Learning Mentor (Years 7-11)

The Belvedere Academy, Liverpool, Merseyside, L8 3TF

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  30 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Part time (30 hours per week, to be agreed with the Principal). Term time only plus 5 days (37.2 working weeks)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: Grade 4 (£19,430 - £21,783 actual salary) depending on experience (NJC pay award pending)

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and creative Learning Mentor. This is an excellent opportunity for a solution-focused, flexible and empathetic individual to join an innovative and successful academy.

The role will include supporting individual pupils as well as organising and running group activities and helping our Heads of Year ensure the emotional wellbeing of our pupils. We strive to create an atmosphere in which our pupils feel safe and relaxed and able to thrive - you will be at the centre of making this happen.

What the school offers its staff

Belvedere was the first independent school to become an academy and is continuing the traditions and standards of its predecessor school. We have high expectations of all our students and we support them with excellent pastoral care. Our staff believe in and uphold a relational approach to our children and we work together to create a safe space where all students can thrive. Our approach was validated by OFSTED in February 2025 where we were graded as Outstanding for both Behaviour and attitudes and Personal Development.

The Belvedere Academy and the GDST are committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.

The Belvedere Academy and the GDST are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches, and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Learning Mentor - Job Description & Personal Specification.pdf - 269 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Belvedere Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1128 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Belvedere Academy website
• Email address: hannah.evans@belvedereacademy.net
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-belvedere-academy

The Belvedere Academy was the first independent school to become an academy and is continuing the traditions and standards of its predecessor school. We are part of the Girls’ Day Schools Trust (GDST), the largest all girls multi-academy trust in the country. The GDST is at the cutting edge of shaping girls’ education and puts at its forefront the importance of girls being future changemakers.

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