Learning Mentor

Part time • 14 hours per week

This role will form a job share with our current Learning Mentor, with the successful candidate working 2 days per week • 8.30am-4pm • Term time only. 

Lindfield Primary Academy is looking to appoint an outstanding person to work with identified children across Academy in order to further raise their self-esteem, aspirations and academic performance.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, positive and flexible, a great team player with excellent communication skills and will be responsible for the development of effective mentoring relationships with both children and their parents.

We welcome applications both from experienced learning mentors or from those with other relevant experience of working with children or young people who can demonstrate their ability to engage children from a range of backgrounds.

Lindfield Primary Academy

At Lindfield Primary Academy, we pride ourselves on building relationships between staff and pupils that are caring and positive. Each child feels valued. Dedicated support staff ensure every child’s needs are met, and their spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is supported.

Our on-site Forest School allows children to develop a connection with nature. The opportunity to explore builds children’s confidence, develops their self-esteem and enhances their emotional and social skills.

The academy is a well-resourced setting where high expectations, good teaching and dedicated staff mean each pupil, as an individual, is both supported and challenged, whatever their ability. It has a published admissions number of 90 and a total capacity of 630 pupils.

We truly value the experience, dedication, and commitment of all our employees and believe in the power of motivated and happy staff. This is why we seek to enrich and reward our employees wherever we can, by offering a wide range of exciting and useful employee benefits. These include:

• Automatic annual pay increments.
• High quality continuous professional development and support for your career progression.
• A strong commitment to your health & wellbeing including: onsite Wellbeing Champions, designated Mental Health Ambassadors, flexible working opportunities from Day 1, and Employee Assistance programme.
• Generous public sector pension scheme.
• Discounts on retail & travel.
• Cycle 2 Work scheme.
• Charity giving.
• Our salaries are aligned to the Real Living Wage, ensuring all our support staff are paid a minimum of £10.90 per hour.

We are proud to be part of the University of Brighton Academies Trust; a family of infant, primary and secondary schools based in Sussex.

Working Together, Delivering Excellence, Achieving Ambitions, and Nurturing Potential are the values that guide us. Our mission is to ‘inspire our children and staff to flourish and achieve their best’ so we positively impact our communities we serve. We aim to create a vibrant, inclusive community, transforming lives and broadening horizons through excellent teaching and learning.

​​​​​​​The University of Brighton is the sponsor of the University of Brighton Academies Trust. Close connection with the university allows us to draw on the expertise of its education experts and external contacts – something that greatly benefits our academies and our pupils.

Find out more

If you would like further information regarding this post or to arrange an academy tour, please contact Mrs Jane Robinson, Assistant Principal (Inclusion and SEN) at Lindfield Primary Academy on office@lindfieldprimaryacademy.org.uk

Closing date: Sunday 26 February 2023

Interview date: W/c 6 March 2023

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Our commitment

The University of Brighton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We welcome applications from all members of the community. 

The Trust is proud to be part of the government’s Disability Confident scheme which underpins our staff recruitment practices.