Alternative Provision (AP) Learning Mentor

Bridgnorth Endowed School, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4ER

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 August 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £19,618.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 7, SCP 12 to 17 – £28,598 to £ 31,022 (pro rata)

Alternative Provision (AP) Learning Mentor job summary

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with complex Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs?

Bridgnorth Endowed School and Thomas Adams School, Wem are seeking to appoint a dedicated and compassionate Alternative Provision (AP) Learning Mentor (Higher Level Teaching Assistant - HLTA).

This role will be based across both sites and will involve working closely with our most valuable students within our internal Alternative Provision settings.

As part of the inclusive 3-18 Trust, which champions belonging and celebrates every learner, you will play a vital role in supporting small groups and individual pupils to overcome barriers and achieve their full potential.

Who Should Apply

If you are committed to nurturing resilience, building trust, and fostering success in education, we would love to hear from you.

The successful candidate will have excellent people skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both students and adults.

You will be flexible and adaptable with the ability to use your own initiative.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Bridgnorth Endowed School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Bridgnorth Endowed School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 601 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bridgnorth Endowed School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bridgnorth-endowed-school-bridgnorth

Here, at Bridgnorth Endowed, we place great value on our students' pastoral and academic development, and we aim to create a genuine and positive atmosphere that can be felt and that resonates throughout each day, and in every part of the school.

We aim to ensure that every young person achieves their personal best by providing an education that challenges them intellectually and offers them a wide range of opportunities to develop and stretch their unique talents and interests.

We are incredibly proud of our school and our community. We have dedicated and happy students and staff, both of whom work together to achieve excellent results. Bridgnorth Endowed students thrive during their time here and visitors frequently comment on students’ outstanding manners and behaviour.

We expect and give the very best education to every child as it is our mission to challenge and support our young people to achieve their potential. We believe that the academy’s values of trust, enthusiasm, fairness, and hard work ensure that every student develops into a confident, successful and happy young adult, ready to face the future.

We are a small school and students in each year have an academic education that is student-centred and tailored to their individual needs. We have high expectations of positive learning behaviours of all our students and expect all to uphold the school standards. We have a dedicated team of teachers and support staff who will work tirelessly to provide pupils with the support they will need to be successful in their education.

If you share our values and aims and are interested in learning more about Bridgnorth Endowed School, then I invite you to pay us a visit, meet some of our inspirational staff and pupils, and spend some time with us in school.

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