Key Stage 5 Learning Mentor (Maternity Cover)

The de Ferrers Academy, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 0LL

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,572.00 - £32,114.00 Annually (FTE) Pro-rata actual salary £25,679 - £27,887

Key Stage 5 Learning Mentor (Maternity Cover) job summary

The Candidate:

We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Key Stage 5 Learning Mentor who is committed to fostering an inclusive educational environment. If you have experience in education or youth work and a deep understanding of the challenges students face, this role is perfect for you. Your talent for building trusting relationships with students, parents, and staff will be essential in making a meaningful impact.

You will possess excellent interpersonal skills and be skilled in developing and implementing tailored intervention strategies to support individual student needs. A genuine commitment to improving student well-being and promoting positive learning experiences is crucial, along with the ability to provide emotional support and guidance.

Strong organisational skills are necessary for maintaining accurate records and monitoring student performance. You will be proactive in identifying needs and resilient in facing challenges, ensuring that all students, including those with specific requirements, receive the support they need to reach their full potential. If you are passionate about making a difference in students' lives, we would like to hear from you!

37 hours per week and 39.2 hours per week available.

Our Vision and Values – Affinity Learning Partnership

Affinity Learning Partnership is a Multi Academy Trust comprising three Secondary Academies and four Primary Academies, currently based in Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

We pride ourselves on being 'a great place to work', Where everyone belongs, progresses and thrives.

Belongs:

We advocate and nurture inclusivity, connectedness and wellbeing by creating opportunities for all and forging a sense of community.

Progress:

Exceptional CPD and career pathways ensure all staff can excel in their roles.

All of our schools deliver quality teaching and learning, underpinned by our aspirational and enriching curriculum. This is enabled by skilled support and business professionals.

Thrives:

We empower staff, pupils and our wider communities to be agents of change both now and in the future. We actively seek to grow our Trust where it supports all in our community to achieve, grow and develop.

Continuing Professional Development

The Trust believes that professional development is key to successful employees and offers excellent opportunities for you to grow and achieve. We provide tailored Continuing Professional Development, mentoring, support and a range of development opportunities across the Trust.

Benefits Package

Affinity Learning Partnership strives to be an ‘Employer of Choice’ and is committed to the wellbeing and development of colleagues. Offering an excellent benefit package which includes:

• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted Gym Membership
• BHSF Healthcare Scheme
• Eye Care Voucher Scheme
• Flu Vaccination Vouchers

Additional Information:

Please note that we do not hold a sponsorship licence and, therefore, are unable to employ individuals residing outside of the UK or candidates living within the UK who require continued sponsorship to work in the UK.

Please note: Completed applications should be received by 09:00am of the closing date. We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Please ensure to regularly check your junk/spam folder for any correspondence in relation to the progress of your application. Due to the volume of applications we receive, it is not policy to give individual feedback at this stage.

We welcome a broad range of perspectives with a commitment to equality of opportunity by recruiting a diverse workforce, and creating an inclusive environment and a culture of belonging for everyone in Affinity Learning Partnership. Therefore, we encourage applications from underrepresented communities irrespective of age, disability, race, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy or maternity, marriage or civil partnership status, or neurodivergent status. We are happy to make reasonable adjustments wherever possible through the recruitment process should this be required.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Commitment to safeguarding

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and this position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK.

Applying for the job

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

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About The de Ferrers Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 2467 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The de Ferrers Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-de-ferrers-academy

Following on from 10 years as a specialist Technology College, de Ferrers became an Academy in January 2011. It has grown into a large, split-site, co-educational institution catering for the full range of students from ages 11 to 18. In 2015, de Ferrers became the first school of Affinity Learning Partnership (a Multi Academy Trust).

Excellent funding has allowed the Academy to enhance resources and equipment and widely promote the use of new technologies. There are digital projectors and flat-screen TVs in all curriculum areas, with over 500 computers and laptops across all sites.

From October 2012, the Academy became the first school in Staffordshire to provide all sixth form students with access to a personal one-to-one iPad for use in lessons and at home. Currently, all students in Years 9 to 13 (Trent and Sixth Form Campuses) have their own iPad, as well as all teaching staff and most support staff.

At The de Ferrers Academy, we believe in working hard, being kind and choosing wisely. We are privileged to work in a community where we have a positive impact on children’s lives and futures every day.

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