Bellevue Place SCITT; Lead Mentor (Maternity Cover 0.4FTE)

Kilburn Grange School, London, NW6 7UJ

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  16 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £50,000.00 - £55,000.00 Annually (Actual) Pro-rata adjustment for part-time roles. This is a maternity cover role at 0.4 FTE for 2025-26.

Bellevue Place SCITT; Lead Mentor (Maternity Cover 0.4FTE) job summary

Bellevue Place Education Trust has this exciting maternity cover position of a Lead Mentor across a group of twelve successful primary schools. Established for over ten years, BPET maintains ten schools for primary-aged children; all have been judged Good or Outstanding by Ofsted. Currently, we employ over 525 staff and educate over 4000 children.

Our vision is to run schools where academic excellence is just one aspect of an outstanding education, sitting alongside a rich extended curriculum, building emotional intelligence in pupils through the learning experience. The Lead Mentor role is part the delivery of our vision, with proactive collaboration and staff development at its core.

We want to provide the very best opportunities for every young person we educate to achieve their potential. If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience, and share our vision for education, then please apply, outlining why you are the right candidate for the role. If you would welcome an informal conversation about the role, please get in contact with Claire.kevin@bpet.co.uk who will arrange a discussion Alison Colenso, BPET Director of Education.

The ideal person will excel in providing outstanding support to both trainees and mentors, showcasing the highest quality teaching delivery practices while also prioritising their retention, well-being, progress, and overall satisfaction. We are seeking, for this role, to develop future teachers who understand and deliver our aspirational vision across the BPET schools.

This role requires a keen eye for identifying areas of development and implementing strategies to support continuous progress. Ensuring trainees are adequately prepared to attain Qualified Teacher Status is paramount. Moreover, the ideal candidate will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, fostering excellent working relationships with all stakeholders involved.

The main responsibilities for this role will include:

• Providing high-quality phase-specific development and support to a portfolio of trainees.

• Supporting Trainees by providing continual guidance, advice in overcoming challenges and developing into effective primary school educators.

• Assisting trainees in comprehending curriculum frameworks, crafting impactful lesson plans, and seamlessly integrating curriculum standards into their teaching methodologies.

• Fostering supportive atmospheres by facilitating peer learning opportunities, encouraging group discussions, and fostering collaborative projects to enrich trainees' experiences.

• Delivering a series of core and foundation subject online and in-person sessions.

• Monitoring Progress by conducting assessments, evaluating portfolios, and delivering regular updates to program coordinators to ensure trainees' progress aligns with program objectives.

• Supporting mentors with effective observations of trainees teaching with feedback and instructional coaching) and helping them to support their trainees develop classroom practices.

• Working with mentors to ensure trainees meet core requirements for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)

• Attending Lead Mentor induction and training across the course.

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children 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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Kilburn Grange School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 217 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kilburn Grange School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kilburn-grange-school

At Kilburn Grange School, our aim is to grow hearts and minds to learn, enjoy and succeed.

Kilburn Grange School is a free School, which opened in the London Borough of Brent in September 2015 in state-of-the-art facilities on Priory Park Road, NW6. We are one of the ten primary schools in the Bellevue Place Education Trust (BPET) family of schools situated across London and Berkshire.

We have underpinned our curriculum drivers with the three key words that are an important part of BPET’s commitment: Learn, Enjoy, Succeed. These are brought to life through our rich and broad curriculum offer so that all children Learn, Enjoy and Succeed in every as-pect of their lives.

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