Learning Mentor (Grade 5)

Tregonwell Academy, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH7 6QP

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 October 2024 at 8am

• Date listed

  2 October 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 19,128 - 20,819 pro-rata

Learning Mentor (Grade 5) job summary

We are seeking to appoint a confident and professional Learning Mentor to join the Nigel Bowes Academy.

Support Staff:

We are looking for someone with a desire to support our Academy in ensuring our pupils reach their potential. You will be dynamic, resilient and motivated with a willingness to uphold our high expectations to secure ‘Outstanding Achievement for All’.

 We are seeking to appoint a confident and professional Learning Mentor to join the Nigel Bowes Academy – an outstanding special school for pupils aged 5-12 who present predominantly with Social, Emotional and Mental Health needs. Duties will include: supporting pupils’ learning through in-class assistance, group work, 1:1 intervention and a range of closing the gap interventions for core and foundation subjects, SEN, therapeutic needs and cover for classes/groups/1:1’s.  

The role of Learning Mentor is to support an inclusive and high-quality learning environment for our pupils, using a solution focused, pupil-centred and consistent approach. As a Learning Mentor you will be working with all colleagues and key stakeholders to ensure and promote excellent pupil-centred practice, within our Respectful, Safe and Resilient vision. The successful candidate will have a flexible approach, be willing to gain knowledge and experience of working with children in KS1-2 who have social, emotional and mental health difficulties. The post requires someone who is highly resilient, able to work well as a member of a successful team and someone who has highly developed interpersonal skills and a good sense of humour. 

What We have to Offer:  

• A visible and approachable senior leadership team and an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff. 
• A strong support network both within the school and across Authentic Education.  
• All staff are part of a professional learning community in which evidence-informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs. 
• Strong potential for career progression. 
• A culture that respects work-life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion.  
• An Employee Assistance Programme including in the moment support and counselling sessions with an external provider.  
• Staff benefits include free eye testing for DSE users through Specsavers, free will writing through Dunham McCarthy Solicitors and reduced price corporate gym membership through BH Live. 
• A competitive pension through Teachers’ Pensions or The Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff.   



Should you wish to arrange a visit or an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact Charlotte Hampson, HR Academy Lead at charlotte.hampson@ta.weareauthentic.education

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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.

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About Tregonwell Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 142 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Tregonwell Academy website (opens in new tab)
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