Learning Mentor
Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4LD12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
25 November 2024 at 9am
Date listed
11 November 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22994 - £25034
Learning Mentor job summary
Are you passionate about supporting students and helping them thrive? Join us as a Learning Mentor and make a real difference in the lives of our Students!
We are seeking to appoint within our growing and progressive academy. The role of Learning Mentor is crucial within our popular and friendly Academy.
We welcome applications from individuals who care about people, can form strong relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues and are looking to develop this role. They will be relentless in their drive to overcome any barriers for our pupils, ensuring that they all have the opportunity to thrive and belong.
The successful candidate will develop effective ways to overcome barriers to children’s learning. The role is integral in enhancing our already inclusive provision.
You must be able to:
- Support an engaging and inclusive learning environment for our pupils and their families
- Work effectively with colleagues and multi-agency teams
- Be highly motivated, enthusiastic and skilled in using a range of interventions and assessments
- Be committed to creating opportunities to enable young people to thrive
- Communicate to very high standards and possess the ability to work effectively on your own initiative as well as under the direction of colleagues
- Be able to build excellent relationships with pupils and parents.
Why us?
Co-op Academy Stoke-on-Trent is one of the City’s most successful schools. We have just achieved our best ever Progress 8 score that puts us in the top third of all schools nationally, with some of our subjects in the top 3%.
All our values are based upon the values of the Co-op Group, which will inform our behaviours.
Self-help: We do not expect to be spoon fed – we will try to do things for ourselves in the right way and at the right time.
Self-responsibility: Everyone should act in a responsible way around the academy site and in the local community. We take responsibility for our own learning; we want to become independent learners.
Equality: We are proud to be part of a very multicultural academy, with students from all over the world; it is important that we treat each other with respect and accept that others may be different from ourselves. We should all of us have equal chances to succeed.
Equity: We want to look for the best in each other. Rewarding others fairly to encourage all types of achievement.
Democracy: We will contribute our ideas to make the academy a success.
Solidarity: We can achieve more by working together, rather than as individuals.
Our Values
Being part of the Co-operative Group, we are both guided and driven by the Co-op values which are embedded in everything that we do within our Academy - We strive to demonstrate the following ethical values in everything we do - they are our ‘Ways of Being’:
Succeed together
Do what matters most
Be yourself, always
Show you care
So, if you believe in our values, we would love to hear from you!
We offer a wide range of benefits and rewards to recognise the part you play in our success:
Benefits include:
Our employee benefits package includes:
- You’ll get being a Co-op member, you’ll get a Co-op colleague discount card. This gives you a 10% discount in our Co-op Food stores.
- Co-operative flexible benefits (discounted line rental and broadband package, family care advice and cycle to work scheme)
- Discounted gym membership and leisure activities which includes discounts on Merlin Entertainments (Sea Life, Legoland etc), Virgin Experience Days, SuperBreak and many more!
- Co-operative Credit Union: save directly from your salary and receive a competitive dividend. Borrowers can benefit from very competitive interest rates & terms (in comparison with other high street lenders)
- Co-op Funeralcare benefit
- Season ticket and rental deposit loans
And More!
For more information about the Co-op Academies Trust, please visit: www.coopacademies.co.uk
The Trust is also committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage or civil partnerships.
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
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1181 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent website (opens in new tab)
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