Learning Support Mentor and DDSL
Chepping View Primary Academy, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4PR25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
February 2025- Pending satisfactory clearance of all pre-employment checks
Closing date
12 December 2025 at 10:59pm
Date listed
17 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £17,637.00 - £18,919.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary pro-rata to hours and weeks worked, estimated gross salary is approximately £17,637 to £18,919 (pro-rata) Based on 26 hours per week and 41 weeks per year (including INSET days as set by the Trust)
Learning Support Mentor and DDSL job summary
Learning Support Mentor and DDSL
| Job title: | Learning Support Mentor and DDSL |
| Salary: | Actual salary pro-rata to hours and weeks worked, estimated gross salary is approximately £17,637 to £18,919 (pro-rata) Based on 26 hours per week and 41 weeks per year (including INSET days as set by the Trust) |
| Hours: | 8:30am-3:30pm 4 days a week (possibility to extend to 5 days) 26 hours per week |
| Weeks: | 39 term time weeks, plus two holiday weeks per annum (including INSET days as set by the Trust) |
| Closing date: | 12thDecember 2025 |
| Contract type: | Permanent |
| Starting date: | February 2025- Pending satisfactory clearance of all pre-employment checks |
| Reporting to: | Lead DSL |
| Benefits: | Trustee Day (one well-being paid day off per year*) *On completion of three month’s employment. |
| Interviews: | Week commencing 15th December 2025 Early applications are encouraged, we reserve the right to interview strong applicants before the closing date of this advert |
The post holder will support individual pupils through mentoring and learning support work, be a deputy designated safeguarding lead with a responsibility for specific cases, including attending core group meetings and case conferences, and supporting families across the academy.
Purpose of the role:
- To support pupils in securing an excellent education at Chepping View Primary Academy and provide an inclusive education for pupils
- To advise and liaise with teachers, SLT, parents and other professionals to best meet the needs of children requiring additional support
- To work as one of the academy’s DSLs
- Treat pupils and staff with dignity, building relationships rooted in mutual respect, and at all times observing proper boundaries appropriate to a teacher’s professional position
Job Description:
The post holder will be expected to carry out the following, for full Job Description please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack
Main responsibilities:
- Work alongside the Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Working with Pupils
- Working with staff
- Relationship with Parents and the Wider community
- Manage Own Performance and Development
- Personal and Professional Conduct
- Maintaining Records, Information Sharing and GDPR
The attached Job Description should be read alongside the range of professional duties of Teachers as set out in the Teacher's Pay and Conditions Document. Teachers should also have due regard to the Teacher Standards.
Person Specification: please refer to the attached Recruitment Pack
Further Information:
For further information please visit our website: www.cvpa.org.uk or to discuss the role further please contact our Principal, Kirsty Elliott, or Vice Principal Sabia Rafique via email at: kelliott@cvpa.school or srafique@CVPA.school alternatively telephone 01494 535 564
Visits:
Visits to the Academy are warmly welcomed but need to be arranged in advance. Please email: office@cvpa.school or call: 01494 535564 to arrange a visit.
How to apply:
Interested candidates should complete the online My New Term application form, please include a personal statement that should outline your suitability for the post by referring to the job description and person specification, please use link provided. Early applications are encouraged, we reserve the right to interview strong applicants before the closing date of this advert.
In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CV's cannot be accepted and you will need to complete an online My New Term application form to be considered for this position.
Shortlisting:
Candidates will be notified if they have been successful for interview. Interviews will be held upon receipt of strong applications
Chepping View Primary Academy and the Inspiring Future’s Partnership Trust are committed to safeguarding children, promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Online searches will be completed prior to shortlisting and an enhanced DBS and qualifications check will be carried out upon appointment of all successful candidates
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 Chepping View Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 423 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chepping View Primary Academy website
Chepping View Primary Academy is a combined primary academy, National Support School and National Behaviour Hub. We are also the founding school of Inspiring Futures Partnership Trust, a small MAT in Buckinghamshire, comprising of 3 schools.
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