Student Progress Mentor

Job Title: Student Progress Mentor 

Salary range: Scale 5 and Spinal Point 12-17 £24,584 - £26,933 Inc. London weighting (£21,212 - £ 23,239 Inc. London weighting Pro rata per annum)

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 36 hours per week  

Working weeks: 39 weeks (Term Time Only)     

Location: Alperton, London 

We are a large, mixed, 11-18 academy with over 350 students in our sixth form. Due to our increased popularity as a school, we expanded our roll in September 2018. Alperton Community School is an inclusive school with a student intake that reflects a wonderfully diverse and vibrant local community. Our students are very well behaved, work hard and are ambitious to succeed. Our most recent Ofsted inspection in July 2021 graded our school as Good "Pupils like coming to school and they enjoy their lessons"; "Pupils can focus because they feel safe"; "Leaders’ expectations of all pupils are high"; "Pupils behave well in school. They focus on their learning in lessons. Pupils follow teachers’ instructions and listen to one another". 

Student progress at GCSE and A Level has been above national averages for many years with disadvantaged students performing well above national averages. Our progress 8 score has been consistently “above average”. We also see high numbers of our students’ progress to Oxbridge and Russell Group Universities. Student attendance and the percentage of students who remain in education, employment or training are also well above national averages.

We are very fortunate to have a brand new school building. The new building has 83 classrooms with purpose-built specialist drama, music, art and DT facilities as well as 14 science laboratories, 10 ICT rooms, a dance studio, an activity studio, a very large sports hall and three outdoor MUGAs. Every classroom is equipped with state-of-the-art ICT facilities. We are very fortunate to have extensive outdoor spaces for break and lunchtime activities as well as a 6 acre sports campus.

Our school has become internationally recognised following the success of our Art and Textiles teacher Andria Zafirakou who won the $1million Global Teacher Prize recently. The school was recently shortlisted for the TES School of the Year and won the TES Maths Team of the Year. We are one of only four schools in the country to hold the Platinum Professional Development Mark and one of only 100 schools to hold the Inclusion Quality Mark Centre of Excellence.

Our teachers and support staff are well-qualified, friendly and committed to student achievement.

This is an exceptional opportunity. It will offer the successful candidate a friendly, highly supportive and committed working environment within a culture of success and professional growth. The school offers excellent support for ECTs in their induction year.

The Role  

We are seeking to appoint a Student Progress Mentor to support the educational and pastoral needs of our students. The main area will be working with groups of students that need extra support to ensure everyone achieves their potential (and more). The role will focus on, but not limited to, our disadvantaged students. We are very active in closing any gaps in the provision that some students may experience in a supportive and stimulating environment.

Working within a team that coordinates and delivers student interventions, you will need to be a team player as well as being able to use your own initiative. You will be joining a school where creativity and innovation are central to making sure that students receive the best interventions.

Interventions will also require working with our families as well as students to ensure that we are all working towards the same goal.

The Person

The successful candidate will need to be calm under pressure, resilient, confident and have a will to learn and develop their understanding and skills:-

● Open, honest with a professional approach that demonstrates mutual respect

● Understand the principles of child development and barriers to learning

● Good organisation, planning and prioritising skills

● Excellent IT skills and record keeping

● Committed to continuous professional development

The Benefits 

● On-going extensive CPD programme

● Employee assistance programme 

● Ride to work scheme 

Closing Date: 7 June 2022 (23:59)

Assessment & Interview Date: Week commencing, 13 June 2022

Supplementary Information 

Applicants who have applied for this post in the last 6 months need not apply.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are an inclusive community school and encourage applications from all sections of the community.  

Successful candidate(s) will be required to undertake an Enhanced and Barred Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

Please note CVs will not be considered as part of your application for this position.

Only successful candidates will be notified.  If you do not hear from us within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.