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Specialist Learning Mentor

Exmouth Community College, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3AF

This job expired on 8 June 2026 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • HLTA (higher level teaching assistant)
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 30 hours a WK / 38 WK per annum Mon-Fri 8.30-3.00pm (with an unpaid 30 minute lunch break).
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade D SCP 8-14 (Actual starting salary £18,227.06 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Exmouth Community College are looking for an experienced Specialist Learning Mentor to join thoer excellent Learning Mentor team.

• Perhaps the most important aspect to this role will be the ability of the candidate to connect with a young person as they transition into secondary school.
• The post is linked to a student with an Education, Health and Care Plan and is offered on a fixed term basis. The student is starting at Exmouth Community College in September 2025
• Essentially, this Learning Mentor is a specialist TA for a deaf student employed to plan and provide support to a profoundly deaf student to enable them to access the curriculum.
• The post holder will need to:
  • Have previous experience of supporting students at school.
  • Be able to connect with, enthuse and engage with this.
  • Be actively involved in planning and implementing support programmes for deaf students with guidance from the Advisory Teacher of the Deaf.
  • Be able to support other staff in the school working with deaf and hearing impaired students.
  • The post holder will preferably hold a level 2 BSL qualification.

If you are able to meet the requirements of this role, we would love to hear from you.

Full details and an application form can be downloaded here: Ted Wragg Multi-Academy Trust - Vacancies (tedwraggtrust.co.uk)

Closing date: 8th June 2026 (This job advert may close early if sufficient applications are received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if you are interested)

Interview date: W/C 14th June 2026

The Ted Wragg Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments will be subject to a number of safeguarding checks including an enhanced DBS check.

What the school offers its staff

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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

Exmouth Community College is committed to providing the best possible care and education to our pupils and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff to share this commitment. As part of our commitment, we need to ensure that all potential employees satisfy our employment checks. Please note that where appropriate, shortlisted and/or potentially suitable applicants will be required to undertake further checks. A satisfactory Enhanced DBS Disclosure (with Barred List check) will be required before the successful candidate can commence employment at Exmouth Community College.

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Additional documents

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

Specialist Learning Mentor JP.pdf - 1.43 MB (opens in new tab)

About Exmouth Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 2103 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Exmouth Community College website
• Email address: samantha.stirling@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01395 264761
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/exmouth-community-college-exmouth

Exmouth Community College is one of the largest secondary schools in the country with over 2,200 students currently enrolled (over 300 of these in Post 16). The College, which converted to Academy status in April 2011, is set in a leafy split-site location. Our catchment area extends northwards towards Exeter city and eastwards to include Budleigh Salterton and many attractive rural villages. The College embraces working as part of the community and has strong local partnerships.

Our mission is to provide a well-structured, enjoyable, and positive approach to learning that rewards student success and allows for individual aptitudes to flourish. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive College that caters to all abilities.

Our College provides a safe, secure, and non-threatening environment in which students can develop consideration for others, self-discipline and positive relationships. We strive to offer an education that prepares students for their future.

The Exmouth Community College Trust is overseen by the Governing Board who are committed to delivering the best comprehensive education for the young people of Exmouth and the surrounding villages.

We put the development of staff at the centre of our philosophy, including a unique Assistant Headteacher role with responsibility for our staff and their development. We take it really seriously, and very much subscribe to Richard Branson's mantra to develop our staff well enough so they can leave but treat them well enough so they don't want to.

There is a really strong sense of community at ECC. Through us all working together as staff, families and governors, and pulling together as one community, we will continue the great work to build a College that caters brilliantly for its community and prepares our young people for their future.

Exmouth Community College is a fully comprehensive academy committed to giving the best education and opportunities to all of our students. We invite you to explore our website to find out more about our College.

Arranging a visit to Exmouth Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email samantha.stirling@exmouthcollege.devon.sch.uk.

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