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Pivot Academy; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue light card entitlement

Eye-test reimbursement

Financial wellbeing service

Work mobile phone

Death in service benefit

Flexible working arrangements

Early finish Fridays

Job summary

Pivot Academy Kirklees is seeking a dedicated Learning Mentor to support learners with social, emotional and academic needs in a specialist provision. You will work as part of a team to deliver targeted interventions, coach learners, and build positive relationships with families and external professionals.

The role offers a supportive school culture with ongoing professional development and flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting learners with social, emotional and academic needs.
• Ability to work with families and external professionals.
• Willingness to participate in professional development.

Responsibilities

• Support learners with a range of social, emotional and academic needs.
• Provide one-to-one and group support to help learners engage with education and overcome barriers to learning.
• Assist teachers in managing the learning environment, deliver targeted interventions, and develop personalised strategies that enable learners to attend, participate and succeed in their education.
• Act as key worker, supporting learners’ attendance, engagement and achievement through coaching, target setting and regular reviews.
• Build strong, positive relationships with learners, families and external professionals.

Skills

Empathy

Mentoring

Communication

Classroom support

Job description

Salary: £23,348.66 to £26,821.46 a year, pro rata

Do you believe in the transformative power of education?

Join our mission to inspire and empower young people, making a lasting impact on their lives.

At Pivot we believe learners deserve better. We are a specialist independent provision with sites in Kirklees, Wakefield, Bradford and Leeds. In our academies we teach and support learners from Key Stages 1 – 5 who have been excluded from school or those with an EHCP who require a specialist placement. Every day our teams do incredible work, making a huge difference to the lives of complex and challenging learners.

We are currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate Learning Mentor to join our Kirklees provision.

Pivot Academy Kirklees provides education and therapeutic support for learners who have social & emotional mental health, sensory or executive function challenges who may be supported by an EHCP. We work with families to provide bespoke provision based on the individual needs of each learner, giving them opportunities to gain a variety of qualifications, following personalised pathways through to further education or employment.

What you will do:

• Support learners with a range of social, emotional and academic needs.
• Provide one-to-one and group support to help learners engage with education and overcome barriers to learning.
• Assist teachers in managing the learning environment, deliver targeted interventions, and develop personalised strategies that enable learners to attend, participate and succeed in their education.
• Act as key worker, supporting learners’ attendance, engagement and achievement through coaching, target setting and regular reviews.
• Build strong, positive relationships with learners, families and external professionals.

Working at Pivot will give you a real chance to change the lives of our learners and we truly believe you will find working here a rewarding experience.

We offer:

• A supportive and forward-thinking school culture
• Ongoing professional development and support for relevant qualifications
• Focus on wellbeing for all & access to employee assistance programmes
• Flexible working arrangements and early finish Fridays
• Further additional benefits, including blue light card entitlement, eye-test reimbursement, financial wellbeing service, work mobile phone and death in service benefit

Closing Date: 21 September 2026

We do encourage you to submit your application form as soon as possible as we reserve the right to change the closing date for a vacancy.

We are committed to safeguarding our young people and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure Barring Service check and appropriate referencing.

During the shortlisting process, Pivot will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates as part of its due diligence