7 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    13 July 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    1 July 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Subjects

Special Education Needs (SEN), Learning Mentor

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,049.00 - £26,520.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

SEND Learning Mentor job summary

We are looking for a SEND Learning Mentor to join our team here at Nottingham Girls' Academy

The successful Learning Mentor will support Teachers to ensure that pupils, specifically those with additional needs, engage more effectively with their learning and help increase levels of achievement through appropriate provision.

The ideal candidates will:

  • be able to demonstrate a range of behaviour management strategies;
  • be well organised and have high expectations of achievement and behaviour;
  • have the ability to engage constructively with and relate to a wide range of young people from different backgrounds;
  • possess excellent communication skills, at all levels;
  • significant experience in a SEND Teaching Assistant/Mentor Role. Special School experience would be an advantage.

Experience with academic interventions, for example: Catch up Literacy, Catch up Numeracy, ELSA and barriers to learning including: SEMH, ASD, EAL and literacy difficulties, would be desirable.

About us:

The Nottingham Girls’ Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), based on the outskirts of Nottingham, provides 11-19 education for over 900 pupils. The academy, led by the Executive Principal, David Tungate, has a clear vision for the future. Through high standards in teaching and pastoral care, they are determined that pupils are able to achieve great results and leave as confident, compassionate and articulate young women, with the skills to support them through the rest of their lives.

Research has shown that a single sex environment empowers girls to realise their potential and through the dedicated and specialist care on offer, the academy aims to support this through teaching focused solely upon the needs of girls.

More information can be found here: https://www.nottinghamgirlsacademy.org/

In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:

Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.

  • A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
  • Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
  • Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
  • Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
  • Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
  • Dedicated ECT support programme
  • Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
  • Access to savings in childcare costs
  • Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
  • Generous annual leave allocation
  • Automatic pay progression
  • Free parking on all sites
  • Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
  • Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.

The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.

All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.

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

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About Nottingham Girls' Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
888 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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About us:

The Nottingham Girls’ Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), based on the outskirts of Nottingham, provides 11-19 education for over 800 pupils. The academy, led by the Principal, David Tungate, has a clear vision for the future. Through high standards in teaching and pastoral care, they are determined that pupils are able to achieve great results and leave as confident, compassionate and articulate young women, with the skills to support them through the rest of their lives.

Research has shown that a single sex environment empowers girls to realise their potential and through the dedicated and specialist care on offer, the academy aims to support this through teaching focused solely upon the needs of girls.

More information can be found here: https://www.nottinghamgirlsacademy.org/

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