Learning Mentor

Ruskin Academy, Wellingborough, NN8 3EG

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st May 2026

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 11pm

• Date listed

  25 March 2026

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: £26,824.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE)

Learning Mentor job summary

Learning Mentor

Salary: FTE £26,824.00- £27,254.00

Grade G points 8-9

Monday to Friday, Term Time + 5 Training days.

Permanent role.

Ruskin Academy is looking to recruit an energetic and highly motivated Learning Mentor to provide support in matters of educational engagement and emotional aspects of learning.

Duties will include providing support and guidance to children and those engaged with them, by removing barriers to learning in order to promote effective participation, enhance individual learning, raise aspirations and achieve their potential.

We require the following attributes:

• Have a good level of education.

• Be a strong communicator with excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to engage with pupils and parents / carers.

• Have the ability to intervene with behaviour issues.

• Promote the school in a positive manner at all times and share in the corporate responsibility for the well-being and safeguarding of all pupils.

We can offer you:

• An exciting opportunity to join the Lion Academy Trust, a forward looking and innovative Multi-Academy Trust.

• A vibrant, improving school with rewards and opportunities for motivated and committed individuals.

• Lively, friendly and aspirational children who are determined to make the most of their schooling.

• A dynamic & dedicated team of staff who are all committed to providing the best possible opportunities for good outcomes for all children.

Closing Date: 27th March 2026

Interviews expected to be held w/c 13th April 2026

Any CV’s submitted without a fully completed application form will not be considered.

The Lion Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer who is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, the successful applicant must provide two satisfactory references, one of which must be from their most recent or current employer, and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will be required to complete a medical check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful candidate will require two positive references from current and previous employers. The position is subject to an enhanced DBS and medical checks.

The Lion Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Ruskin Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 250 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ruskin Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ruskin-academy

Ruskin Academy are an inclusive, caring school in Wellingborough where every child matters. We recognise that all children have talents and abilities to celebrate, and part of our role is to help children to discover these. We challenge and develop our children to become curious, autonomous learners who are inspired and stimulated through a rich and varied curriculum that is appropriate to their individual needs. We develop children’s learning skills and, by setting high expectations and exacting standards, we prepare our children to flourish, and have high self-esteem and self-belief.

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