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Graduate Learning Mentor for History

Graduate Learning Mentor for History

Harris Academy Bermondsey

Southwark

Salary:
Grade 5 (Inner London): £26,544-£28,509 FTE
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
February
Apply by:
7 February 2022

Job overview

Inspire and transform learning with us. We are looking for a Graduate Learning Mentor to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning in History, contributing to the development and maintenance of a purposeful, nurturing learning environment.

About Us

Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' school with drive and ambition in the heart of London. Our students achieve the very highest standards in their education. Ofsted rated us as Outstanding in every one of their categories in November 2019.

We are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our young women, ensuring that they have every opportunity to succeed by identifying and nurturing each one's individual talents.

Our well-qualified teachers and highly effective support staff are committed to providing an education that ensures every girl achieves excellence and becomes a leader, within a safe and happy learning environment.

HAB is a diverse and inclusive comprehensive school for girls in central London. Many HAB girls are from disadvantaged backgrounds, but all study the EBacc and are prepared for university so as to compete with their more advantaged peers. HAB teachers and support staff are uncompromising and caring in achieving this.

Main Areas of Responsibility 

  • To deliver programmes of study to small groups of students (ideally between 1 and 3) in both a virtual and 1:1 setting 
  • To ensure all students identified for intervention are given every opportunity to meet their examination and/or progress targets 
  • To liaise with parents regarding the attendance, progress and attitude of designated students, reporting to the Head of Subject weekly 
  • Maintain records of students’ progress in relation to their examination targets; 
  • Contribute to evaluation of progress, review and target setting 
  • To complete the relevant marking and feedback for students that clearly identifies what they need to improve in order to meet their targets 
  • Use the Academy’s behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment 
  • To provide an impact report each half term regarding progress of delegated students 
  • To highlight individual student’s learning needs to the class teacher and agree how he/she will be supported in each lesson 
  • Assist teacher in evaluating identified students’ progress through agreed assessment activities 
  • Monitor identified students’ in lessons. Providing teachers with feedback on participation and progress 
  • Support identified students to engage with the learning objectives set for the lesson 
  • Plan with teachers the role they will take in the lesson, preparing resources that meet the students’ needs and interests 
  • Use the Academy’s behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment 
  • Maintain records of students’ progress in relation to their examination targets 
  • Contribute to evaluation of progress, review and target setting 
  • To contribute to marking and feedback for students that clearly identifies what they need to improve in order to meet their targets 
  • Support identified students in tutor group time, with other activities 
  • To assist other students in the class group as appropriate 
  • Run homework clubs, where appropriate 
  • To complete half termly reports on students’ progress 
  • To invigilate examinations and act as reader or scribe as requested

For a full job description, please download the job pack.

Qualifications & Experience 

  • Educated to degree level or equivalent 
  • Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours 
  • Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds 
  • Awareness of Health and Safety issues in the workplace. 
  • Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students. 
  • Experience of establishing and maintaining positive working relationships with a range of stakeholders, at all levels. 
  • Experience of managing and being responsible for own workload.

Next Steps

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please contact us via e-mail, or call to arrange a conversation.

Before applying, please download the Job Pack for full details on the job responsibilities and person specification. You will need this when completing your application.

Please note: we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to a candidate prior to the closing date. We only accept applications submitted online via our careers website and which are completed before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible and advise you check the job information as per the listing on our careers site.

Professional Development & Benefits

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level to senior leadership.

We look for talented individuals who share our vision for creating exceptional places of learning, and are committed to ensuring that every child in London has access to the best possible education.

In addition to the opportunities for career progression, training and development, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance, a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan and many other benefits.

Safeguarding Notice

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants. Before applying, please review our Policy Statement on the Recruitment of Ex-Offenders.

Equal Opportunities

The Harris Federation is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

As a provider of employment and education, we value the diversity of our staff and students, and all our staff are equally valued and respected. We are committed to providing a fair, equitable and mutually supportive learning and working environment for our students and staff.

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About Harris Academy Bermondsey

School summary

Harris Academy Bermondsey is a girls' school in the heart of London with drive and ambition. Ofsted rates us as Outstanding in every category, and we are passionate about making a difference to the lives of our young women, ensuring that they have every opportunity to succeed by identifying and nurturing each one's individual talents. Our uncompromising but caring approach to education has put us as one of the highest performing schools nationally for student progress and has led to GCSE results that are above the national average.

Why work at Harris Academy Bermondsey?

  • An ‘Outstanding’ school, where you will join a very strong team of well qualified teaching and support staff
  • A smart, welcoming environment in which to teach and learn
  • A vibrant central London location, easily accessible by Underground and mainline rail services
  • All the advantages of a successful academy group, including a strong central team of support, teaching and leadership staff
  • Generous Harris rewards and benefits package

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