Reading Mentor

Reading Mentor

Full time, 39 weeks per year, 37 hours per week

START DATE – ASAP

Bradfield School is a Member of Tapton School Academy Trust. The Trust have a shared vision to ‘realise the life chances and dreams of every child’. Our mission is to provide a safe place to be, provide great teaching and learning and create an environment where all opportunities are within reach. Membership provides a range of opportunities for collaborative working and continuing professional development The school has a network of secondary and primary schools within the locality.

This is an exciting opportunity to join Bradfield School as a Reading Mentor and work under the direct instruction of Senior Leadership in order to support pupils reading development. The role aims to build pupil confidence with reading and close gaps in reading age to ensure that pupils can access the full curriculum.

The successful candidate will possess emotional resilience and be able to enthuse, engage, motivate and challenge pupils to raise achievement at KS3 and KS4. The delivery of an effective literacy programmes to close attainment gaps is a key priority for the school this year, and this role is essential for us to be able to meet that priority. The candidate must have a clear understanding of effective strategies to close reading gaps and be willing to undertake relevant training to bring the school’s vision to eradicate illiteracy into fruition. There will be an awareness that pupils may experience different difficulties when reading and reading strategies may be different depending on pupil need. Effective collection of data to evaluate progress and identify impact will also be required as part of the role. Liaising with Subject Leaders about individual pupil progress will also be a part of the role, specifically working alongside the English Department to drive pupil progress.

You will need to be able to:

• Work under pressure focusing towards challenging goals.
• Have excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Share in our vision for realising the life chances and dreams of every child

In return we can offer you:

• A vibrant learning community.
• A high level of community involvement.
• A well-resourced and stimulating environment.
• An established MAT of schools which shares and builds on effective practice.
• A great place to work where colleagues are valued and receive high quality support with rich learning and development opportunities.

If you are ready for such a challenge then please click below to apply today.

Closing date for applications is 11:59pm on Wednesday 13th November 2024, Interviews will be held week commencing 18th November 2024.

Please note:

 Do not complete a Sheffield City Council application form for this post. All applicants to use the TES application form available via the Bradfield School website.

 References for short-listed candidates will be requested before the interview.

 Successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS Enhanced Disclosure check.