2 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

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

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.

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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
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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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