Learning Mentor
Wade Deacon High School
Widnes
- Expired
- Salary:
- Actual salary-£17,580.-£19,
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- 19/11/2018
- Apply by:
- 2 October 2018
Job overview
Learning Mentor
Application Information
Salary: NJC Scale 5, scale point range 22-25 (Actual salary-£17,580.-£19,280 )- Term-time only.
To start: 19th November 2018
Temporary Maternity Cover expected until July 2019
We seek to appoint a committed and dynamic Learning Mentor who has relevant qualifications and proven experience of working with young people with emotional and behavioural issues. The successful candidate will be required to provide support and guidance to young people to help them overcome social, emotional and behavioural issues, ensuring that individual pupils engage more effectively in learning ad participating in the life of the school. The candidate will have the ability to identify and target those pupils at risk of disaffection and help them identify and address what is getting their way of learning. Mentoring will take place one to one or in small groups so you will have excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills.
Wade Deacon High School is friendly, dynamic and innovative. Our last OFSTED described us as “an outstanding school" in every category. Our passion is to not only maintain this status but achieve our goal to be truly exceptional. We have developed outstanding International links with top schools in Japan, China and India. In 2014 we were shortlisted for both 'Employer of the Year' in the Investors in People Awards, and ‘Excellence in Learning and Development’ in the Personnel Today Awards. In April 2018, we achieved Arts Mark Platinum status reflecting the excellence within our school and our commitment to providing the best opportunities for our students.
The successful applicant will have to meet the requirements of our Personnel Recruitment specification and be subject to an enhanced DBS (CRB) check and medical clearance.
Application form and further details are available via the school website www.wadedeacon.co.uk or on request by telephoning the school on 0151 423 2721.
Closing Date: 3rd October 2018 at 3.00pm.
Attached documents
About Wade Deacon High School
Wade Deacon High School is a mixed, non-denominational academy secondary school for pupils aged 11-16. It is located in Widnes, Cheshire and has about 1,500 pupils.
The school was formerly Wade Deacon Grammar School for Boys and Wade Deacon Grammar School for Girls. It became the Wade Deacon High School in 1974, and converted to academy status in March 2013.
It is operated by the Wade Deacon Trust, a multi-academy trust that also includes Hillside High School, Widnes Academy and Halewood Academy.
Principal
Mr Simon Corner NPQH, MA Maths, PGCE
Values and vision
Schools in the Wade Deacon Trust believe that all children are entitled to “an educational environment in which their individual abilities and talents are fully developed”.
Deacon High School aims to provide pupils with highly motivated teachers and support staff, offering quality teaching, delivered to the highest standards. Thes school hopes that this will produce excellent learning and achievement.
The school cultivates an environment in which respect, courtesy and integrity towards other people abound. It aspires to be an outstanding school where all pupils receive an exceptional education.
It believes that all children should be encouraged to achieve their full potential, attain the highest standards of which they are capable, and to have high aspirations and expectations for their future.
It aims to develop in students an attitude of care and responsibility towards others and their surroundings, and to encourage them to have a positive impact on their community.
Ofsted
Wade Deacon High School has yet to be assessed by Ofsted. When it has been assessed, you will be able to access its latest report on the Ofsted website.
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