Learning Mentor
Broadstone First School, Broadstone, Dorset, BH18 8AA20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
13 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
- HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time, term time, part time: 32.5 hours per week – Monday to Friday 8.20am-3.20pm, Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £29,071 – £33,119 per annum
Actual salary
- £21,852 – £24,895 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
The right support at the right moment can change everything.
Every school has pupils who need a little more. Not more worksheets. Not more consequences. Not more pressure. More encouragement. More understanding. More belief.
At Broadstone Middle School, we’re looking for a Learning Mentor who can be that person.
Someone who notices when a pupil has gone unusually quiet. Someone who understands that challenging behaviour is often communication. Someone who knows that confidence can be rebuilt, trust can be earned and that one positive relationship can completely change a young person’s experience of school.
This role is about helping children overcome the barriers that are stopping them from thriving.
Sometimes that might mean supporting a pupil who’s struggling emotionally. Sometimes it means helping a child develop the confidence to participate in lessons. Sometimes it’s simply being the trusted adult who listens, encourages and helps them believe that tomorrow can be better than today.
The difference you’ll make
- You’ll work with pupils who need additional support to succeed academically, socially or emotionally.
- You’ll help them build confidence, improve self-esteem and develop the resilience needed to navigate school and life.
- You’ll support pupils in classrooms, through one-to-one interventions, around the school environment and during important moments of transition.
- You’ll work alongside teachers, families, school leaders and external agencies to ensure every child receives the support they need.
- You’ll celebrate the breakthroughs that others might miss.
- The first full week of attendance.
- A hand raised in class.
- A difficult conversation handled well.
- A child who starts believing they’re capable.
- Because those moments matter.
The person behind the role
- We’re less interested in finding someone who can tick every box and more interested in finding someone who genuinely cares about young people.
- You’ll be patient, resilient and compassionate.
- You’ll be able to build positive relationships, remain calm when situations are challenging and understand the importance of consistency and trust.
- You may already have experience working with children, young people or families. You may have worked in education, youth work, support services or a similar role.
- What matters most is your ability to connect with young people and help them overcome the obstacles standing in their way.
Could this be your next step?
Some jobs are measured in outcomes. This one is measured in something much bigger.
The child whose confidence begins to grow. The young person who finally believes they can succeed.
If that sounds like the difference you want to make, we’d love to hear from you. Come and be the person who helps a child see what’s possible.
What the school offers its staff
Closing date: 2nd November 2026
Interview date: 12th November 2026
Become part of our journey by completing our Support Staff Application Form and returning it to recruitment@southern.education if you would like to apply (please see our Learning Mentor Job Description and BFS – Safeguarding Children Policy SET 2025-26 for further information).
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Isabel at the recruitment address, who will be happy to assist you.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, this role involves directly working with children and significant contact with children, and therefore we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. Please ensure a full work history is completed in your application form including any gaps of employment. Applicants will be required to complete satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for this post prior to commencement. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
If successfully shortlisted the HR Department will also be conducting an individual online search of your ‘name, education and employment’, to demonstrate due diligence following ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance. The search will not form part of the actual shortlisting process and any concerns arising from the search will be discussed directly with you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
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)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Broadstone First School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 305 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- recruitment@southern.education
School location
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