Learning Mentor
Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
11 November 2024 at 8am
Date listed
21 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,090.00 - £25,884.00 Annually (FTE) AS 5-7 - £23,800-24,594 FTE actual salary will be pro rata
Learning Mentor job summary
Learning Mentor
We are looking to recruit an outstanding and committed professional Learning Mentor to join our Pastoral team.
We want someone with very high expectations who loves working with young people and is ambitious to see them achieve. You will want to be a part of a team that believes young people deserve the very best quality of education.
The Pastoral teamwork with teachers and other support staff, ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that we provide the very best for our pupils and families. It is important to us that you buy into and share the ethos and vision of the school.
Our trust is known for its ‘no excuses, can-do’ culture that seeks to prepare all of its pupils to have the opportunity of a pathway to university. If you are passionate about helping all pupils, regardless of background, to achieve this, then this could be the role for you.
You will be a resilient team player with a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use your own initiative and problem-solve.
WHY BEDFORD FREE SCHOOL?
At BFS our values drive everything that we do: RESPECT, HONESTY, HIGH EXPECTATIONS
We are a genuinely comprehensive school that provides a knowledge-based education for pupils of all backgrounds, with the highest expectations of pupil conduct. We teach an unashamedly academic curriculum consisting of the best that has been thought and said and, as you would expect, truly inclusive, quality first provision is at the heart of this.
We take workload seriously. We have no unwieldy and impossible marking policies, no written reports or endless meetings. We respect teachers as experts in their subject and prioritise giving time for departments to discuss what they are teaching, why and how.
Pupil behaviour is excellent, supported by clear systems and routines, including centrally delivered, same-day whole-school sanctions where necessary.
All of this means that you will be able to dedicate your time and energy into further developing the quality first provision for ALL pupils.
PARENTAL CHOICE
With waiting lists in each year group and GCSE results placing us amongst the top schools for pupil progress in the country, we are a hugely popular school. Demand for places is very high as parents want the combination of a BFS education and our distinctive small school feel for their children.
ABOUT ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS
Our values are aspiration, honesty and respect and our vision is to create a family of exceptional schools, within which students are empowered and supported to achieve extraordinary outcomes. We currently run five schools in Bedfordshire – Bedford Free School (secondary, Ofsted outstanding), Houstone School (secondary, not yet inspected), Elstow School (primary, Ofsted good), Queen’s Park Academy (primary, Ofsted good) and Laburnum Primary School. Our pupils will leave our schools prepared for a fulfilling life, including the opportunity to go to a great university and pursue the career of their choice. To achieve this, our network of schools teach an academic, knowledge-rich curriculum enhanced by an entitlement to enrichment for all.
We achieve our goals through the recruitment and retention of the best colleagues and school leaders, developing talent through sector-leading professional learning. We foster collaborative work, both across our trust and our extensive network of professional contacts, to ensure our staff can learn from and contribute significantly to the wider educational system.
We believe great staff make a great school, so we look after our colleagues well. We value hard work, but we do all we can to identify and eliminate unnecessary workload that could result in burnout.
KEY DUTIES
- To be responsible for providing one-to-one or group or class support to students with barriers to learning and SEND.
- To carry out innovative & effective intervention programmes under the leadership of the SENCO and in line with Bedford Free School’s ethos of high expectations
- To be responsible for effective administration duties where necessary
JOB SPECIFICS
Start date: asap
Salary: AS 5-7 £25,090-£25,884 FTE actual salary will be pro rata
Job Role: Permanent, Full-time, 37 hours per week Monday-Thursday 8.15am - 4.15pm with 30minutes lunch & Friday 8.15am - 3.45pm with 30 minutes lunch) Term Time, plus 2 weeks (Including 5 Training Days)
SAFEGUARDING
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your 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.
CVs are not accepted.
About Bedford Free School
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- View all Secondaryjobs
- School size
- 529 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Bedford Free School website (opens in new tab)
Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.
Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.
BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.
We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.
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