Personalised Learning Coordinator
Ridgewood School, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN5 7UB6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible after appointment
Closing date
11 February 2026 at 8am
Date listed
28 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,586.00 - £24,457.00 Annually (Actual)
Personalised Learning Coordinator job summary
Main duties and responsibilities
Support the Personalised Leaning Coordinator (PLC) in designing, implementing, and overseeing personalised learning programmes for individual students or small groups, ensuring progress is tracked and monitored.
Collaborate with the Inclusion Team to provide tailored support and guidance for students accessing personalised learning.
Work closely with Curriculum Leaders to resource and enhance the Star Centre’s curriculum offer, ensuring that it meets the diverse needs of students.
Liaise with families to support strong academic outcomes through clear and consistent communication, helping them provide effective support at home.
Coordinate access arrangements for students, including EAL support and exam provisions, ensuring their needs are identified and addressed appropriately.
Mentor students within the Star Centre, acting as key point of contact and providing regular updates on progress.
Support the PLC to develop and manage timetables for the Star Centre provision, ensuring staff are informed about students’ schedules and provisions.
Communicate effectively with staff regarding both short-term and long-term plans for students accessing personalised learning or alternative curricula.
Collaborate with the attendance team to support smooth transitions and positive starts for new admissions to Ridgewood, ensuring all necessary arrangements are in place.
Organise and run Star Centre detentions for identified students, providing a structured and restorative approach to behaviour management.
Administrative and Community Liaison Responsibilities:
Support the smooth operation of the Star Centre provision by maintaining an efficient administrative system and updating records regularly.
Engage actively with the Performance Management Review process.
Support the Inclusion Team in delivering targeted intervention groups that align with the specific needs of students.
Maintain a collaborative working environment by attending
Health, Safety, and Welfare:
Take responsibility for personal health, safety, and welfare, as well as that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.
Comply with all health, safety, and welfare policies set by the school.
Miscellaneous:
Uphold and promote the school’s distinctive mission, ethos, and policies.
Dress professionally in accordance with the school dress code.
Perform other reasonable duties as requested by the Headteacher to meet the evolving needs of the school.
Undertake appropriate training to enhance the effectiveness of your role.
What makes Ridgewood School special?
At Ridgewood School we are extremely proud of our school and the high quality of education that we provide, including our popular and highly successful Sixth Form. Our school motto, ‘Prepare for the road ahead,’ represents our belief in preparing our students for their future, not only in terms of academic achievement, but also in terms of the training, enrichment and experiences which will enable them to become model citizens and responsible members of the community. Our school values: Respect-Responsibility-Resilience, underpin what we do every day and contribute to our ethos in everything we undertake as a school community. In our most recent Ofsted, we achieved a ‘Good’ rating in all categories, and we are committed to this trajectory of success for our students as we aspire to move from ‘Good to Great.’ As part of this journey, in July 2023, we joined Leger Education Trust and collaborate with other schools within the trust to develop both our students and staff and be the very best that we can be.
We are looking to appoint a friendly and adaptable Personalised Learning Assistant who will play a pivotal role in fostering high levels of student behaviour, engagement, and attainment across the school.
Why is the role of Personalised Learning Assistant right for you?
We are committed to offering the staff who work at Ridgewood every opportunity to become the best they can be. Our training packages, for staff at all stages of their careers, are second to none. As well as our whole school and departmental training, we also offer a personalised coaching programme, NPQs and bespoke CPD, relevant to the person’s role. In 2025, we received the Teacher Development Trust Gold Award, demonstrating our commitment and passion to providing excellent CPD for all teaching and associate staff.
If you are seeking a dynamic, innovative and caring school, dedicated to the development of staff and our students’ success, Ridgewood is the school for you.
Candidates are required to possess GCSE Maths and English Grade C or above.
We strongly encourage visits from potential candidates - please contact the school to arrange this.
The closing date for this post is 9am Wednesday 11 February 2025. Interviews will be held soon after.
Ridgewood School reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date above.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure.
The school operates a no smoking policy.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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 Ridgewood School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1453 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Ridgewood School website
Staff and students at Ridgewood work hard every day to embody the school’s core values: Respect, Responsibility and Resilience. We are enjoying a trajectory of continued success and look forward to welcoming a successful applicant who can join us on our journey. We are incredibly proud of the progress we have made as a school, having laid strong foundations for further improvement going forward.
Our school motto, ‘Prepare for the road ahead’, represents our belief in preparing our staff and students for their future. We exemplify our motto not only in terms of academic achievement, but also in terms of the training, enrichment and experiences which make us all model citizens. Our school values underpin what we do and contribute to our ethos in everything we undertake as a school community. We set our standards high and do not compromise, because we believe in the best for everyone.
Never has there been a better time to join us. We are in the early stages of planning a multi-million-pound new build that will ensure that the staff and students benefit from 21st Century resources. We are regularly oversubscribed in Year 7 and our Post-16 provision is thriving.
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