Learning Mentor
Sir John Heron Primary School, London, E12 5PY12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
19 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
6 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- From £25,422 to £28,527, depending on experience
Pay scale
- Scale 4 to 5 salary range
What skills and experience we're looking for
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Learning Mentor to work as part of our successful pastoral team. We seek to appoint an experienced Learning Mentor, who has experience of working with children facing difficulties in school because of social, emotional, personal or behavioural challenges. You will be responsible for working across the school, to support the children in overcoming their barriers to learning and fully engage in lessons.
The successful candidate will:
- Have recent experience of working in a mentoring role with young people, including individuals and groups in an educational or youth work establishment.
- Have a good understanding of safeguarding and be aware of the avenues to explore and sign post the school community for early help.
- Make a valuable contribution to the teaching and learning of children facing barriers to learning.
- Have a passion for supporting all children to succeed.
- Be able to work under the direction of the SENCo as well as independently.
- Be able to work effectively within a supportive, committed and successful pastoral team.
- Collaborate with parents, carers and other professionals to ensure a holistic approach to each child's development.
- Have high aspirations for themselves and a commitment to further development.
What the school offers its staff
We have a supportive, welcoming staff, committed to providing a learning environment which is safe, secure and stimulating.
What can we offer you?
- Wonderful and well-behaved pupils that love to learn.
- Excellent relationships with our families and wider community.
- Supportive leadership team with clear focus and direction.
- A belief in collaboration and peer to peer support.
- Excellent CPD opportunities.
- A commitment to enabling our staff to have a positive work life balance.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Sir John Heron Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 473 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir John Heron Primary School website
- Email address
- info@sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02085149860
Sir John Heron Primary School is a two-form entry community school located in the culturally and socially diverse community of Manor Park. We are extremely proud of our happy and inclusive school in which we put the children at the heart of everything we do. Our vision is to create a challenging and purposeful curriculum that develops all of our pupils and creates a lifelong love of learning.
Arranging a visit to Sir John Heron Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email info@sirjohnheron.newham.sch.uk.
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