Maths Learning Mentor
St Clere's School, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0NW8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2026
Closing date
10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
2 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,132.14 - £28,808.61 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band C
Maths Learning Mentor job summary
Maths Learning Mentor
Thurrock Band C, Point 13 - 19
£25,132.14 - £28,808.61 actual salary per annum
37 hours per week - Monday to Thursday 8am - 4pm, Friday 8am - 3:30pm
38 weeks per year - Term time plus Inset days
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Fixed term to 31st August 2027
Are you a Maths graduate looking for a rewarding way to use your degree? Want to change how young people view numbers and build their confidence?
We are seeking a sharp, enthusiastic Maths Tutor to join our secondary school team and support our students develop their knowledge, understanding and skills in Maths.
The Fast Track to Teaching
This role offers an excellent launchpad for a career in teaching. The successful candidate will be supported in enrolling onto a teacher training programme at our school from September 2027, making this a valuable opportunity to gain paid, in-class experience to support long-term career development.
What you’ll do:
- Targeted support: Deliver high impact sessions for students in Key Stage 4.
- Bridge the gaps: Identify specific learning hurdles and design creative way to overcome them.
- Boost confidence: Turn “I can’t do Maths” into “I’m loving this and I’m a Mathematician”.
What we’re looking for:
- A degree in Maths (or a highly numerical discipline).
- A genuine desire to motivate and inspire secondary school students.
- Top-tier communication skills - you can explain tricky concepts simply and clearly.
- Energy, patience and a positive attitude.
Why join us?
- Work within a supportive, high-achieving Maths department.
- Gain invaluable, hands-on classroom experience.
- For the right person, a clear, structured pathway into developing a fully-fledged teaching career by Autumn 27.
St Clere’s School is a high achieving, oversubscribed school with a “Good” Ofsted rating and consistently high student outcomes, demand for places is increasing year on year. We are a popular choice for families because our students succeed in many ways and are taught by staff who teach with great energy and expertise in an environment that has great facilities.
St Clere’s School is a member of Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the schools’ Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.
What the school can offer:
- 2 week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully subsidised Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
St Clere’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Please refer to our recruitment & selection policy statement (www.osborne.coop/working-with-us) for more information.
Closing date: 10th July 2026 at midday
Interview Date: 16th July 2026
Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate before the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
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 St Clere's School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1438 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- St Clere's School website
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