Learning Mentor - Part-time

Featherby Infant School, Gillingham

• Ref:MED887-2401-156S
• Posted:19/08/2026
• Pay:Medway C2 (12-25) £21,702.33 - £28, 093.01 Actual
• Start Date:ASAP
• App Close Date:11/09/2026 at 08:00
• Interviews:TBC

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Join Featherby Partnership Schools as a Learning Mentor!

Support. Encourage. Inspire – helping every child overcome barriers and thrive.

Are you passionate about supporting children to reach their full potential? Do you believe strong relationships, encouragement and the right support can help every child succeed?

Featherby Partnership Schools are seeking a caring, motivated and committed Learning Mentor to join our dedicated team and make a lasting difference to children and families.

About The Role

You’ll support pupils who may face barriers to learning, helping them build confidence, resilience and the skills they need to thrive academically, socially and emotionally.

Working closely with teachers, families and external agencies, you’ll provide targeted mentoring and pastoral support, building trusted relationships and helping children feel valued, understood and ready to learn.

As a Learning Mentor, you will:

• Provide individual and small-group mentoring and pastoral support
• Help pupils overcome barriers affecting their learning and wellbeing
• Develop and review personalised support to meet individual needs
• Promote confidence, resilience, independence and positive attitudes to learning
• Support pupils through key transitions and changes
• Work collaboratively with families, colleagues and external agencies

Who You Are

We’re looking for someone who:

• Is passionate about supporting children facing additional challenges
• Has high aspirations and believes every child can flourish
• Builds positive, trusting relationships with children and families
• Can motivate pupils and adapt support to individual needs
• Is calm, patient, resilient and a strong team player
• Is committed to safeguarding, inclusion and pupil wellbeing

Experience in a school, pastoral, mentoring, youth work or family support environment would be desirable.

What We Offer

At Featherby, every colleague plays an important role in helping our children thrive. As part of Maritime Academy Trust, you’ll benefit from:

• A welcoming, inclusive and supportive school community
• A rewarding role where you can make a genuine difference
• High-quality CPD and opportunities to develop your career
• Local Government Pension Scheme and national terms and conditions
• Enhanced family-friendly policies
• Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and wider wellbeing support

Ready to Make a Difference?

We’d love to welcome you for a visit. Please contact the school office on 01634 231984 to arrange.

Find out more about the role, school and Trust in our Candidate Information Pack. Apply via My New Term — we may interview and appoint as applications are received, so early applications are encouraged.

Featherby Partnership Schools and Maritime Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced DBS check and online checks in line with current safeguarding guidance. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and value diversity at all levels.

Information about the school

We achieve our vision through a commitment to working in partnership across the Featherby schools, collaboration across Maritime and engagement with other agencies and parents.

We believe that no matter what a child’s starting point may be, they have the potential to achieve and succeed. We achieve this through our curriculum, approach to learning and through developing best practice through partnership. Our thematic curriculum develops children’s skills and knowledge to ensure we equip them for the challenges of life; ensuring they leave us ready for the next stage of their educational journey as 21st Century learners and citizens. Our approach to learning is centred around cognitive science and developing webs of knowledge.

We believe in encouraging independent and resilient learners who have the ability to work collaboratively, embracing known pedagogy, whilst developing new models for learning using the latest technologies and approaches. We actively equip our children with cognitive strategies and functional skills which are proven to support knowledge retention and to develop our children’s webs of knowledge. Our children will take ownership of metacognition adopting the best strategies for them. This will support self-regulation - they will choose the strategies which work for them.

Skills will remain with us forever ensuring we are confident, curious, and resilient learners – proud of who we are and optimistic about what we will achieve, holding high aspirations of ourselves. Ensuring we are ready for the next stage of learning and the 21st Century.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Maritime Academy Trust
• Address:50 John Harrison Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0BG
• Telephone: 020 8858 0394
• Email: recruitment@maritimeacademytrust.org

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Application Pack