Senior Learning Mentor

Farsley Farfield Primary School, Pudsey, West Yorkshire, LS28 5ED

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 28 hours per week, over at least 4 days.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £21,062 - £22,138

What skills and experience we're looking for

Farsley Farfield Primary School is seeking to appoint a Senior Learning Mentor at its busy campus just off the ring road on the border between Leeds and Bradford. The post-holder will lead a small team of part-time assistant mentors across its two sites, providing pastoral, safeguarding and family support for our diverse school community.

We are a very inclusive school, with at least 30 children in receipt of funding for their SEND needs. Ofsted described our provision for SEND as ‘exceptional’. The inspector also described our safeguarding provision as ‘highly effective’ in her feedback. Can you help us to sustain and build on our excellent practice in these areas?

The successful candidate needs to be the sort of person that is optimistic, imaginative and energetic. Experience of successfully leading family, pastoral and/or safeguarding support previously would be a significant advantage.

Are you:

• Looking for a post where you can really make a difference and have significant responsibility?

• Able to provide effective pastoral and family support?

• Able to work diligently to secure positive outcomes for the most vulnerable children and those needing protection?

• Able to lead, challenge and empower staff, parents, carers and children?

• An excellent role model and effective at motivating and supporting a team?

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• A fabulous mix of children - socio-economically, ethnically and in terms of academic standards - and supportive wider school community

• Engaging children who are enthusiastic and excited to learn

• Plenty of space, inside and out, to provide wonderful learning, sporting and recreational opportunities - the best primary school grounds a recent DfE surveyor had ever seen

• Talented, hardworking and imaginative staff who make working together a pleasure

• Supportive families

• A commitment to your professional development

Flexible working opportunities

This post is less than full-time - 28 hours across at least 4 days. We are open to some negotiation and flexibility around this and could agree slightly reduced hours if this suited a strong candidate. This post is term-time only to start as soon as possible.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

An ability or willingness to drive a minibus would be welcome. Confidence with IT would be essential.

Farsley Farfield Primary School is a large, popular, consistently ‘good’ school with an intake of 60 and 440 pupils on roll (including up to 52 nursery children). In 2017, we were awarded prestigious TES national Healthy School of the Year in recognition of our extensive and ambitious work on food and physical activity.

We are a split-site school on one fabulous green campus. This post will operate on both sites which are 200-300m apart - you will get your ‘steps’ in! This is a rewarding place to work.

We would welcome you to visit our lovely school prior to submitting your application. Please email the school if you would like to arrange this. We would also strongly recommend browsing our website and class blogs to get an insight into our school and our ways of working.

Closing date: 10 am Friday 25th September

Interview and assessment day: w/c 5th October

Application forms are to be emailed directly to office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk. CVs not accepted.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Senior Learning Mentor Job Description and Person Spec.pdf - 111 KB (opens in new tab)

About Farsley Farfield Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 444 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Farsley Farfield Primary School website
• Email address: office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk
• Phone number: 01132058130
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/farsley-farfield-primary-school

Arranging a visit to Farsley Farfield Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@farsleyfarfield.org.uk.

School location

Get a job alert when similar jobs are listed

Find more school jobs in West Yorkshire