LEARNING MENTOR

Putteridge Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8HJ

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  22 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,889.00 - £16,235.00 Annually (Actual)

LEARNING MENTOR job summary

ABOUT US:

Putteridge Primary School is an exciting and stimulating learning environment to work in. As a team of professionals, we continually challenge the status quo so that we can work to the greatest effect in order for all children to achieve and progress to their fullest potential.

We are a very popular and vibrant 3 form entry primary school on the Hertfordshire / Luton border. We have invested heavily to ensure that this is a quality learning environment for the children and a wonderful workplace for the whole staff. We are continually developing our culture so that we can embed excellence at all levels.

ABOUT THE POSITION:

We are looking to appoint an outstanding practitioner to work with identified children across the school, in order to further raise their self-esteem, aspirations and academic performance. The successful candidate will be proactive, positive and flexible, a great team player with excellent communication skills and will be responsible for the development of effective mentoring relationships with both children and their parents, working alongside our full-time Learning Mentor.

We welcome applications from experienced learning mentors or from those with other relevant and recent experience of working with children or young people, who can demonstrate their ability to engage children, especially boys, from a range of backgrounds. The position will require you to work with a range of pupils with Emotional, Social and Behavioural difficulties as part of our Inclusion Team, providing support in class and small group/1:1 sessions out of class as appropriate; an experience or awareness of working with people with SEND would be advantageous.

The hours of working will be:

Monday to Thursday - 8.30am – 1.00pm

Friday - 8.30am – 12.00pm

APPLICATION PROCESS:

If reading this has inspired you, we would love to meet you and would actively encourage you to come and visit us.

Please contact Sandra Kenneford on 01582 728262 to make an appointment or email sandra.kenneford@putteridgeprimaryschool.org.uk

Our Website: www.putteridgeprimaryschool.org.uk

Please ensure you address all of the criteria on the Person Specification and provide specific examples, including impact, to demonstrate how you meet each of the criterion.

Closing date for applications: Midnight on Sunday 22nd June 2025

Interview date: TBC

(Please note that if you are invited to interview, you will be required to lead a group session with pupils as part of the recruitment process).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

CVs will not be accepted for posts based in school, application must be made on the form provided. Putteridge Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Criminal Records Bureau.

AVAILABLE DOCUMENTS

Learning Mentor Job Description and Person Specifications

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Putteridge Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 618 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Putteridge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/putteridge-primary-school

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