Job Title: Learning Mentor
Actual Annual Salary: £23,288 - £25,407
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £30,963 - £33,779 (CLF Grade D). Based on 37 hours per week.
Contract Type: Permanent, Term time only + insets day
Hours: Part-time, 32.5 hours per week (6.5 hours per day)
Start Date: 1 September 2025
Broadoak Academy is looking for a Learning Mentor to join their supportive and talented team:
The Learning Mentor will provide pastoral care and actively engage with the safeguarding team to protect and support our community members. You will work with and support designated students to overcome barriers to learning by identifying specific difficulties and creating solutions. They will promote effective participation, encourage pride in achievement and raise aspirations to enable students to achieve to their full potential. They will deliver measurable impact on student attainment as well as their social and emotional well-being.
The postholder will promote high expectations and high standards for a designated cohort of students. They will monitor and support academic and social development with specific students and work with other members of the pastoral and inclusion teams to support a designated student cohort
About you:
You will have:
- Good literacy and numeracy skills evidenced by 5 GCSE’s grades C or above
- Understanding of a range of issues that can affect young people and disadvantaged sections of community.
- Knowledge of a relevant range of support services
- Experience of working with children with additional needs
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About Broadoak Academy:
Broadoak Academy is an ever-growing secondary school located in Weston-Super-Mare and is quickly becoming the school of choice for parents in the Town. We are very proud to be an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school. We have a strong sense of belonging and community, and as such, we work together to offer students a well- balanced, happy and successful education. Our community is assured of Broadoak’s pivotal role in their children’s education, well-being and futures.
Why work at CLF?
We are a diverse and inclusive community of 35 academies across five cluster regions in the South West that is committed to excellence and making a positive impact. Our people bring unique perspectives, but we’re all driven by a shared moral purpose and a passion for making a positive impact, whether in a teaching, leadership or support role. We’re proud to foster a culture where everyone can thrive, feel valued, and make a meaningful difference to the lives of others.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date: 8 May 2025
Short-listing: 9 May 2025
Interviews: 13 May 2025
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role, as it does not meet the requirements set out by government
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification, prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
