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  • Start date details

    To be confirmed

  • Closing date

    1 June 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    1 May 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37 hours per full, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full time equivalent salary

£34,434 - £36,363

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Position

The role of the Learning Mentor is to engage vulnerable or challenging pupils in their learning through provision of high quality early intervention that impacts positively on pupil welfare, attendance, progress and behaviour, and to provide support to the Principal. The successful candidate will be attached to a specific year group and work with the inclusion officer to remove barriers to learning, enhance attendance and engagement and work hard to secure the best outcomes for our students.

What you will offer

The successful candidate would need to be able to work well as part of a team and be confident working one to one with pupils.

What the school offers its staff

What we will offer

You will be joining a friendly and engaging workplace with benefits including:

  • Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

  • A strong commitment to professional development

  • We strive to be a family friendly employer

  • Employee counselling service

Cycle to work scheme

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.

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.

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About Ipswich Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
981 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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"Good" co-educational Secondary school - ages 11-16

School location

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