Learning Mentor
The Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis, Dorset, DT7 3LX10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
30 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 30 hours per week Monday - Friday, part time paid weeks 44.85
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year commencing 1st September 2026
Pay scale
- Grade 6 (6-9)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking to appoint a passionate and ambitious Learning Mentor to join our dedicated pastoral and student support team in Dorset’s top-performing school.
This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with students across Key Stages 3, 4 and 5, providing targeted academic, emotional, and behavioural support to help them overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential. You will be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team committed to student wellbeing, inclusion, and success.
Our students are motivated, hardworking, and eager to excel, creating a positive and purposeful learning environment. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal skills, a nurturing approach, and a genuine passion for supporting young people to thrive both academically and personally. Experience of working with children or young people in an educational, pastoral, or mentoring capacity would be advantageous.
We welcome applications from both experienced Learning Mentors and those looking to develop their career within education and student support. A comprehensive programme of induction, mentoring, and professional development is in place to ensure all staff flourish.
Join us and be part of a school where staff are valued, supported, and inspired to make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people every day.
What the school offers its staff
The Woodroffe School is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where dedicated professionals share a deep commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and where students flourish both in and beyond the classroom.
As an 11–18 Local Authority maintained secondary school, we are proud to uphold a strong culture of teacher professionalism and autonomy. We believe that, in order to genuinely meet students’ needs, teachers must be empowered to drive curriculum planning and classroom practice; centrally imposed, one-size-fits-all approaches simply do not work.
Our aim is to develop the whole child. Built on rigorous academic foundations and enriched by a wide-ranging extracurricular programme, our curriculum supports students to succeed not only academically, but also as confident, thoughtful, and engaged members of society.
We are one of only 34 Maths Hub schools in the country.
Working for The Woodroffe School
We take pride in looking after our staff. We know that happy, healthy staff are at their best, when we place wellbeing at the heart of what we do. Our comprehensive wellbeing programme and commitment to a sustainable work–life balance ensure staff have the time, energy, and space to enjoy the activities that make living in this spectacular coastal location fulfilling.
At Woodroffe, you will also benefit from high-quality professional development, with clear pathways for career progression and opportunities for promotion within the school.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Woodroffe School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 978 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Woodroffe School website
- Email address
- rrattenbury@woodroffe.dorset.sch.uk
The Woodroffe School is a vibrant and rewarding place to work, where dedicated professionals share a deep commitment to high-quality teaching and learning, and where students flourish both in and beyond the classroom.
As an 11–18 Local Authority maintained secondary school, we are proud to uphold a strong culture of teacher professionalism and autonomy. We believe that, in order to genuinely meet students’ needs, teachers must be empowered to drive curriculum planning and classroom practice; centrally imposed, one-size-fits-all approaches simply do not work.
Our aim is to develop the whole child. Built on rigorous academic foundations and enriched by a wide-ranging extracurricular programme, our curriculum supports students to succeed not only academically, but also as confident, thoughtful, and engaged members of society.
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