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Learning Manager
Outwood Academy Portland, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2SFDeadline is tomorrow
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
10 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
20 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours per week, term-time + 1 week (40 weeks)
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Actual Salary £26,690 to £27,577
What skills and experience we're looking for
Outwood Academy Portland has an exciting opportunity for a dedicated Learning Manager to join our exceptional, supportive pastoral team. Are you passionate about making a real, daily difference in young people’s lives? Do you thrive on building strong relationships and guiding students through both their academic and personal journeys? Unlike a traditional administrative role, this is a deeply rewarding, student-facing position where you will have whole oversight of a specific year group. Led by our Lead Learning Manager, you will join a high-performing, passionate team fully committed to helping every student be the best they can be.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will act as the key figurehead for your assigned year group, building deep, meaningful relationships with students to truly understand their individual needs. You will be responsible for the holistic management of your year group, which involves monitoring and managing both their academic progress and daily behavioural needs, while implementing strategic interventions to maximise their achievement. As the first line of support for daily student needs, you will resolve issues dynamically to maintain a safe, positive learning environment. Furthermore, you will act as a crucial bridge between the academy and the wider community, working closely with the Inclusion Coordinator, Academy Leadership Team, parents, carers, and external support agencies to improve overall attendance, behavior, and student outcomes.
About You
We are looking for an exceptional individual who genuinely loves working with young people and understands the diverse challenges they face today. To be successful, you must possess first-class interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to converse empathetically and professionally with students, families, and external partners alike. This is a fast-paced environment, so you must be extremely well-organised, able to prioritise a busy workload under your own initiative, and capable of meeting deadlines. We need a resilient professional who leads by example, maintains absolute professionalism, confidentiality, and feels comfortable using student data to identify who needs extra support and track the impact of interventions.
This is an incredibly rewarding role where you will see the direct impact of your hard work every single day. We offer a highly supportive working environment, excellent professional development, and the chance to be part of an exceptional team dedicated to putting students first. If you have the passion, resilience, and communication skills to champion our students, we would love to hear from you.
If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Sophie Gascoyne, Vice Principal at s.gascoyne@portland.outwood.com
What the school offers its staff
Welcome from the Principal:
We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning. We have an exceptional culture and student behaviour which is recognised by being a host school for the Exemplary Leadership Programme.
‘Overwhelmingly, staff are upbeat about the school. They value the positive changes in the school’s culture. They appreciate training opportunities. They welcome steps to make their workload more manageable. Staff morale is positive and they are very proud to be part of the school.’ - Ofsted, November 2024.
We have created an educational environment where staff and students constantly strive to improve; where teachers sharpen their skills and expand their repertoires to deliver an outstanding learning experience; and where teachers, classroom assistants, mentors, tutors, inclusion support assistants and students operate as a seamless team. This enables everybody, staff and students, to not only see but also help fulfil the potential in each other.
We believe our success speaks for itself as we are above the national average for the number of students achieving at a Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs. We are also proud to have been awarded Bronze Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.Outwood Grange Academies Trust supports colleagues by funding an extensive range of accredited training courses and apprenticeship opportunities up to Masters level. We also offer:Your starting salary with annual increments plus inflation linked increases. The starting salary within the grade advertised will be dependent upon your experience. You will also receive:
- A comprehensive induction and training process
- Automatic enrolment into an increasingly rare and valuable defined Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution rates
- Flexible family friendly policies from day one
- Enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period
- Holidays: A minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays (this increases with length of service)
- A range of working patterns are available dependant upon the role
Automatic enrolment into our Employee Assistance Programme which gives you and your family members free access to:
- Specialist information on a wide range of work-life issues
- Emotional support and counselling for a wide range of personal and work issues
- Legal guidance
- Financial guidance and debt counselling
- Child and dependent care support and advice
- Support for managers
We are also a wellbeing employer with a dedicated wellbeing strategy and menopause policy along with menopause champions based in our academies. Other benefits include:
- Free onsite parking
- Employee discounts such as competitively priced Synergy Car Leasing
- Access to various discount sites
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
We reserve the right to close advertisements early. Advertisements will therefore close at 12 noon, either on the advertised closing date, or the day the decision has been taken to close the advertisement early.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Outwood Academy Portland
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1726 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Outwood Academy Portland website
- Email address
- j.bell@portland.outwood.com
We are a welcoming and supportive academy, with a relentless determination to provide the very best education for every child. We place students at the centre of everything we do, with a focus on creating a culture of success and a positive climate for learning. We have an exceptional culture and student behaviour which is recognised by being a host school for the Exemplary Leadership Programme.
‘Overwhelmingly, staff are upbeat about the school. They value the positive changes in the school’s culture. They appreciate training opportunities. They welcome steps to make their workload more manageable. Staff morale is positive and they are very proud to be part of the school.’ - Ofsted, November 2024.
We have created an educational environment where staff and students constantly strive to improve; where teachers sharpen their skills and expand their repertoires to deliver an outstanding learning experience; and where teachers, classroom assistants, mentors, tutors, inclusion support assistants and students operate as a seamless team. This enables everybody, staff and students, to not only see but also help fulfil the potential in each other.
We believe our success speaks for itself as we are above the national average for the number of students achieving at a Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs. We are also proud to have been awarded Bronze Status by the Carnegie Centre of Excellence for Mental Health Award.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
Arranging a visit to Outwood Academy Portland
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.bell@portland.outwood.com.
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