Student Support Mentor

Altwood Church of England School; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Altwood Church of England School in Maidenhead is seeking a Student Support Mentor for term-time with five inset days. The role runs 8.10am–4.10pm (Mon–Thu) and 3.40pm on Friday, with a salary scale of 27,651 to 29,994 pounds per year.

The role focuses on helping students succeed through Ready to Learn rooms and pastoral support, including safeguarding and trauma-informed CALM approaches. Training will be provided, and the post collaborates with Heads of House and pastoral teams.

Qualifications

• Experience working with students in a pastoral or educational setting.
• Willingness to undertake Safeguarding training and CALM approach.

Responsibilities

• Work with students so that they are better enabled to meet expectations of the school.
• Provide support to Heads of House and other members of the Inclusion and Pastoral Teams.
• Apply the school’s agreed intervention strategies and provide support for behaviour management for individual/groups of students.
• Positively influence the attitudes and behaviour of students by reinforcing standards set by the school.
• Coordinate alternative education provision, including work placements, bespoke timetables, etc.
• Liaise with out of school agencies to support students requiring additional help.
• Proactively support student personal development / action plan to meet individual needs.

Skills

Pastoral support

Behaviour management

Safeguarding training

Job description

StudentSupport Mentor

Term Time Only – Plus 5 Inset Days

8.10am to 4.10 pm Monday to Thursday and 3.40 pm on Friday

Scale 5 pt 12-17 – Actual Salary £27,651 to £29,994

Do you have a positiveoutlook, always looking for new challenges and love working with young people?

If the answer is YES, thenour Student Support Mentor position may be just what you are looking for.

At Altwood, Inclusion is atthe heart of everything we do. Our vision of every student being known, valuedand supported to succeed is central to our inclusion work.

Our new Ready to Learn roomsupports students who are struggling in the classroom, and it is our highlyskilled Ready to Learn and Student Support Mentors who are working on how tobuild their resilience, develop their confidence and support their pastoralneeds to enable them to return to lessons.

Student Support Mentors areoften the first port of call for students who are struggling, and socomprehensive Safeguarding training will be provided as well as ourtrauma-informed CALM approach.

The Role:

• Workwith students so that they are better enabled to meet expectations of theschool.
• Providesupport to Heads of House and other members of the Inclusion and Pastoral Teams.
• Applythe school’s agreed intervention strategies and provide support for behaviourmanagement for individual/groups of students.
• Positivelyinfluence the attitudes and behaviour of students by reinforcing standards setby the school.
• Co-ordinatealternative education provision, including work placements, bespoke timetablesetc.
• Liaisewith out of school agencies to support students requiring additional help.
• Proactivelysupport student personal development / action plan to meet individual needs.

Altwood Church ofEngland School, Altwood Road,

Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL64PU

Closing Date: Friday 10thApril 2026

AltwoodChurch of England School is a Good school (Ofsted 2023, 2017). We take pride inour learning community where our Gospel values underpin ourdrive for continuing success. We have recently joined the Agape Multi Academy Trust.This partnership was created because of our shared vision and values and ourdesire to collaborate and continually improve all areas of our work.