Behaviour Support Learning Mentor
The Olive School, Hackney, London, E9 6EJ8 days remaining to apply
Closing date
2 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 21.6 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Fixed Term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,403 to 28,142 per annum (pro rata £22,127 to £23,585 per annum) plus Inner London Weighting £4,320.00 per annum (pro rata £3620.51 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for a talented individual to help foster a caring and supportive learning environment for our young people. Your experience of pastoral care will place our learners’ welfare at the heart of the school.
The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and technical skills. You will have the ability to problem solve and provide excellent customer service to our community.
You will have:
- 5 GCSEs including English and Maths at grade 9-4/A*- C.
- A proven track record of securing a successful and positive culture.
- Experience of leading behaviour.
- Good literacy, numeracy, and organisational skills.
- An understanding of safeguarding and issues affecting children.
What the school offers its staff
About The Olive School, Hackney
The Olive School, Hackney is a Muslim faith-based, primary school for 4 to 11 year olds, which welcomes pupils from all faiths and none. We opened in 2013 and, like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism. We were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas during our most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2025 – a result we’ve maintained since our first inspection in May 2015.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About The Olive School, Hackney
- School type
- Free School, Muslim, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 624 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Olive School, Hackney website
- Email address
- recruitment@olivehackney.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 020 7683 7436
The Olive School, Hackney is a 630 place Muslim faith based primary school. The school opened in September 2013 with 90 Reception and 90 Year 1 children. It will build up its pupil numbers year on year. It has a caring, inclusive ethos and welcomes applications from parents and pupils of all faiths and none. Like all Star schools, it has “Leadership” as a specialism.
Staff offer an inspirational and life-enhancing educational experience for all children. They work tirelessly to ensure that each and every child is nurtured, inspired, challenged and supported to succeed and develop their natural gifts and talents.
The Olive School, Hackney was assessed as “outstanding” in every category at its first Ofsted inspection in May 2015.
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