Learning Mentor

Salary: £26409 - 32654

Required  from 01.09.26

ST MARY’S CE PRIMARY SCHOOL,

LODGE HILL ROAD, SELLY OAK, B29 6NU    TEL: 0121 675 1729   EMAIL: enquiry@stmryb29.bham.sch.uk    https://www.stmarys-sellyoak.co.uk

St Mary’s CE Primary School is seeking an enthusiastic and skilled Learning Mentor to join our supportive and collaborative Pastoral Team.  

Visits to the school are strongly recommended . Planned tour date: 29.06.26 @ 14.30pm

(If you are unable to make the time listed, please contact the school office to arrange a suitable time. )

St Mary's provides a warm and friendly working environment where staff can flourish and all are committed to 'bringing out the best' in our pupils and each other.  We invite you to join our successful Pastoral Team who are supported by our ambitious and understanding Senior Leadership Team and  Governors. 

This role provides the opportunity to support children who enjoy learning as well as to support families and the school's Safeguarding procedures.  T

We are looking for a Learning Mentor who is: 

 • Organised and proactive.

• Able to bring out the best in children and build relationships with families.

• Confident to be a DSL and join our Safeguarding Team (5 in total).

• Able to engage families in discussions to support pupil attendance

• Able to meet the differing needs of children and provide regulation support when needed.

• Able to deliver pastoral interventions.

• Committed to working closely with the school community.

• Keen to become part of our successful team.

• Able to foster and develop a caring ethos, in support of our school’s Christian vision and values.

Our Vision:

Our school is committed to bringing out the best in each other so that every member of the school community can know 'life in all its fullness'.  (John 10:10)

We can offer the successful candidate:

• The opportunity to work with fantastic children who love coming to school.

• The opportunity to work alongside enthusiastic teachers and teaching assistants, supported by an ambitious and approachable Senior Leadership Team.

• An SLT who are committed to ensuring that pastoral support responsibilities are manageable and well supported, enabling staff to focus on improving outcomes for pupils.

• Leaders who prioritise staff wellbeing.

• Highly dedicated, friendly and supportive staff where Senior Leaders understand and appreciate colleagues.

• A pro-active, welcoming and supportive community.

• A commitment to high quality professional development in a highly successful school.

So why work at St Mary’s?

A genuinely supportive and friendly staff team

Engaged pupils who love learning

Strong commitment to professional development and career progression

Leaders who value staff wellbeing

We look forward to welcoming you to our school. 

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

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this is our top priority, we encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.  

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.