Role: Learning Manager
Academy: Outwood Academy Riverside
Start Date: 02/09/2026
Salary (Actual Salary): £27,438
Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Term Time plus 15 days
Are you ready to be a champion for student success? Join us as a Learning Manager, where you will play a critical role in nurturing student potential by focusing on welfare, strategic intervention, and data‑driven monitoring. This position is perfect for someone passionate about removing academic and behavioural barriers to learning, ensuring all students thrive in a supportive educational setting, and effectively managing complex student cases in collaboration with external agencies.
About the Role: As a Learning Manager you must have the ability to work with students and have a real interest in the issues faced by the students. You will monitor and support all students in the year group, both academically and behaviourally. You will work closely with the Inclusion Co‑ordinator and the Leadership Team on improving both student behaviour, attendances and outcomes. Day to day you will work with students to help them be the best they can be.
Qualifications: The successful applicant must have experience of working in a school environment and demonstrable knowledge of issues affecting students and young people, including how to offer supportive assistance. Essential skills include the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences, verbally and in writing, and proficiency in using standard ICT packages; candidates must be able to work well under pressure, manage competing deadlines, relate sympathetically to students, and recognise potential child safeguarding issues. Experience of working with other agencies that support vulnerable students is desirable.
Responsibilities: The Learning Manager strategically monitors all students in their assigned year group, utilizing MIS systems and Praising Stars data to identify concerns and action appropriate intervention strategies. Key duties include acting as the first point of contact for behaviour related incidents and supporting the Consequences process, including contacting parents regarding exclusions and supporting readmission meetings. A core function is inter‑agency liaison, including chairing Children in Need and Team Around the Child meetings, undertaking referrals for families, and supporting the Education Welfare Officer with truancy sweeps. They also coordinate year‑group logistics such as vaccinations and photographs and handle attendance checks.
What will we do for you?
* A competitive salary and pay progression
* A fantastic pension and additional benefits
* Flexible family friendly policies from day one
* Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme
* Our Workload Charter with guaranteed CPD every week and much more (for teaching roles).
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