Learning Coach
The Ladder School
Walsall
- Expired
- Salary:
- Grade 5 SCP 9-17: actual salary £26,409 - £30,060
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2025
- Apply by:
- 11 July 2025
Job overview
The Ladder School
Job Title: Learning Coach
Salary: Grade 5 SCP 9-17: actual salary £26,409 - £30,060
Role Type: Support Staff
Contract Type: Term Time Only, 37 hours per week
Working Hours: Monday to Thursday, 8:00am – 4:00pm/Friday 8.00am – 3.30pm
This post is subject to Support Staff Pay and Conditions. The post holder is expected to uphold the Professional Standards.
High Standards
- Set high expectations for students
- Support students to develop their knowledge
- Support students in Literacy and Numeracy skills
- Make and contribute to the school ethos
- Support students in and out of the classroom
- Lead Personal Development Sessions and other lessons where/when appropriate
Daring to Dream
- Support students to have high aspirations
- Support students to love learning
- Support students learning opportunities, beyond the classroom
- Set students challenging targets
- Ensure Key Working is effective and aspirational
- Be a successful role model for students
Traditional Values
- Support students to learn in a safe environment
- Generate positive attitudes and behaviours
- Support students to be responsible for their learning
- Demonstrate a firm but fair approach to students
- Deal with behaviour in line with school policies
- Lead by example by having excellent attendance
- Treat others with dignity and respect
Success
- Support outstanding attainment and progress
- Share success with students
- Praise the achievement of students
- Understand how you contribute to student outcomes
- Assess students where appropriate
- Set students weekly targets
- Effectively safeguard students
Personalised Support
- Support in the differentiation of in class material
- Be aware of how students learn and difficulties they might have
- Be aware of how to cater for PP, SEN, EAL students
- Demonstrate positive relationships with students
- Be the key point of contact for parents
- Communicate with parents regularly
Safe Working Practices for Adults working with Children – It is the responsibility of each employee to carry out their duties in line with Mercian Trust’s ethos and culture of safe working practices for adults working with children and be sensitive and caring to the needs of the disadvantage, promoting a positive approach to a harmonious working environment. Each employee should act as an exemplar on these issues and must, where appropriate, identify and monitor training for themselves and any employees they are responsible for.
The Ladder School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Attached documents
About The Ladder School
- The Ladder School
- 40 George Street, Walsall
- West Midlands
- WS1 1RS
- United Kingdom
The Ladder School is an academy that is part of The Mercian Trust. The Ladder School is a Free School set up by the Trust to offer effective alternative provision for the young people of Walsall.
The Ladder School was established in January 2019 and has now moved in to a brand new, purpose-built building based on the edge of Walsall town centre where there are excellent links to the local and wider community. The Ladder School operates under a commissioning model, where local mainstream schools identify students at risk of permanent exclusion and moves them to The Ladder School, to transform their behaviour and enable them to be successful in their future. These students have struggled in mainstream education environments and benefit significantly from the smaller class sizes and additional support on offer at The Ladder School.
Mission Statement
The Ladder School is a safe, well ordered and caring environment for learning. It delivers high quality education to all its students and supports them to develop their individual potential for growth, self-worth and self-control.
High quality outstanding teaching, and clear and consistent guidance and support facilitates students in succeeding in education. Our broad and balanced academic and vocational curriculum will provide students with access to a broad range of accredited qualifications as well as educational and social experiences, which will address their learning and emotional needs. Our purpose is to support every student to develop their true potential, make positive contributions to their families and find fulfilment in employment.
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