Learning Mentor

Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom Deykin Avenue Junior and Infant School Your Role

Deykin Avenue J&I School is seeking to appoint a caring, committed and enthusiastic Learning Mentor to join our supportive school community.

We are looking for a pastoral mentor who is passionate about supporting children to feel happy, safe, valued and ready to learn. The successful candidate will provide nurture and pastoral support to children across the school, helping them to overcome barriers to learning and develop positive relationships and confidence. Working closely with the school leadership team, you will help to identify individual needs and provide targeted support where it is needed most. You will build trusting relationships with children, helping them to feel listened to, understood and that they truly belong at Deykin Avenue.

About the role

As a Learning Mentor, you will:

1. Provide nurturing and pastoral support to children across the school.
2. Build positive, trusting relationships with children and help them to develop confidence and resilience.
3. Work closely with the leadership team to identify children who may benefit from additional support.
4. Provide individual and small-group interventions based on identified needs.
5. Support children's emotional wellbeing, behaviour, relationships and engagement with learning.
6. Help children to develop strategies to manage their emotions and overcome barriers to learning.
7. Contribute to a positive, inclusive and welcoming school environment where every child feels a sense of belonging.
8. Work collaboratively with teachers, support staff and families to ensure children receive appropriate support.
9. Monitor and review the impact of pastoral support and contribute to relevant records and discussions.

About you

We are looking for someone who:

1. Is caring, approachable and genuinely passionate about supporting children.
2. Has experience of working with children in a school or similar setting.
3. Can build positive relationships with children and earn their trust.
4. Has a nurturing and inclusive approach.
5. Is able to recognise when a child may need additional emotional, pastoral or learning support.
6. Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
7. Can work effectively as part of a wider team.
8. Is organised, reliable and able to use their initiative.
9. Is committed to promoting the wellbeing, inclusion and success of every child.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to make a real difference to children's day-to-day experience of school. You will play an important role in helping our children feel supported, understood and part of the Deykin Avenue community.

How to apply

To apply please complete an application form online. Please include a supporting statement outlining 'what skills and experience you have that make you suitable for the role'. To arrange an informal chat about the role, please contact Danny Jones, Executive Headteacher, via [email removed] or call [phone removed] . Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

We reserve the right to close this advert early should sufficient applications be received or the role be successfully filled.

Safeguarding Information

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered 'protected' and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English is an essential requirement of the role.

We will carry out an online search about you for information that is publicly available online. This will include social media accounts you may hold. This will only be carried out on shortlisted candidates and before interview. This processing of data will be conducted under the legal basis of Article 6(e) public task in line with the guidance laid out in para 226 of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025. Any data collected during this search will be retained in line with our retention schedule which is available on request.

Please find a link to our safeguarding policy which we would encourage you to read prior to applying to work in our organisation Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.pdf