Learning and Behaviour Mentor
Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK3 6EW12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
11 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Hours of Work: 8:00am – 4:00pm Monday – Thursday, 8:00am – 3:30pm Friday 37 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,989 - £26,403
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Learning and Behaviour Mentor to start as soon as possible. There are four main components to this role:
to organise and carry out intervention work with identified individual students or subsets of students who are not making the expected level of progress in school.
to organise and carry out tailored interventions for social, emotional and mental health, or other student needs to support their behaviour.
to help and support the Inclusive Learning team with regards to student behaviour and progress.
to offer cover in our Learning Support Centre and Reflection room, ensuring a calm but firm atmosphere prevails.
Identifying and breaking down barriers to learning.
The successful candidate will be able to form positive relationships with students of all ages and have a calm, purposeful, approachable and friendly manner, and be able to encourage good behaviour through a pleasant but firm manner. They will have experience in supporting young people using a range of social, emotional and mental health strategies.
The role will involve basic data analysis to present information to students and parents if required. There will be liaison with faculties regarding coursework or revision work to form part of the intervention. Delivery of bespoke tailored interventions.
The successful candidate will be competent in the use of Microsoft Office/Google Suite applications, be well organised, able to multitask and prioritise.
What the school offers its staff
Employee Benefits:
Teacher & support staff pension schemes
Continuous Professional development (CPD)
Training School Alliance
Networking opportunities
Specsavers eyecare voucher
Free Flu vaccine
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
Medicash - Health Cash Plan:
24/7 GP Appointments & prescription services
Dental treatment
Optical care
Physiotherapy
Skinvision - skin health tracker
A range of essential healthcare expenses
Exclusive discounts on shopping & travel
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
A vacancy booklet, information for candidates booklet and the application form are all available on the vacancies section of Lord Grey Academy’s website: https://www.lordgrey.org.uk/vacancies/
Please note the application form and information for candidates booklet are available on the right hand side of the above link. Please do look at our recruitment video of our staff talking about working at Lord Grey and our document: Why work at Lord Grey?
Completed application form and covering letter should be submitted to Human Resources at Lord Grey Academy or emailed to hr@lordgrey.org.uk by 9am on Monday 23 February 2026. Interviews to be held on Wednesday 4 March 2026.
Only successfully short listed candidates will be contacted. CVs alone will not be accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is committed to safeguarding children. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check.
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 Lord Grey Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1431 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lord Grey Academy website
- Email address
- hr@lordgrey.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01908 626110
Lord Grey Academy is an exciting and vibrant learning community where students enjoy great success in and outside of the classroom. Our Academy motto: Lord Grey Can is important to us as we prepare our students for successful adult lives in an increasingly competitive world.
Lord Grey Academy is popular and is the first choice school locally. We have a strong focus on academic achievement throughout the school and develop our young people to be independent and resilient learners. We are immensely proud of our inclusive ethos and of the positive relationships that we build with parents and the local community. We believe that all students can achieve.
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