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Achievement Mentor

Achievement Mentor

Firth Park Academy

Sheffield

  • Expired
Salary:
NJC 12-16 - £24,496 - £26,357 Actual Salary - £21,959.01 - £23,627.27
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
As soon as possible
Apply by:
17 February 2023

Job overview

37 hours per week, 41 weeks per year

Firth Park Academy is proud to be a Good school and determined to become an Outstanding school. We are a wonderfully diverse family of students and staff where our vision is to inspire all students to lead remarkable lives. We offer the widest range of extra-curricular enrichment possible to ensure our students are rich in knowledge and character. We want students to achieve academic excellence, develop strength of character and above all else, be happy.  Our school is:

A stronger-than-ever ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted (February 2019).     

Home of an Extended School Day for Years 7 and 11 to ensure the broadest possible curriculum of academic learning and extra-curricular experiences     

Featured on CBBC’s series Our School 7 is currently on iPlayer, which highlights the remarkable spirit of our Year 7 and 8 students and staff in the 2020-21 school year, please see link.     

A richly diverse community with students speaking more than 30 home languages.     

A leading school in our trust – Academies Enterprise Trust – the largest trust in the UK with more career development opportunities than any other.

We love to help our students learn and value the staff who help them do so, thanks to:

  • A real ethos of family where we all value strong positive relationships and support each other.
  • An outstanding professional development programme for staff at all stages of their career.

If you have a passion for education, are able to help support opportunities for learning and progress whether inside or out come rain, hail or shine and love working as part of a team, you could be the person we are looking for!

About the Achieve team

Achieve are an enthusiastic and impactful team, who provide a variety of support for underachieving students within the school, including:

  • Mentoring programme to empower students to be remarkable in our three key strands: Academic, Self and Pathways
  • Tutoring programme to accelerate students’ academic progress
  • Targeted in-class support and withdrawing students from lessons for small group work
  • Aspiration-raising experiences for all students, to inspire them for a remarkable future

We want to expand our Achieve team to include another Mentor. This role would be well suited to a graduate who is looking to gain experience in education. 

The successful candidate will:

  • Mentor a caseload of underachieving students.
  • Deliver 1:1 and small group tuition, supporting students with work from a range of school subjects, including subjects outside your specialism. Training will be provided but there is a need to be adaptable and versatile.
  • Build strong partnerships with colleagues, parents/carers and other stakeholders.
  • Work closely with the Achieve Team Leader, Careers Leader and other Mentors, working as a team towards shared goals.

Come and visit us to meet the team of students and staff who are making Firth Park Academy one of the best schools in our city:

  • Informal enquiries are welcome - please contact our Principal Dean Jones at djones@firthparkacademy.org  
  • Join our team and build a wonderful career in a school you are passionate about with students you love to help learn.
  • Check out the ‘career opportunity’ section on our website (see link) to find out more.

This is a fixed-term position that is due to commence as soon as possible.

Closing date: Friday 17th February 2023 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.  All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for all posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as part of our Prevent Duty.

Academies Enterprise Trust and all of our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. 

Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linkedin. Further details can be found on our careers page.

AET is recruiting for Teacher Training placements.  Please visit our website https://sites.google.com/aetschools.org/itt/ for further details.

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About Firth Park Academy

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About Firth Park Academy

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Firth Park Academy is a good school, with a strong team spirit, high expectations and driving ambition which have led to notable improvements. We are a fully inclusive school with a distinctively inclusive ethos and have the highest aspirations for and expectations of our students.

We continue to work tirelessly to ensure our examination results continue to improve, that students continue to feel happy, safe and cared for, one of our key aims is that everybody deserves the chance to fly; and that the students are challenged and developed academically by the stimulating and rewarding education they receive.

If you would like to find out more about Firth Park Academy contact: contactus@firthparkacademy.org  0114 257 6238

Who is Lift Schools?

Lift Schools is made up of 57 primary, secondary and special schools, educating more than 33,000 pupils across the country. We believe education can transform lives – and we want every child in our schools to achieve their full potential.

Our mission:

  1. We will provide an excellent education to every child, in every classroom, every day.
  2. With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
  3. We will work with others beyond our network to benefit more children and communities.

Every adult in a school has the power to transform lives, and that’s why talented people are essential to us. Our ambition to give every pupil the best start in life relies on our dedicated teachers, teaching assistants, senior leaders, and admin teams. We attract dynamic individuals and provide the space to reimagine what’s possible.

That’s why your career is as important to us as it is to you. We want you to develop, we want you to grow, and we want you to feel valued.

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