19 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    22 April 2025 at 8am

  • Date listed

    25 March 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time, part time: SEND Learning Mentor Required for April/May 2025 Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time Term Time With flexible working pattern considered 37 hours per week maximum, 39 weeks per year including 37 hours maximum directed time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Kent Scheme Salaries KSD £26,393-£27,713 per annum pro rata to hours worked

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative colleague to join our team of committed professionals within our friendly SEND team. The post holder will assist the SENCO and Assistant to the SENCO in supporting students with SEND and medical needs. The SEND Learning Mentor will oversee students within our Student Support Room working closely with teachers to support the pastoral and academic work for students with SEND and medical needs. The Learning Mentor will also act as a Cover Supervisor. This post is open to flexible working in terms of start/finish time and for days of the week worked.

What the school offers its staff

The postholder will receive a payment in respect of their pro rata entitlement to Annual Leave appropriate to their grade, Bank Holidays and the KCC concessionary day which is included in the salary above.

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and Benenden Healthcare Scheme. Support Staff will be automatically enrolled in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

Flexible working opportunities

This post is open to flexible working in terms of start/finish time and for days of the week worked.

Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time Term Time

With flexible working pattern considered

37 hours per week maximum, 39 weeks per year including37 hours maximum directed time

Commitment to safeguarding

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Applying for the job

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About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1244 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Email address
mstarns@mggs.org

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY

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