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SalaryPegasus Primary School
Turnhouse Road
Birmingham
B35 6PR
Telephone number: 0121 464 4293
Email: recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Required from July 2024, fixed term for 6 months in the first instance - 6.5 hours per week, term time only
Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Pegasus Primary School wishes to appoint an enthusiastic, experienced and qualified Learning Mentor to support the social, emotional and mental health well-being of our students who are experiencing difficulties in these areas. You will have a working knowledge of SEMH and associated difficulties and ideally have experience of supporting students within a primary school setting. Your role will include one to one mentoring and support to improve academic progress and learning, liaising closely with colleagues, families and outside agencies and monitoring behaviour and attendance of the identified groups.
Pegasus is a one form entry, family orientated school, in the heart of North Birmingham. Our Castle Vale community strives for the very best for their children. We are thrilled to say that our school was judged to be a ‘GOOD’ school by Ofsted in June 2021.
Ofsted June 2021 ‘Pupils are happy to be at school. Staff make sure that school is a safe space for pupils. Staff and pupils get on well. Pupils behave well and play sensibly together.’
Children at Pegasus love coming to school and are keen to learn. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive school with high expectations and a commitment to providing the very best for all our learners.
You will be part of a very supportive team whose successful aim is to help our learners reach their full potential within this forward-looking school.
Are you our newest recruit? Are you ready to really make a difference and join us on our journey?
For a full description of the role and person specification, please see the accompanying documents.
If this role interests you, we would love to hear from you. Please contact the school office on 0121 464 4293 to arrange an informal visit and to meet our fabulous staff and pupils.
Why work for us?
We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:
- employee assistance programme
- high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
- wellbeing Advocates
- lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
- Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers
- generous employer pension schemes
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
To apply, please visit our website.
Please note we do not accept CV’s.
It is expected that interviews will be held shortly after the closing date.
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted. Please refer to our policy.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates.
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.
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
