Job title: 6th Form Leaning Mentor
Salary: CSET 9 £28,598 FTE. £9,972 prorated
Hours: 15 hours per week. Term time only + INSET
Working days: Monday and Tuesday
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Downend School
About the Role
As a 6th Form Learning Mentor, your primary focus will be to maximise student attainment and progress through targeted academic intervention and coaching. Your key responsibilities will include:
- Designing and implementing personalised learning programmes to address student gaps that teach essential study skills, revision techniques and time management.
- Proactively identifying students who need extra support by interpreting attendance and grade data.
- Supervising the Post-16 study room to maintain a quiet, professional, and productive learning atmosphere.
- Providing initial wellbeing support, managing referrals to mental health services, and addressing barriers to attendance.
- Collaborating on the delivery of the Core Programme, including hosting external speakers and assisting with events like Open Evenings and Inductions.
About You
We are looking for a resilient, initiative-driven individual who can build strong rapport with students while maintaining professional boundaries. To be successful, you will need:
- A good general standard of education, including at least grade 4 in English and Maths.
- A background in working with young people and a proven track record in administrative tasks and data handling.
- Strong IT skills and excellent communication abilities to engage effectively with students, staff, and external partners.
- A deep understanding of study skills and revision strategies to help students become independent learners.
- The ability to work collaboratively within a team and the emotional resilience to handle sensitive pastoral or mental health issues.
About us
At Downend School we provide a safe, supportive and challenging learning environment that aims to inspire and empower young people to grasp opportunity; to reach their potential and excel; to develop responsibility and integrity and to respect themselves and others.
We have a strong ethos based on our core PRIDE values of participation, respect, identity, determination and excellence. We set standards high and aim to nurture young people who are well equipped to become active and positive members of the school community and to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed in a time of rapid change.
We are proud of the care and support we offer our students. We strongly believe in the value of creating a friendly and caring school community where youngsters feel a sense of belonging and feel valued and respected. Happy and motivated students will flourish and become successful young people. Above all, Downend is a happy school.
We can offer you:
- Happy, engaging students
- A supportive trust and school community
- Strong collaboration across the trust family of schools and access to a centralised team of specialists across all areas of school operations
- A commitment to high‑quality CPD, with dedicated time and budget for your development
- A values‑driven ethos where diversity, equity and inclusion are lived every day
- Recognition of continuous service (modification order) to protect employment rights and entitlements
- Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions and death‑in‑service cover
- Occupational sick pay to support you during illness or unexpected emergencies
- Family‑friendly leave packages to help maintain a healthy work–life balance
In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am, 15th May. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.
Further details and additional information about our school may be viewed on our website.
Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.
Join us in Providing a Great Education for Every Child
CSET is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our students.
Safeguarding Statement:
CSET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful candidates will be required to provide a disclosure of any unspent convictions and cautions, as well as any spent convictions or cautions that are not "protected" (i.e., filtered) under the Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). All appointments are subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check), satisfactory references, medical fitness, Right to Work in the UK, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching/management check. In line with KCSIE guidance, we will also conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates.
Our full Recruitment and Selection policy is available on our website.