Alternative Provisions Hub Learning Mentor
King Alfred's, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 9BYThis job expired on 10 March 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
10 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
29 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £28,163.00 - £30,060.00 Annually (FTE) £28,163 - £30,060 Annually (FTE) Support Staff NJC Grade 7. Term time + 1 week. Actual annual salary in the region of £23,177.39 - £24,738.57
Alternative Provisions Hub Learning Mentor job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to step into a rewarding role that provides first-hand insight into the teaching profession while allowing you to develop skills, boost your confidence, and make a difference.
Purpose of the job:
- In-class support for students who are struggling to access a mainstream timetable
- Intensive and high-impact support for our students who follow an alternative education from Mainstream. This will involve 1-1 or small group work with our most complex students in school and off-site
- Individual or group support for the pastoral needs of students, in order to remove obstacles and barriers to learning.
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Managing our isolation room on either site
- Close work with parents and outside agencies
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring Alternative Provisions Hub Learning Mentor to join our dedicated team at King Alfred's Academy. This role is ideal for anyone passionate about education and eager to positively impact students' lives, supporting their learning and personal development. You’ll be working alongside talented staff and playing a vital role in the classroom.
We are seeking candidates who hold high expectations for all students and are dedicated to raising educational achievement across the curriculum and grade levels. Flexibility is essential, as this is a dynamic role that adapts daily to meet our students' most immediate needs. For more information, please refer to the attached Job Description/Specification.
Why King Alfred’s Academy?
King Alfred’s is proud to be part of the Cambrian Learning Trust, a network of schools that values collaboration, professional growth, and career advancement. Being part of our team means benefiting from the resources and support of nearby Trust schools and other local and regional partnerships. King Alfred’s Academy is located in Wantage, easily accessible from Oxford, Swindon, Newbury, Abingdon, and Didcot.
The Perks of Working with Us:
- Full support for professional development and future training (CPD)
- Recognition of prior, continuous service
- Generous holiday allowance, increasing with service
- Employees may join a staff Pension Scheme.
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Program via confidential telephone service & downloadable App.
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme
- Opportunity to join school trips to destinations like Normandy, Barcelona, Austria, Canada, and the USA
- Complimentary fresh fruit, tea, coffee, and subsidised lunches
- Blue Light Card discount eligibility
- Birthday gift option
- Free car parking and Eye Care Vouchers
- Subsidised gym membership
- Term-time only
- And a free KeepCup promoting an environmentally friendly workplace
At King Alfred’s Academy, our mission is “Opportunity for All”— a value we are passionate about delivering daily for our students and staff. If you’re excited to contribute to a supportive school with strong, positive values, and believe you’re the right fit for this role, we’d love to hear from you!
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Zoe Barnes on 01235 225700
The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.
Cambrian Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
Cambrian Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.
Commitment to safeguarding
SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT
King Alfred’s Academy and The Vale Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. We expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory “Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Enhanced Check.
Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches for publicly available information.
The Vale Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community.
About King Alfred's
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1682 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King Alfred's website
King Alfred’s is a learning community with a passionate, talented and dedicated staff, new and refurbished learning spaces for 21st century learning, the offer of an outstanding sixth form ranked amongst the best in the country, and a wealth of extra-curricular trips, visits and activities for students to enjoy as part of their wider learning outside the classroom.
Furthermore, King Alfred’s has an enviable reputation for providing outstanding quality and breadth of pastoral care to all students through an experienced and dedicated team of pastoral staff and student managers.
This enables students to develop as individuals with confidence and well-being throughout their school career. This strength of King Alfred’s was, quite rightly, recognised by inspectors in the recent Ofsted inspection when inspectors noted that: ‘Pupils’ welfare and safety has the highest priority. Personal, social and health education plays a key part in ensuring that pupils are happy, safe and very well cared for.’
Most importantly, for pupils making the transition from Year 6 to secondary education, West Site offers a bright, welcoming campus where they can make the change safely and happily into secondary education. The advantage of the bespoke KS3 site is that it offers a unique environment for them to make new friends, get to know a dedicated team of tutors and teachers, and adjust to the new phase of their educational lives. It is an environment in which our core values of Responsibility, Respect, Tolerance, Courage and Determination will be seen, experienced and lived consistently every day.
What is very evident throughout the school, is the impressive spirit and desire amongst the governors and staff to ensure that King Alfred’s Academy continues to grow and flourish to become the outstanding school of choice for the local community and beyond and that we truly can offer "Opportunity for All".
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