LSA Academic Intervention & Behaviour Mentor
Silverstone UTC, Towcester, Northamptonshire, NN12 8TL27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
15 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 9am – 4pm Monday - Friday, term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Scale 5, Point 12: £27711 (FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education and Qualifications
- Relevant qualification in education, SEND, youth work, or a related field
- GCSE-level qualifications in Maths and English (or equivalent)
- Desirable - Holds a recognised qualification relevant to supporting students in an educational or pastoral setting.
- Desirable - Training in relational or restorative practices
- Desirable - ASDAN or equivalent programme delivery training
Experience and knowledge
- Has direct experience supporting students with special educational needs and/or from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Has worked in a specialist provision or alternative education setting
- Has provided mentoring or academic support in a school or youth setting
- Experience delivering targeted interventions in Maths and English
- Has implemented behaviour mentoring strategies or worked with external agencies
- Desirable - Familiar with
curriculum expectations and assessment frameworks for KS4
- Desirable - Has led structured intervention programmes or pastoral initiatives
- Desirable - Has studied or applied theories of child development in practice
Skills and Abilities
- Strong organisational and interpersonal skills
- Able to manage multiple responsibilities and build effective relationships
- Communicates clearly and empathetically across all stakeholders
- Builds rapport with students and maintains professional boundaries
- Ability to implement personalised support plans
- Ability to model expected behaviours and relational values
- Consistently demonstrates kindness, integrity, pride, and determination
- Ability to support
emotional regulation and well-being
- Desirable - Demonstrates leadership
in coordinating support for students
- Desirable - Uses relational
strategies to de-escalate conflict and promote engagement
- Desirable - Has used therapeutic or trauma-informed approaches in practice
- Desirable - Uses relational
strategies to de-escalate conflict and promote engagement
- Desirable - Demonstrates leadership
in coordinating support for students
Other
- Commitment to safeguarding and promoting student welfare
- Commitment to The Silverstone Way and values of kindness, integrity, pride, and determination
- Commitment to relational practices including: listening with purpose, unconditional positive regard, empathy, emotional understanding, and proactive support
- Has completed advanced safeguarding training (Desirable)
What the school offers its staff
Silverstone UTC is a purpose-built centre of excellence for young people wanting to break into the specialist fields of High-Performance Engineering and Business with Events Management. It is based in the very heart of British Motorsport, within the Silverstone circuit, in a stunning multi-million-pound facility.
So why Silverstone UTC? We are different: we are a smaller school, only catering to students in KS4 and KS5. This means you get to know your colleagues and our students very quickly; it also means that the range of planning our teachers need to do is greatly reduced. Our students tell us that they appreciate our more 'grown-up' environment and the preparation it gives them for their future careers. We are supportive and take care to ensure that our staff have a good work-life balance: there is also plenty of experience in the team and around the UTC to help you settle in.
We pride ourselves on building excellent relationships which makes Silverstone UTC a very happy place to work.
Further information about the job
OVERALL PURPOSE OF JOB
- To oversee the academic and pastoral care of targeted Year 10 and Year 11 students, with a particular focus on those with special educational needs (SEN) and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- To provide tailored intervention in Maths and English, supporting students to make meaningful academic progress and build confidence in core subjects.
- To mentor students in a relational and values-driven manner, promoting personal growth, resilience, and positive behaviour.
- To contribute to a holistic approach to student development, addressing academic, personal, and behavioural needs to help each student thrive.
- To uphold The Silverstone Way, consistently modelling and promoting the school’s core values of kindness, integrity, determination, and pride in all aspects of the role.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor and support the academic progress, behaviour, and well-being of targeted Year 10 and Year 11 students, particularly those with SEN and from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- Deliver focused one-on-one and small group interventions in Maths and English to close learning gaps and build student confidence.
- Provide mentoring to address social, emotional, and behavioural challenges, using relational and restorative approaches.
- Develop and implement personalised support plans that promote both academic success and personal development.
- Work collaboratively with teachers, the SENCO, and pastoral staff to identify and address barriers to learning.
- Support strategies to improve attendance, punctuality, and engagement in learning.
- Prepare students for GCSEs by building resilience, study skills, and a growth mindset.
- Maintain regular, positive communication with families to foster strong home-school partnerships.
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of all students, ensuring a safe and inclusive learning environment.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Board of Trustees is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young persons and must ensure that the highest priority is given to following guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will therefore be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Applying for the job
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About Silverstone UTC
- School type
- Free School, ages 14 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 480 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 14 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Silverstone UTC website
- Email address
- laurascott@utc-silverstone.co.uk
Silverstone UTC is a purpose-built centre of excellence for young people wanting to break into the specialist fields of High-Performance Engineering and Business with Events Management. It is based in the very heart of British Motorsport, within the Silverstone circuit, in a stunning multi-million-pound facility.
Arranging a visit to Silverstone UTC
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email laurascott@utc-silverstone.co.uk.
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