Learning Mentor

Teaching Personnel Ltd.; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive daily rates

Weekly PAYE

Dedicated consultant support

Free CPD and mentoring-focused develop

Permanent employment opportunities

Job summary

Teaching Personnel Ltd. is seeking Learning Mentors to support students in Sunderland secondary schools. This role combines academic guidance with pastoral support to help learners build confidence and reach their potential.

You will run 1:1 and small-group mentoring, set targets, and work with teachers to coordinate progress. A proactive, patient, and solution-focused approach is essential for long-term school improvement.

Qualifications

• Experience in a mentoring, learning support, youth work, or educational role.
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service.
• Strong communication skills across students, staff, and families.

Responsibilities

• Delivering regular 1:1 and small group mentoring sessions focused on academic progress and personal development.
• Setting achievable targets with students and supporting them to work toward them.
• Building trusted, motivating relationships with underachieving or disengaged students.
• Liaising with subject teachers, heads of year, and the SENCO to ensure a coordinated approach.
• Monitoring student progress and contributing to reviews and reports.
• Supporting students through transitions, exam periods, and other challenging points in the school year.
• Upholding safeguarding responsibilities at all times.

Skills

Mentoring experience

Rapport building

Strong communication

Pastoral support

Education

Qualifications in education, youth work, or coaching

Job description

Learning Mentor – Sunderland Secondary Schools

Competitive Daily Rates, Long-Term, ASAP Start

Teaching Personnel is recruiting a Learning Mentor for secondary schools across Sunderland, with positions available immediately. This is a broad, student-focused role that sits between academic support and pastoral care — working with young people who are underachieving, lacking confidence, or struggling to reach their potential, and helping them to set goals, develop resilience, and engage more positively with their education.

Unlike a Behaviour Mentor, the focus here is less on managing conduct and more on unlocking potential. You'll be working with students who have the ability to succeed but need someone in their corner — someone consistent, encouraging, and equipped to help them navigate the barriers that are holding them back.

What the role involves:

• Delivering regular 1:1 and small group mentoring sessions focused on academic progress and personal development
• Setting achievable targets with students and supporting them to work toward them
• Building trusted, motivating relationships with underachieving or disengaged students
• Liaising with subject teachers, heads of year, and the SENCO to ensure a coordinated approach
• Monitoring student progress and contributing to reviews and reports
• Supporting students through transitions, exam periods, and other challenging points in the school year
• Upholding safeguarding responsibilities at all times

What we're looking for:

• Experience in a mentoring, learning support, youth work, or educational role
• A motivating, patient, and solution-focused approach
• Ability to build genuine rapport with young people who have lost confidence in their own ability
• Strong communication skills across students, staff, and families
• Relevant qualifications in education, youth work, or coaching are desirable
• Enhanced DBS on the Update Service

What Teaching Personnel offers:

• Competitive daily rates reflecting your experience
• Weekly pay via PAYE
• Dedicated consultant support
• Free CPD and mentoring-focused development
• Opportunities for permanent employment

Contract: Long-term, Start: ASAP, Location: Sunderland secondary schools

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role.

All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.

Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.

We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.

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