Learning Mentor

Cherry Tree Academy, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 2HN

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 December 2024 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 November 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: G6 SCP 12-17 FTE (£27,711-£30,060)

Learning Mentor job summary

In choosing a Learning Mentor we will be looking for someone who has:

• good communication and listening skills
• good planning and organisational skills
• the ability to foster nurturing relationships with children and their families
• empathy, be encouraging and motivating
• a commitment to raising standards and supporting children to overcome barriers to learning
• a commitment to the school’s ethos of high expectations and no excuses culture
• a flexible and creative approach to problem solving
• the ability to interact with people and work as part of a team

In return we can offer:

• The support and expertise of the school’s leadership team and wider Trust School Improvement Team
• A modern, bright and spacious learning environment (recently developed and refurbished)
• The opportunity to work alongside colleagues who are wholeheartedly dedicated to the pupils and community they serve
• A commitment to support your continued professional development through a network of experienced professionals across the Waterton family of schools
• The opportunity to contribute widely to school improvement

• A health and wellbeing package

Commitment to safeguarding

Waterton Academy Trust is committed to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safer recruitment processes are followed which all applicants will be subject to. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful candidate and two satisfactory references. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of any unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to interview.
The Trust is committed in ensuring that all employees and applicants are treated equally and fairly.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Cherry Tree Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 243 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Cherry Tree Academy website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cherry-tree-academy-wf8-2hn (opens in new tab)

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