Learning Manager
Outwood Academy Hindley
Wigan
- £26,690.68 - £28,770.14 per year
- New
- Salary:
- £26,690.68 to £28,770.14 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 27 March 2026
Job overview
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.
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.
Working pattern: 37 hours per week, term time plus 15 days.
Start date: As soon as possible.
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If you have any questions or would like to discuss the role please contact Matthew Haughton via email: m.haughton@hindley.outwood.com
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Closing date: Midday on 27 March 2026.
Interview date: 1 April 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.
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About Outwood Academy Hindley
- Outwood Academy Hindley
- Mornington Road, Hindley, Wigan
- Lancashire
- WN2 4LG
- United Kingdom
Chief Executive Officer: Lee Wilson
Principal: Jude Norman
We are an 11-16 academy, based in the friendly town of Wigan in Greater Manchester, with a curriculum designed to stretch and enrich our students’ experience. Our relentless focus on learning ensures everyone has the right to learn. The Academy became part of the Outwood Family of Schools in 2022.
With a holistic view of education, we aim to create a safe and secure learning community that encourages healthy and sustainable lifestyles and empowers students to pursue career pathways they will find stimulating and deeply rewarding.
Prospective applicants are welcome to contact us if they have any questions or would like to arrange a tour of the academy. Come and see what we are all about! Please contact M Allen should you wish to visit the school and have a tour of the departments to see what we have to offer.
The Outwood Family of Schools pride ourselves on fully supporting colleagues within the Family both professionally and personally.
We work hard to ensure we reduce workload on staff, allowing more time in the classroom to put our vision of students first, raising standards and transforming lives into practice.
As a founding Trust of the National Institute of Education (NIoT), we will actively invest in your future through working closely with the Outwood Institute of Education and NIoT to offer access to a wide range of CPD opportunities, with all teaching staff receiving a minimum of two hours of CPD each week.
We also offer a generous employment package with a whole host of staff benefits, including family friendly policies, enhanced occupational benefits available (such as maternity, adoption and parental leave) with no qualifying period, funded CPD for qualifications up to and including Masters level plus other exclusive benefits including a partnership with car leasing company, Synergy.
All academies within the Outwood Family have gained the IQM Inclusive Schools Award with 18 having Centre of Excellence status and one holding Flagship status.
If you share our vision, join our family.
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