offers its staff
As a fully comprehensive school, we are a diverse and vibrant establishment where each student is at the heart of all that we do. We are determined to deliver quality-first teaching, and we have the highest expectations of our students who learn within our safe, nurturing but challenging school environment. We have a strong reputation for academic excellence and pastoral support and, by engaging in our whole-school provision, our students have every opportunity to develop into happy, confident and well-rounded young adults.
Our school’s foundations are built on strong relationships with students and their parents or carers. We recognise that pastoral partnerships that are both supportive and collaborative provide the best platform for our students to be aspirational and realise their potential.
We celebrate personal achievement and those who overcome personal hurdles. We encourage students to engage in opportunities for teamwork, leadership, adventurous, competitive and individual challenge and nurture them to be caring, thoughtful and respectful of others and their environment. We want our students to appreciate other cultures as well as their own community and to be reflective of their interactions with others.
We actively encourage our young people to embrace a whole school life. We provide a rich and broad curriculum, enhanced through a varied extracurricular programme where no young person is hindered from experiences that will enhance their cultural-capital due to personal social circumstance.
Our staff are our greatest asset. They have high levels of expertise and a tangible sense of vocation. We invest in our staff through our extensive continued professional development programme so that they can be the best practitioners possible for our students.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. A copy of the school’s Safeguarding Children in Our School Policy and our Policy and Code of Conduct for Safe Practice are available on our website. An online profile search will be conducted and references will be sought on all shortlisted candidates prior to interview.
The post is subject to receipt of an enhanced DBS to include children's barred list checks. Disclosure will contain details of formal cautions, reprimands and final warnings, as well as convictions.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The John of Gaunt School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1252 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The John of Gaunt School website
- Email address
- pfish@equamead.org
- Phone number
- 01225 711158
The John of Gaunt School is large and dynamic school with approximately 1270 students on roll. We are currently a single Academy and actively promote collaboration with our feeder primary schools through the Trowbridge Schools’ Social Enterprise - Collaborative Schools Ltd and the West Wiltshire Alliance; a partnership of 8 secondary schools and Wiltshire College. Our school roll is rising significantly each year and our reputation has accelerated over the last two years. We are now at the forefront educational practice and we are delighted that our recent changes are accelerating the progress of our students. We are part EQUA Mead Learning Trust. Details about EQUA Mead can be found on their website https://www.equamead.org/
Arranging a visit to The John of Gaunt School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email pfish@equamead.org.
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