Academic Mentor Learning Support
Brighton College
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 1 February 2022
Job overview
Job Summary
Brighton College is seeking to appoint an Academic Mentor Learning Support during term-time only.
The Academic Mentor, within the Learning Support Department, will be responsible for providing learning support and mentoring to a range of pupils identified through the school’s Referral Process / or those currently on the Learning Support Register. The role will also incorporate a bespoke administration service for the Learning Support Department and will involve promoting the work of the department to ensure inclusive classroom best practice is observed.
ROLE SPECIFICATION
Academic support and mentoring responsibilities:
- Conduct weekly/fortnightly 1:1 mentoring sessions with a number of pupils identified through the Referral Process and/ or those currently on the Learning Support Register
- Update/create effective resources to support pupils with organisation, planning and study skills
- Develop action plans for pupils to support their progress
- Support pupils with revision planning
- Assist with communication with parents as required to ensure strategies being used to develop learning and personal development are understood.
Administrative responsibilities:
- Assist with communication to parents by email or letter as required
- Assist with communication of referral, screening, EF screening and Educational Psychologist assessments
- Promote the support available to subject departments to further embed Learning Support within subjects and to help identify relevant resources
- Assist with preparation and organisation of INSET training, EF training, and teaching & learning support for teaching colleagues
- General administration: maintenance of Learning Support Register with details of access arrangements and updating iSAMS accordingly, ensure resources are accessible via SharePoint and Firefly, preparation and maintenance of Individual Education Plans
- Update bespoke revision planners and termly/year planners learning support pupils.
Hours of work:
The core hours will be from 8.20am to 5.00pm with a 40 minute unpaid lunch break (the lunch break is in line with the teaching timetable). This position will be for term-time only (35 weeks per year).
Holidays:
Annual leave entitlement is included in the salary for this role. Holidays should be taken outside of your working weeks.
Safeguarding responsibilities:
- This role will involve daily contact with pupils and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
- All staff and volunteers have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
For full details of the role and to apply, please visit our careers page https://brightoncollege.ciphr-irecruit.com/Applicants/vacancy/230/Academic-Mentor-Learning-Support
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About Brighton College
THE SCHOOL
Brighton College is one of England’s leading schools. The College comprises the Senior School, educating 1,181 pupils aged 13–18, and the Lower School, educating 89 pupils aged 11–13.
The Brighton College family of schools also includes Brighton College Prep School, St Christopher’s School, Handcross Park, and from September 2023, Brighton College Kensington, educating a further 1,450 children aged 3 to 13. Overseas, the College has opened Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Brighton College Al Ain, Brighton College Dubai, Brighton College Bangkok and Brighton College Singapore. The first of seven schools in Vietnam opens in Hanoi in August 2023. Brighton College educates over 6000 pupils globally.
The College was delighted to receive record-breaking A-level and GCSE results in 2022. The Times listed us as one of their top schools for our A-level results, with 99% of grades A*-B and a phenomenal 62% of grades at A*, which compares to 15% nationally. One in six Sixth Formers are offered a place at Oxford or Cambridge. At GCSE, our pupils excelled, with 94.13% of grades at 9/8/7. Almost 1100 9s were achieved in the 2022 GCSE exams, with more 9s than all the other grades combined. Not a single paper was failed, with nearly 2,000 GCSEs sat at the school.
The College was recently named ‘England's School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. The award was given on the basis of our exceptional examination results as well as our fundamental emphasis on kindness and social engagement.
The Sunday Times also named Brighton College ‘England’s Independent School of the Year 2019’, the second time in a decade the school has won this accolade. The Week magazine named Brighton College ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018. Tatler magazine awarded Richard Cairns the title of ‘Head Master of the Year 2012-13’, and Brighton College was named UK ‘Independent School of the Year 2013- 14’ at the Independent Schools Awards. The last full ISI Inspection in 2021 on educational quality and compliance awarded the top grade for both pupil attainment and their personal development, and the compliance section of the 2021 report (and the shorter 2018 inspection) confirmed that all aspects of the College’s operation were fully compliant.
There has also been major investment in new facilities over the last ten years. This has seen the construction of five major buildings on the main site, including the new £55m School of Science and Sport which opened in January 2020, which includes eighteen state-of-the-art laboratories alongside a new sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, fitness centre and roof-top running track. Other recent additions include two new boarding houses, a state-of-the-art Music School and the Yeoh Building, a teaching building which includes 22 classrooms for maths, history, economics, politics and EAL, alongside an innovative Creative Learning Centre, opened in 2017. Our next new building will open in May 2024: this is an exciting development which will include a stunning theatre, a first-class Sixth Form centre, teaching and performance spaces for dance and drama, and modern, spacious classrooms for English, computing and music.
Above all, Brighton is a very happy place where staff and pupils feel fulfilled and purposeful. We are proud to have taken a progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion and we are committed to furthering this agenda through our teaching, and all aspects of the life of the school. We are a member of the School Inclusion Alliance and an important aspect of our vision for education is to increase diversity among our teaching staff to enrich all aspects of the life of the College and provide diverse role models for all pupils. We pride ourselves on being a warm, inclusive and respectful community, where our staff are welcoming and positive and our pupils are intellectually curious and kind.
LIVING AND WORKING IN BRIGHTON
The College enjoys its location in Brighton, one of Britain’s youngest cities and one of the most vibrant and progressive in Europe. A recent national survey identified Brighton as the ‘happiest city in the UK’ and it regularly features within the top cities for quality of life nationally. With an extensive beach and seafront, and proximity to beautiful rural areas including the South Downs National Park, the opportunities for recreation and leisure are varied and numerous. Transport links are also excellent, Brighton being within easy travelling distance of London (50 minutes by train), and 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport. Brighton is also a university city, and the College has good links with both the University of Sussex and Brighton University. Our annual involvement in the Pride parade has strengthened existing links with the local community.
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