Cognition and Learning Mentor

Ernesford Grange Community Academy, Coventry, West Midlands, CV3 2QD

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  8 December 2025

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 11:59am

• Date listed

  8 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 3 £20,673 to £21,673

Cognition and Learning Mentor job summary

Job overview

We are seeking to appoint a Cognition and Learning Mentor, to provide a proactive, preventative, and responsive complementary support service to that provided by teaching and pastoral staff. The role focuses on addressing the social, emotional, and mental health (SEMH) needs of students to remove barriers to engagement, well-being, and academic success. A key element is supporting the school's most vulnerable students, including those with attendance difficulties, in successful re-engagement with education.

Working hours

Monday 8:30am to 4:30pm

Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 8:30am-4:00pm

Friday 8:30am-3:30pm

Term time only plus 5 days

Job requirements

• Excellent knowledge of intervention delivery and monitoring techniques
• Excellent knowledge of cognition and learning difficulties
• Knowledge of specific learning areas including reading, spelling, number skills, vocabulary, and memory skills
• An understanding of safeguarding and the duty to promote the welfare of children and young people
• Ability to implement and evaluate a range of individual and small group interventions
• Skills to monitor the impact of interventions being delivered
• Experience delivering wave 2 interventions to support students
• Experience working as a key worker for students with SEND is desirable. Experience acting as a key worker for students with SEND is desirable

Why join us?

As a Cognition and Learning Mentor within Ernesford Grange Academy, you’ll be able to make a key difference to a pupil’s educational experience as a crucial part of the wider team, and will have the opportunity to develop your skill set with key training and development opportunities available.

Interviews will take place on Thursday 18th December 2025

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

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

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 Ernesford Grange Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1163 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ernesford Grange Community Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ernesford-grange-community-academy

Ernesford Grange Community Academy is a thriving 11-18 school which demands the very best from its students and staff. In May 2019 we achieved our OFSTED Good status and we are continuing to aspire to excellence for all within our school community.
Our vision is to achieve excellence for all with a mission to work together to inspire a learning culture of high expectations with no excuses, where every member of our school community can be proud to belong to Ernesford Grange Community Academy and all students will achieve outcomes which will enable them to succeed in modern society.

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