Sudbourne Primary School is a vibrant school where children are challenged to achieve endless possibilities. The children are at the heart of every decision we make to ensure that they learn exceptionally well, are happy and that the opportunities provided for them are always of a high calibre to meet their needs, both now and in the future.

Our vision at Sudbourne is to aim high and take on challenge, confident that success comes from effort, perseverance and resilience. As a school of excellence, we nurture every child’s passions and ignite their enthusiasm for learning and for life.

We are proud to serve a wonderfully diverse community, and we are committed to equality of opportunity and to creating a workplace and school community where everyone feels respected, supported and able to thrive. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all ethnicities, backgrounds and lived experiences.

This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding Learning Mentor to work collaboratively across the school to identify and support pupils facing social, emotional, or behavioural barriers to learning, helping them to build resilience, improve classroom engagement and reach their full academic potential.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have an understanding of child development and how the learning processes can be affected by other factors.
• Possess a thorough knowledge of agencies that support vulnerable children.
• Ability to motivate pupils by establishing empathetic and supportive working relationships.
• Be a positive role model to children and ‘champion’ inclusive practices.
• Ability to organise and plan independently.
• Be flexible and adaptable to try new approaches with children.
• Be confident in using various forms of ICT and use online platforms to track the progress of  social and emotional development
• Have or be willing to undertake full Thrive training, level 3 Child Protection training and other related training. Liaise confidently and professionally with parents and staff.

We offer:

• Wonderful pupils in a diverse and inclusive school community where every child is valued
• An enthusiastic and highly skilled staff team
• On-going professional development, supported by a dedicated Personal Growth Partner (PGP) to guide your career pathway
• A genuine commitment to staff wellbeing, work-life balance and opportunities to connect socially with colleagues
• A powerful ethos based on improving children’s lives through outstanding education
• An imaginative curriculum which emphasises the importance of all aspects of a child’s development
• A deeply committed staff and Board of Governors, constantly striving for improvement and excellence
• Active and engaged parents and carers

(We reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any point)

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