Subject Mentors

Coast and Vale Learning Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

The Cherwell School in Oxford is seeking a motivated Subject Mentor to join our large team of Subject Mentors. The role involves supporting our most vulnerable learners on a 1:1 basis in lessons or assisting a variety of students in a mainstream classroom, while working within the Faculties to develop curriculum knowledge and differentiation skills.

Applicants will join a multi-skilled team and contribute to safeguarding and student development, with opportunities for professional learning and

Responsibilities

• Support our most vulnerable learners on a 1:1 basis in lessons or provide support to a variety of students in a mainstream classroom.
• Work within the Faculties to develop knowledge of the curriculum and differentiate for students.
• Contribute to the team of Subject Mentors and support CPD and best practices.

Job description

The Cherwell School are seeking to appoint a motivated Subject Mentor. This is an exciting opportunity to join our large and multi-skilled team of Subject Mentors. Our team supports our most vulnerable learners on a 1:1 basis in lessons or provides support to a variety of students in a mainstream classroom. Our large team of Subject Mentors generally work within the Faculties themselves so that we can both play to your strengths and enrich your ability to support and differentiate for our students by developing your knowledge of the curriculum.

About our school

We are a high performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school in Oxford with approximately 2,000 students on roll, including 680 in the Sixth Form. We are delighted that we were judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (October 2022), as we feel this is a fair reflection of the school, not least as we recognize that we have the capacity to develop and improve further. We consider ourselves to be a school which has at its heart “opportunity, responsibility, excellence” and we aim to make this a deeper reality for all of our students and staff in the years to come.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION

for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’

is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’

is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered.