Learning Mentor

Sudbourne Primary School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Sudbourne Primary School is seeking an outstanding Learning Mentor to work across the school to identify and support pupils facing social, emotional, or behavioural barriers to learning, helping them build resilience and reach their full academic potential.

The role offers term-time hours (39 weeks per year), 35 hours per week, starting ASAP, with a fixed-term contract to 31 August 2027. We value inclusive practice and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting pupils with social, emotional or behavioural barriers to learning.
• Ability to build empathetic, supportive relationships with children.
• Commitment to equality of opportunity and inclusive practice.

Responsibilities

• Identify and support pupils facing social, emotional, or behavioural barriers to learning.
• Help pupils build resilience and improve classroom engagement to reach full academic potential.

Skills

Child development understanding

Agencies for vulnerable children

Motivate pupils

Positive role model

Independent planning

Flexibility/adaptability

ICT proficiency

Thrive training

Child protection training

Job description

Salary: Scale 5 Sp 12 to 15 (£34,359 - £35,892 pro rata)

Hours: 35 Hours, Monday to Friday, 8:00am - 4:00pm (Wed: 8:30am - 4:30pm)

Year Round?: 39 weeks per year (term time only)

Permanent?: No - Fixed Term to 31st August 2027

To Start: ASAP

For Further Details or to Arrange a Visit: Please contact Holly Williams via email: [e-mail]

Applications Close: MIdday, Thursday 1st October 2026

Shortlisting: Friday 2nd October 2026

Interviews: Thursday 8th October

Job Description:

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)

Tagged as: Professional and Support

Application Documents:

• Lambeth-Application-Form-2.pdf
• Learning-Mentor-JD-PS_Sep-26.docx.pdf