Learning Mentor

Learning Mentor 

Reading testing & interventions – phonics, fluency and comprehension 

Fixed Term 

37 hours per week 39 weeks per year 

Scale 5 £26,421 - £28,770 (pro-rata £22,821- £24,850) 

QEGSMAT are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Learning Mentor to join our hardworking and high achieving team at City of Derby Academy. 

The role of the Learning Mentor has never been more important as we continue to build our SEND provision in order to meet the needs of all our learners. The successful applicant will be a kind, resilient, nurturing, well qualified individual who understands the importance of relationships, patience, understanding and respect, whilst managing to respond to the complex needs and requirements of our students. 

We serve a very diverse community with over 40 home languages and over 50% of our students are eligible for the Pupil Premium. One of our priorities is to ensure that our weaker readers have the support they need to meet or exceed age-related expectations. We are therefore seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Learning Mentor to specialise in reading interventions (phonics, fluency and comprehension) to join our hardworking and high achieving team at City of Derby Academy (CoDA). 

The successful applicant will be a kind, resilient, nurturing individual who understands the importance of relationships, patience and respect whilst using evidence informed approaches develop students’ reading ability. 

Our most recent Ofsted inspection report (March 2024) is overwhelmingly positive and recognises the strengths of the school and the continued progress being made. Some highlights are: 

• CODA is a school that welcomes and celebrates the diversity of the local community. 
• There is a caring ethos. Pupils feel safe. The vast majority are happy. 
• The school has high expectations of all pupils. 
• Pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language are well supported to learn the curriculum. 
• Leaders have secured many improvements since the school’s last inspection. 
• The curriculum has been strengthened. 
• Behaviour is now good. 
• Pupils are polite and respectful to each other adults. 
• There are strong relationships between staff and pupils. 
• Pupils receive high-quality pastoral support. They know that staff are always available to talk to them if they have concerns. 
• Leaders consider staff’s well-being and workload. 
• Staff overwhelmingly enjoy working at the school. 

The inspection report aligns with the academy’s own self-evaluation, and the inspection team recognised that leaders already have the right plans in place to secure the improvements required to achieve “good” overall at the next inspection. 

City of Derby Academy is a proud member of QEGSMAT. The Trust’s values are for students to ‘Question, Explore; Give; and Succeed’. Our exceptional staff, strong leadership, motivated children, as well as excellent facilities, provide the successful formula for this. 

At QEGSMAT we believe and promote that exceptional workforce creates exceptional results; they transform lives and transform futures. We support every pupil to achieve their full potential and become a confident, resilient, and compassionate individual who can make a positive contribution to society. 

Why work for us? 

• At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process. That’s why we are proud to offer an Automatic Pay Review program, rather than the traditional annual pay and performance review, as part of our comprehensive benefits package. 
• Continual access to CPD opportunities. QEGSMAT works with a large number of organisations to develop staff to fulfil their aspirations and potential. We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our staff within this evolving Trust. 
• We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. 
• All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. This can also include bespoke counselling sessions for staff if needed. 
• All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions of service. 
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions of 23.4% for support staff. 
• Family-friendly policies. 
• Access to Flu Vaccines. 
• Opportunity to work flexibly. 
• Access to 750+ discounts on everyday essentials via our benefit package with Vivup 

QEGSMAT is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. It is a criminal offence to engage or seek to engage in regulated activity or regulated work with children, if you appear on the DBS barred list. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and be eligible to work in the UK. Further information about our commitment to Safeguarding can be found - https://www.qegsmat.com/documents/safeguarding 

Please be aware, the Trust may also consider performing an online presence check as part of their pre-employment checks. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1074 and therefore applicants are required to declare any cautions, convictions, reprimands and final warnings that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). 

If you are interested and wish to have an informal conversation to discuss the role or would like to visit the school, we would be happy to arrange this. Please call 01332 270450, further details about our school can be found on our website: https://www.cityofderbyacademy.org/ 

To apply for this position, please visit our Trust Website (https://www.qegsmat.com/current-vacancies/) where you can apply via TES. 

Closing date for applications: Sunday 3rd November 

Interview date: TBC 

Salary: Scale 5 £26,421 - £28,770 (£22,821- £24,850) 

Potential Start date: ASAP