Learning Mentor (Pastoral and Behaviour Specialist)

Bedford Free School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2024

• Closing date

  15 July 2024 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 June 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,279.00 - £28,103.00 Annually (FTE) Advantage Schools Support Staff Scale Points 11-15 (£23,974-£25,638 Actual Salary)

Learning Mentor (Pastoral and Behaviour Specialist) job summary

Permanent – 37 hours per week (Hours: 8am-4pm Monday – Thursday, 8am-3.30pm Fridays) Term Time (Including 5 Training Days) plus 2 weeks - 0.9123 FTE.

We are looking to recruit an outstanding and committed professional to join our highly effective Pastoral team. This is a full time, term time only (plus 2 weeks) post which would suit someone who is passionate about helping young people to be ambitious and achieve.

We want someone with very high expectations who loves working with young people and is ambitious to see them achieve. You will want to be a part of a team that believes young people in Bedford deserve the very best quality of education.

You will be a resilient team player with a can-do attitude, will be flexible, organised and able to use your own initiative and problem-solve.

The pastoral leadership team is friendly and cohesive and works with teachers and other support staff, ‘going the extra mile’ to ensure that we provide the very best for our pupils and families. It is important to us that you buy-in to and share the ethos and vision of the school.

The role will include:

To assist the SEND and pastoral teams in creating, administrating, and overseeing programmes of support with regards to pupils with challenging behaviours.

To supervise the ‘Behaviour Intervention’ room following a breach of the school’s behaviour or uniform policy.

To provide one-to-one or group support.

To lead and/or attend regular meetings to provide information for review and evaluation purposes – with for example parent/carers and external agencies.

To maintain appropriate records as required by the school e.g. behaviour analysis, registers, progress reports, files etc.

To develop and monitor Pastoral Support Plans or the equivalent in liaison with the Assistant Principal, Behaviour Lead, SEND and Pastoral Teams.

To maintain and update resources available to support learning.

To organise pupil inductions where necessary (usually for any pupils with historically challenging behaviour) in liaison with the Assistant Principal, Behaviour Lead, SEND and Pastoral Teams.

To participate proactively in marketing and promotion activities e.g. Open Evenings/Days.

WHY BFS?

RESPECT, HONESTY, HIGH EXPECTATIONS

At BFS our values drive everything that we do and as a result our teachers enjoy impeccable behaviour in lessons and hardworking, highly motivated pupils. BFS is a genuinely comprehensive school that provides a knowledge-based education for pupils of all backgrounds.

PARENTAL CHOICE

With waiting lists in each year group and 2019 GCSE results placing us amongst the top schools in the country for progress, we are a hugely popular school. Demand for places is very high as parents want the combination of a BFS education and our distinctive small school feel for their children.

ABOUT ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

Our values are aspiration, honesty and respect and our vision is to create a family of exceptional schools, within which students are empowered and supported to achieve extraordinary outcomes. We currently run four schools in Bedfordshire – Bedford Free School (secondary, Ofsted outstanding), Houstone School (secondary, not yet inspected), Elstow School (primary, Ofsted good), Queen’s Park Academy (primary, Ofsted good) and Laburnum Primary School (primary). Our pupils will leave our schools prepared for a fulfilling life, including the opportunity to go to a great university and pursue the career of their choice. To achieve this, our network of schools teach an academic, knowledge-rich curriculum enhanced by an entitlement to enrichment for all.

We achieve our goals through the recruitment and retention of the best colleagues and school leaders, developing talent through sector-leading professional learning. We foster collaborative work, both across our trust and our extensive network of professional contacts, to ensure our staff can learn from and contribute significantly to the wider educational system.

We believe great staff make a great school, so we look after our colleagues well. We value hard work, but we do all we can to identify and eliminate unnecessary workload that could result in burnout.

For more detail please look at the job description and person specification.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to interview early and close the post should a suitable candidate/applicant apply.

For a confidential discussion about the position please contact Esther Logan, PA to the Principal on 01234 332290 or email elogan@bedfordfreeschool.co.uk.

Safeguarding children enrolled at the school is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our students. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding children enrolled at the School is of paramount importance, and we are fully committed to the protection and safe care of our pupils. The successful applicant will be required to undertake appropriate checks as well as providing proof of your right to work in the UK.

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About Bedford Free School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 508 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
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• School website: Bedford Free School website (opens in new tab)
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Set up in 2012 by local teachers and parents, Bedford Free School exists to offer families a choice in Bedford.

Bedford Free School is a unique school with a fantastic educational offer. We really do believe that our pupils can go on to achieve extraordinary things. In our young history, we have proved they can and we are now one of the highest performing secondary schools not only in the area, but in the country.

BFS is a small school of only around 500 pupils, so staff get to know each pupil as an individual and we have a family feel. This allows us to encourage, demand and collectively strive for academic and personal success.

We believe that all pupils deserve a ‘grammar-school’ style education, with access to an academic curriculum, strong discipline, high expectations and access to highly selective universities, and a wide range of extra-curricular activities.

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