Learning Mentor
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
Solihull
- Expired
- Salary:
- Point 5 - 6
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 22 June 2021
Job overview
Learning Mentor, Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst, Birmingham
Closing date: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
37 hours per week/39 weeks per annum
Start date: As soon as possible
Salary: £19,312 FTE Point 5
Contract type: Full Time
Contract term: Permanent
Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst is a large secondary school in Solihull that is passionate about creating an environment in which children can achieve their full potential.
To help achieve this the governors of the school are looking to appoint a positive and dynamic college Learning Mentor. The successful candidate will be responsible for the day-to-day support of vulnerable students and caseloads of identified students who need additional support over a range of issues. Some responsibilities may include,
• To build appropriate relationships with allocated students to support them achieving their full potential
• To monitor the achievement of allocated students across the curriculum.
• To construct individual action plans for students with a particular focus on coursework completion.
• To deal appropriately with allocated students social and behavioural development to maximise learning potential.
• To maintain records of students’ progress
• Ensure all relevant parties are consulted and informed about student progress as appropriate, including parents of students
• Update and review progress of student caseload with college leader/line manager on a regular basis
• To work in accordance with the aims and policies of the Academy and to promote the general appearance of the Academy.
The successful candidate will;
• Be educated to a good standard with a minimum of GCSE Grade C in English and Mathematics or equivalent.
• Have the ability to assist students with their learning and management of their behaviour.
• Have the ability to successfully work with disaffected young people.
• Have a knowledge and understanding of strategies to remove barriers to learning.
• Be able to establish relationships with students, colleagues and other professionals.
• Have good organization and time management skills.
• Have excellent communication skills.
• Experience of working in a school or similar educational setting is desirable but not essential.
Application Deadline: 22nd June 2021
Application Process
Completed applications must be returned to Stella Smallwood at the academy by 12pm on the closing date via email to ssmallwood@kingshurst.tgacademy.org.uk
For further details please visit https://www.kingshurst.tgacademy.org.uk/
The recruitment process is robust in seeking to establish the commitment of candidates to support the school’s measures to safeguard children and to identify, deter or reject people who might pose a risk of harm to children or are otherwise unsuited to work with them. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check. All applications will be considered on their merit and the post will be offered subject to the usual health and criminal record clearance. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Attached documents
About Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
- Tudor Grange Academy Kingshurst
- Cooks Lane, Kingshurst
- Birmingham
- B37 6NU
- United Kingdom
ABOUT TUDOR GRANGE ACADEMY KINGSHURST
Cutting Edge Facilities
Students at the academy have access to the latest hardware and software, including Apple iMac suites in art, music and media and iPad trolleys for use in several subjects. Online communication between staff, students and parents is excellent and the academy makes use of a range of systems ensuring that parents are kept up-to-date with their child’s progress.
Outdoor Education and Adventure Centre (OEAC)
Outdoor Education and Adventure Centre (OEAC) An innovative feature of Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst, is our Outdoor Education and Adventure Centre (OEAC) that facilitates learning beyond the classroom across the curriculum. A central feature is the centre’s ‘Challenge Zone’, which consists of a bouldering wall, caving system and low-ropes course. Perhaps its most distinctive feature, however, is the Arthur Vickers VC trench, an authentic World War One replica trench. A pond, art and sculpture zone, horticultural zone and outdoor classrooms complete the centre and provide a comprehensive, stimulating learning environment that brings learning to life. The academy has developed and continues to develop a number of unique outdoor experiences that are being incorporated across the curriculum as well as during after school and community sessions. It is widely recognised that learning outside the classroom is a vital component in helping children learn and develop key skills. The OEAC is also being used to run the John Muir Award. This is alternative curriculum accreditation that helps students develop an awareness of their environment and how they can improve it.
Enriching our students’ education and staff wellbeing through extended services
We are committed to providing state-of-the-art facilities and extended services opportunities for our students. Extra-curricular enrichments provide our students with the opportunity to make friends, discover new skills and have fun while ultimately developing the interpersonal skills that will help them develop into well-rounded individuals, equipped with the skills to succeed in life. All of our extra-curricular provision is Children’s University-accredited and, as such, opens students’ eyes to the power and magic of learning, often in places where they might least expect. Commitment to extra-curricular learning is rewarded with diplomas and our students can graduate in cap and gown at The University of Birmingham’s Great Hall, experience university life and be inspired to aim high. Powerful partnerships with other organisations provide a range of opportunities for our students to develop spiritually, morally, socially and culturally. Extensive support by the FA, LTA and Sport England, amongst others, help to provide outstanding opportunities in the academy day and beyond. We are the first “school of tennis” in Solihull and the only state school in the UK to have a full-time tennis coach provided by the LTA.
Embracing Culture through International Dimension
The world picture continues to change and we enjoy an unrivalled reputation for ensuring our students are prepared for the future, wherever that may lie. Through the curriculum, our students learn about world-wide issues so they may truly become well-informed, global citizens. Students are provided with an unprecedented range of opportunities for international educational visits. Our students have undertaken projects throughout the world; they regularly participate in the prestigious Model United Nations event in Geneva and have supported and engaged in ongoing cultural exchanges with Mungu Primary School in Zambia for over a decade. Whilst in Zambia, students have the opportunity to teach lessons, experience the local culture, visit the amazing Victoria Falls and take a canoeing safari along the Zambezi River.
Final Word
An outward looking academy at the heart of the community Tudor Grange Academy, Kingshurst is a 21st century institution, responsive to the needs of the community it serves. Our community engagement strategy aims to create an academy that is valued by our community and one where students and their families can enjoy using our facilities.
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