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SEND Learning Mentor - Term Time

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone

  • Ref:KCC886-4523-364S
  • Posted:25/03/2025
  • Pay:Kent Scheme Salaries KSD £26,393-£27,713pa prorata
  • Start Date:April/May 2025
  • App Close Date:22/04/2025 at 08:00
  • Interviews:28th April 2025

Advert

SEND Learning Mentor

Required for April/May 2025

Permanent Full-Time or Part-Time Term Time With flexible working pattern considered

37 hours per week maximum, 39 weeks per year including  37 hours maximum directed time

Kent Scheme Salaries KSD £26,393-£27,713 per annum pro rata to hours worked

We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and innovative colleague to join our team of committed professionals within our friendly SEND team.  The post holder will assist the SENCO and Assistant to the SENCO in supporting students with SEND and medical needs. The SEND Learning Mentor will oversee students within our Student Support Room working closely with teachers to support the pastoral and academic work for students with SEND and medical needs.  The Learning Mentor will also act as a Cover Supervisor.  This post is open to flexible working in terms of start/finish time and for days of the week worked.

The postholder will receive a payment in respect of their pro rata entitlement to Annual Leave appropriate to their grade, Bank Holidays and the KCC concessionary day which is included in the salary above. 

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360.  Ofsted judged us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this.  We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015.  The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment.  Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and Benenden Healthcare Scheme.  Support Staff will be automatically enrolled in the Local Government Pension Scheme. 

 

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

 

Applicants should complete the application form and email it along with a covering letter addressed to the Headteacher, Miss Deborah Stanley via mstarns@mggs.org. Applicants are strongly encouraged to also complete our Equal Opportunities &  Recruitment Monitoring Form.  If you require any additional information please contact Ms Starns, PA to the Headteacher via email: mstarns@mggs.org.

 

Please note that pre-interview visits are not available, however, full information including a virtual tour can be found on our website https://www.mggs.org/

 

Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website https://www.mggs.org/joining-us/join-our-team/vacancies/

 

Applications welcomed immediately

Applications will be considered in the order in which they are received. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Maidstone Grammar School for Girls reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

 

Closing Date: 8am on 22nd April 2025

 

Interviews: 28th April 2025



Information about the school

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 350. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

Applicants should complete the application form and email it along with a covering letter addressed to the Headteacher, Miss Deborah Stanley via mstarns@mggs.org. Applicants are strongly encouraged to also complete our Equal Opportunities & Recruitment Monitoring Form. If you require any additional information please contact Ms Starns, PA to the Headteacher via email: mstarns@mggs.org.

Please note that pre-interview visits are not available, however, full information including a virtual tour can be found on our website https://www.mggs.org/

Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website https://www.mggs.org/joining-us/join-our-team/vacancies/

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The post is exempt from section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)). It is not, therefore, in any way contrary to the Act to reveal any information concerning convictions which would otherwise be considered as “spent” in relation to the applicant’s suitability for employment. Any such information will be kept in strict confidence and only used in consideration of the suitability of the applicant for such a position where such an exemption is appropriate.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Michelle Starns
  • Address:Maidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
  • Telephone: 01622 752103
  • Email: mstarns@mggs.org

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.