Learning Manager

Are you ready to be a champion for student success? Join us as a Learning Manager, where you will play a critical role in nurturing student potential by focusing on welfare, strategic intervention, and data-driven monitoring. This position is perfect for someone passionate about removing academic and behavioural barriers to learning, ensuring all students thrive in a supportive educational setting, and effectively managing complex student cases in collaboration with external agencies.

About the role

As a Learning Manager, you must have the ability to work with students and have a real interest in the issues faced by the students. You will monitor and support all students in the year group, both academically and behaviourally. You will work closely with the Inclusion Co-ordinator and the Leadership Team on improving both student behaviour, attendance, and outcomes. Day to day, you will work with students to help them be the best they can be.

The successful candidate must be extremely well organised, have the ability to prioritise work and ensure that strict deadlines are met. The ability to work on your own initiative and be able to lead by example is essential. You will be required to deal with students, parents and outside agencies in a professional and confidential manner.

Responsibilities

The Learning Manager strategically monitors all students in their assigned year group, utilising MIS systems and Praising Stars data to identify concerns and action appropriate intervention strategies. Key duties include acting as the first point of contact for behaviour-related incidents and supporting the Consequences process, including contacting parents regarding exclusions and supporting readmission meetings.

A core function is inter-agency liaison. including chairing Children in Need and Team Around the Child meetings, undertaking referrals for families, and supporting the Education Welfare Officer with truancy sweeps. They also coordinate year group logistics, such as vaccinations and photographs and handle attendance checks.

Qualifications

The successful applicant must have experience of working in a school environment and demonstrable knowledge of issues affecting students and young people, including how to offer supportive assistance.

Essential skills include the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences, verbally and in writing, and proficiency in using standard ICT packages. Candidates must be able to work well under pressure, manage competing deadlines, relate sympathetically to students, and recognise potential child safeguarding issues. Experience of working with other agencies that support vulnerable students is desirable.

When completing your application, please give due regard to the Job Description and Person Specification below. Please note that all of the essential criteria listed on the Person Specification will be used to shortlist candidates for interview. If you do not demonstrate and/or provide evidence that you meet all of the essential criteria elements, you will not be selected for an interview. 

• Job Description can be found here. 

• Person Specification can be found here.

• Working Pattern: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, term time plus 15 days.

Welcome from the Principal:

We are a free school in the centre of Middlesbrough, and we do things differently! Do you?

As Principal, I am proud to introduce you to Outwood Academy Riverside, an innovative free school within a nationally renowned Trust that nurtures talent and provides high-quality professional development.

Opened in 2020, Riverside is a special place to work with genuine care for every family member. Our community is built on core values, including kindness, compassion, respect, and integrity. We maintain academic rigour and high expectations, resulting in very good behaviour and attendance that is above the national average. Students face no 'glass ceiling' and benefit from exceptional personal development opportunities (including Cadets, MiSST, and LAMDA).

This is a unique opportunity to join an inspirational team making history. We are currently on Russell Street (with a satellite site in Eston) and are planning a move to a new, state-of-the-art facility by 2026.

If you genuinely love working with children and will go above and beyond for our young people, we would love to hear from you.

Would you like to be part of this journey?

What will we do for you?

The academy benefits from being part of the Outwood  Family of Schools and you will be joining a highly innovative, inspirational and ambitious organisation. The Trust guarantees every member of staff CPD and development opportunities.

• A competitive salary and pay progression

• A fantastic pension and additional benefits

• Flexible family-friendly policies from day one

• Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme 

• Our Workload Charter with guaranteed CPD every week and much more (for teaching roles).

For further details on us as an organisation, click here.

For further details on the employee benefits available through our organisation, click here.

If you would like to know more about this opportunity, or arrange a visit, please contact Frances McCabe via email: f.mccabe@riverside.outwood.com

For more information and to apply online, please click the 'Apply' button.

Closing date: Midday on 1 June 2026.

Interview date: 4 June 2026.

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Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.