Learning Mentor

Grange Park Primary School, London, N21 1PP

13 days remaining to apply

Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
23 April 2025 at 9am
Date listed
2 April 2025

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £26,954.00 - £28,996.00 Annually (Actual)

Learning Mentor job summary

Salary Scale: SC5.12 - 5.17 (£26954.75 - £28996.62 p.a inclusive)

Hours: 36 hours per week/39 weeks per year (term time + 5 inset days)

Contract Type: Permanent

Job Start: As soon as possible

Are you a proactive and engaging individual who is able to build positive relationships, support vulnerable young people and aspire them to believe that they can reach their full potential?

Do you have the compassion, patience and the experience required to support children who may have social, emotional and/or Mental Health needs?

Grange Park Primary School is looking for an enthusiastic, inspirational Learning Mentor to support children's mental health and wellbeing.

The role requires an organised practitioner who is an advocate for supporting mental health and wellbeing for children across the school. They will be able to identify barriers to learning and plan and deliver a programme of support.

Other important aspects of the role include:

Working as part of a team to promote a whole school approach to enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of pupils
Supporting and promoting mental health and wellbeing through: prevention, identification, early support and access to specialist support
Devising, implementing and evaluating specialised programmes of work, which include SMART targets, to encourage and promote a pupil’s social, emotional and mental health needs, including play therapy for both individuals or within a group
Planning and facilitating structured games and activities, to support pupils to make appropriate use of unstructured times. These should be carefully timetabled into the week in collaboration with class teachers
Working with teaching staff/Senior Leadership Team/Achievement Leaders to devise and implement individual learning plans to promote pupils’ academic, social, emotional and mental health needs
To observe and monitor pupil progress, adapting an agreed approach to meet particular needs, recording and maintaining records of pupils’ development and progress
Communicating effectively and by working collaboratively with teachers, support staff and external support as required to ensure effective provision for all our pupils
Monitoring pupil’s progress before, during and after intervention to measure the impact of the intervention strategy on progress; include student evaluations
Maintaining a record of evaluations as evidence of effective practice, support and guidance
Networking with other staff with similar roles to share good practice
Planning and delivering after school clubs

At Grange Park, our staff are highly supportive and the school has been rated ‘good’ by Ofsted. We ensure the best outcomes for children through our innovative teaching approach and a creative curriculum, which promotes curiosity. This is further enhanced by our specialist teachers for Spanish, music and sport who deliver quality provision throughout the school. Our children are motivated to achieve, encouraged to be independent and a delight to teach. Pupil voice is encouraged through our School Parliament and Grange Park Family assemblies that celebrate children’s achievements.

Our stimulating learning environment showcases children’s love of learning. Our beautiful grounds, overlooking the heart of Winchmore Hill, which include allotments, fire pit and playing fields enable us to provide enriched outdoor learning experiences such as overnight camping. Children are happy and enjoy school, parents support the school and their children, and staff are friendly and hardworking.

We are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development for all our staff. As part of the Connect Education Trust, we are able to offer opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues. The wellbeing of our staff is an important priority therefore we provide opportunities to ensure we value their hard work and dedication and promote a healthy work-life balance. We are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that our staff can focus on what matters: providing a rich environment in which children can learn and thrive. As part of the Trust, we offer

Well-being days
Employee support hub
Attendance reward scheme
Cycle to work scheme

In line with recent legislation, applicants must have a command of spoken English that is sufficient to effectively carry out duties of the role.

Commitment to safeguarding

Connect Education Trust is committed to safeguarding, therefore all employees working within the Trust must have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of our children and young people. All candidates are required to complete the school’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ declaration and will be asked to apply for an Enhanced Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). For posts in regulated activity, this will include a barred list check. The Trust also requires consent from applicants to carry out online searches of publicly available information, including social media, prior to interview.

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 Grange Park Primary School

School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase: Primary
School size: 808 pupils enrolled
Age range: 3 to 11
Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
School website: Grange Park Primary School website
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Our children are motivated to achieve, encouraged to be independent and a delight to teach. Our stimulating learning environment showcases children’s love of learning. Our beautiful grounds, overlooking the heart of Winchmore Hill, which include allotments, fire pit, school pond and playing fields enable us to provide enriched outdoor learning experiences such as overnight camping and forest school. Children are happy and enjoy school, parents support the school and their children, and staff are friendly and hardworking. Our school is well resourced and every child in year 1- year 6 has their very own chromebook they can use at home and at school.

As part of the Connect Education Trust, we are strongly committed to providing high quality professional development and career progression for all staff. We are constantly reviewing our practices to ensure that our staff can focus on what matters, providing a rich environment in which children can learn and thrive. We are able to offer significant opportunities to work in collaboration with colleagues at Grange Park Primary School and across the Trust. At Grange Park Primary School staff are able to be involved with developments within the curriculum in areas that interest them. We encourage expertise and a staff that supports one another to develop their own practice by creating remarkable futures for all pupils.