Overview
Elms Farm Primary School, Senior Learning Mentor
Salary Range: Grade C SCP 24-33 (£35,412-£44,075 FTE)
Start Date: As Soon As Possible
We are looking for a passionate Senior Learning Mentor to join our established Pastoral Team. This is an exciting new role in our school to strengthen our support for pupils and their families. The successful candidate will work with our Leadership team and lead Learning Mentors to provide provision across the school.
We are looking for a Senior Learning Mentor who:
* Is passionate about making a difference and committed to our school values
* Has experience in delivering high quality pastoral support and interventions
* Manages a team effectively
* Has a firm understanding of effective safeguarding
* Is already trained, or is willing to train as a DSL
Our school offers:
* Kind, well behaved children with increasingly positive attitudes to learning;
* A dedicated and hardworking staff team;
* Supportive parents and governors;
* CPD opportunities and DSL supervision
* A leadership team who are passionate and love our school
Elms Farm Primary School is an exciting place to be. At our school: This is an inclusive school where pupils are welcomed warmly and have a strong sense of belonging. Leaders create a nurturing environment where pupils feel valued and supported. Leaders maintain a highly effective culture of inclusion, holding ambitious expectations for every pupil, including those who face barriers to learning. Staff are supported to identify pupils’ needs swiftly and accurately. They know pupils well and adapt learning effectively. This means that pupils can achieve well.
Leaders and governors place a high priority on managing staff workload and wellbeing, considering these carefully when making decisions. As a result, staff feel highly valued.
Ofsted January 2026
Visits to our school are warmly invited, please contact the office to arrange a visit.
Closing Date: Friday 29th May 2026 @ 9am
Interviews: Week beginning 1st June 2026
Completed application forms should be returned to: recruitment@elmsfarm.org
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment.
The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
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