Learning Mentor
King's Park Academy
Bournemouth
- £13,242 - £14,412 per year
- Salary:
- 22.5 Hours per week, Monday-Wednesday 8:20-4:20. AAT Grade 5, SCP 10-15. £25,545 – 27,803 (FTE)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 10 May 2024
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for somebody who is looking for a new challenge. We are looking for candidates who are passionate and ambitious with a drive and commitment to improve the life chances of our young people. You will have a dynamic, exceptional and creative approach to improving the teaching and learning in a way that benefits all children.
The post requires someone with:
- Experience of supporting pupils as a HLTA or highly skilled Teaching Assistant within a school setting
- Passion for teaching and learning and wanting the best outcomes for all children
- Ability to support and promote an excellent reflective learning ethos
- Creativity and flexibility in the way you work
- Excellent communication skills
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and a sense of humour
- Commitment to your own professional development and participate fully in the life of the school and community.
What we have to Offer:
- A visible and approachable senior leadership team and an enthusiastic and committed team of teachers and support staff.
- A strong support network both within the school and across Ambitions Academies Trust.
- All staff are part of a professional learning community in which evidence-informed CPD is designed to meet individual needs.
- Strong potential for career progression.
- A culture that respects work-life balance and an ongoing commitment to wellbeing with a dedicated Wellbeing Champion.
- An Employee Assistance Programme including in the moment support and counselling sessions with an external provider.
- AAT Staff benefits include free eye testing for DSE users through Specsavers, free will writing through Dunham McCarthy Solicitors and reduced price corporate gym membership through BH Live.
- A competitive pension through Teachers’ Pensions or The Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff. Should you wish to arrange a visit or an informal
discussion regarding the role, please contact Samantha Wakefield, HR Academy Lead at samantha.wakefield@kingspark-academy.co.uk.
Ambitions Academies Trust (AAT) comprises schools from all sectors: mainstream (primary and secondary) and special. AAT secures outstanding achievement and improved life chances of all our pupils. All our Academies have high expectations as the focus of their work. We are strongly committed to supporting colleagues in developing their careers further and offering excellent CPD opportunities
Please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment as AAT reserves the right to close applications early.
Please note we DO NOT accept applications by CV and are unable to offer Visa Sponsorship.
Ambitions Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Rigorous checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks and an online search
High Expectations lead to High Achievers
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About King's Park Academy
About King's Park Academy
King’s Park Academy is a three-form entry primary school for boys and girls between the ages of 4 to 11, situated in Boscombe, Bournemouth.
King’s Park Academy joined Ambitions Academy Trust in 2015 and is now part of 13 schools across Bournemouth and Poole.
King’s Park Academy provides exceptional care for all pupils and staff support and challenges pupils to reach their academic potential. We recognise that in order to do this the children’s social and emotional needs require special attention and we will do everything possible to remove any potential barriers to learning and future success.
We offer a safe, nurturing, respectful environment where children can build good working relationships with staff and other pupils.
Our Creative Curriculum aims to develop a thirst for knowledge and a love of learning. As the children experience success their confidence in themselves as learners grows enabling them to make excellent academic progress.
Our Vision.
‘High Expectations lead to High Achievers’
We are an outstanding, values-based school at the heart of our culturally diverse community, striving for excellence, enabling our children to achieve their highest potential in all areas of the curriculum.
Our vision is to create a school community where children participate, succeed and are proud of their achievements. We strive to actively promote British values and prepare our children to become role models, thus preparing them for life in modern Britain.
“Everyone is a learner and every experience is a learning opportunity.”
King’s Park Academy has three key objectives:
· Ensure all pupils and young peoples’ achievement is their very best.
· Improving schools by outstanding leadership
· Achieving “operational economies” across Ambitions Academies Trust in terms of “value for money” and organisational resilience.
King’s Park Academy work on the principal that:
“………… the quality of an education system cannot exceed the quality of its teachers.”
Sir Michael Barber
Our Ethos.
King’s Park Academy (KPA) demands high expectations for all. In everything KPA does we always refer back to our mantra that encapsulates the belief that KPA must have outstanding teaching and achievement.
A culture of high expectation leads to the highest achievers as we all thrive to better ourselves. Children and staff are challenged and supported to get the best possible outcomes. Children, with the support of their teacher, set themselves goals and targets which they then challenge themselves to meet.
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