Learning Mentor
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, SL7 2BR2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
16 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
10 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Subject
- Learning Mentor
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,625.00 - £27,770.00 Annually (FTE) £12,333 - £ 13, 365 (Actual Salary)
Learning Mentor job summary
Learning Mentor
- 21 Hours per Week
- 0.60 FTE 08:30-16:00 (there hours are preferable, however as an employer we support flexible work, and we are open to discussing and agreeing working hours)
- 39 weeks per year (term time plus 1 week)
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Borlase for a Learning Mentor to join the scgand pastoral team to support the learning progress and wellbeing of our pupils.
Learning Mentors are invaluable members of our Key Stage Teams, helping pupils to develop academically and personally.
Mentors support pupils in their study skills, organisation and time management to achieve their academic potential; equally they support the pastoral and emotional wellbeing of the pupils in their key stage to enable them to be happy and confident young people.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for further information.
Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust has a responsibility for and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and for ensuring that they are protected from harm, therefore it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
The post is subject to an enhanced DBS including the children's barred list check and qualifications check.
As part of Sir William Borlase's Grammar School and the Marlow Education Trust's pre-recruitment due diligence checks, online searches may be conducted for shortlisted candidates.
We welcome applicants from a diverse range of cultures and all sections of our community.
Please note that applications will be reviewed as received and should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early. Therefore, early application is encouraged.
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Sir William Borlase's Grammar School website
Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School is an Outstanding selective-entry, co-educational grammar school located in the centre of the attractive riverside town of Marlow, Buckinghamshire. Heavily oversubscribed, the school has an excellent academic record at both GCSE and A Level. Our highly - motivated students and enthusiastic teachers thrive in our distinctive, vibrant teaching and learning environment. We offer a broad and rich curriculum and have an excellent reputation for our wider opportunities including STEM, Sport, Performing Arts, Creative Writing, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Expeditions and many other extra-curricular activities.
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