Sixth Form Student Support Officer and Learning Mentor
Roundwood Park School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 3AEThis job expired on 12 March 2024 – see similar jobs
Start date details
Immediate
Closing date
12 March 2024 at 7am
Date listed
15 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £20,770.00 - £22,581.00 Annually (Actual) H6 (Pts14-19)
Sixth Form Student Support Officer and Learning Mentor job summary
Sixth Form Student Support Officer and Learning Mentor
32.5 hours per week Monday-Friday, but we are happy to consider flexible start and finish times, and job-sharing
Term-time (38 weeks) plus two training days
Pay Scale: H6 (Points 14-19)
Paid salary reflecting actual hours/weeks: £20,770 - £22,581 (for 32.5 hours)
Our Sixth Form is large, popular and growing. It is also a fun place to work, lively with students who share our passion that they should leave us in due course equipped to make the world a better place through their determined kindness and love of learning. You can find out much more about our sixth form on our website https://roundwoodpark.co.uk/sixth-form-welcome/
This role is based in the very large Sixth Form study area and works very closely with the sixth form leadership team to deliver comprehensive and direct pastoral support and care to all sixth form students, including managing and mentoring study habits. This will include engagement with the whole sixth form body when supervising workspaces, but also group and individual mentoring; there will be a particular emphasis on support for disadvantaged students.
Our OFSTED grading has recently been confirmed as Outstanding (November 2023) and the inspection team have written that:
‘Staff say that they are very well supported. Staff feel valued. They have high praise for how leaders look after the staff’s well-being and their workload.’
‘A school of exceptional quality.’
‘Pupils meet leaders’ exceptionally high expectations for their work, personal development and behaviour.’
‘A highly ambitious curriculum is in place for all pupils. A broad and rich curriculum prepares pupils exceptionally well.’
‘Students in the sixth form plan and run house activities. They lead on initiatives to improve aspects of the school, such as how to make their community more sustainable.’
‘Sixth form students are excellent role models for others.’
You can find out more about us from our website or from our various very lively social media pages.
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You are very welcome to visit before you decide whether you may wish to apply, and you are encouraged to do so.
We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
We will interview as soon as we have a strong field, and we may close this advert early.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of children’s welfare. We also have a sincere commitment to equal opportunity and to the celebration of diversity, including in our staff recruitment. We welcome applications from all sections of our community very warmly, and we recognise the huge strength and opportunity that comes from diversity in all aspects of our make-up. We will need to obtain references in advance of interview for any candidate short- listed, and all job offers are subject to satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.
About Roundwood Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1370 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Roundwood Park School website
Roundwood Park is a high achieving 11-18 school in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. The school carries an Outstanding rating from Ofsted and enjoys an excellent reputation, both locally and nationally. We have a large and expanding Sixth Form.
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