Job Description

Springwood High School

Norfolk
12.85 - 13.05 per hour

Salary:

27.5 hours/week 39 weeks/year (term time +1) - Temporary Fixed Term Contract till 31st August 2026

Job type:

Part Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

11 July 2025

Job overview

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Springwood High School are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Learning Mentor to join our English Department. The successful candidate would join a team of dedicated and ambitious teachers, focussed on continuing to grow the subject both inside and outside of the curriculum.

Start Date:

September 2025

Salary:

Scale D, Point 5-6, Salary 12.85 - 13.05 per hour

Hours:

27.5 hours/week 39 weeks/year (term time +1)

Pay Award Pending

Temporary Fixed Term Contract till 31st August 2026

Email:

recruitment@westnorfolkacademiestrust.co.uk

Website:

https://www.springwoodhighschool.co.uk/

Purpose of the Job

To support students in English, specifically those that are showing signs of underperforming and pupils with Special Educational Needs.


You will need to have good communication and interpersonal skills, the belief that all students, regardless of their personal circumstances can excel and the ability to set high expectations in order to motivate and inspire.


Due to the routine of the school, the workload may not be evenly spread throughout the year. Flexibility of hours, and a flexible attitude and willingness to assist others in the team, when required is necessary.

Responsibilities, but not limited too:

Work on a one-to-one basis with students who have missed parts of the curriculum or who have specific weaknesses. Work with small groups of students during lesson times to either support their normal English lesson, or extend their understanding of specific topics. Work within a classroom supporting the class teacher to help aid pupils' understanding. Deliver interventions, for example, handwriting or literacy programmes, such as, Precision Teaching and Read Write Inc. Phonics, and support the completion of English homework, for example, Sparx. To plan lessons/ activities/ tutorials and sequences of lessons to meet pupils' individual learning needs.

Personal and Professional Conduct

The post holder will be expected to demonstrate consistently high standards of personal and professional conduct and uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.


The post holder must have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school in which they teach, and maintain high standards in their own attendance and punctuality.


The post holder must have an understanding of, and always act within, the statutory frameworks, which set out their professional duties and responsibilities.


The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people.


The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.

For a full job description please click the link below.

Closing Date for Applications:

11th July 2025

Interview Dates:

TBC

Start Date:

Sept 2025

How to apply

For this vacancy, please click the 'Apply for Job' button, to complete our online application form.

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable field is met.


The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from minority ethnic communities and those with disabilities. An enhanced DBS check will be required.


As part of our recruitment process it is necessary for us to perform an online social media check. The reason for the online search is to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in KCSIE. There is no other purpose for a search.


This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualifications) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.


This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post.


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About

Springwood High School

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Springwood High School

Queensway, Gaywood, King's Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 4AW
United Kingdom

+44 1553 773393

With more than a hundred years of history, Springwood High School provides an education for boys and girls aged between eleven and eighteen in King's Lynn.



Springwood High School is a comprehensive school with Specialist Performing Arts Status and a long history of providing an excellent education to pupils in West Norfolk.



Springwood High School believes that it has a unique ethos that provides a calm and caring learning environment, which is focused on student achievement and engagement. The school's vision for the future is based around four key areas: maximising student achievement; ensuring every student is engaged with the school; ensuring its students have access to world-class resources; delivering outstanding teaching and learning.



Springwood High School has one clear aim - to become outstanding. To do this, it aims: to produce world-class standards of student achievement; to further improve student and community engagement; to develop an excellent standard of Teaching and Learning; to provide and maintain world class resources for the school community.



They offer a wide range of opportunities, both within and beyond the classroom - it is vital that every student participates in other areas of school life.



Springwood High School are part of the West Norfolk Academies Trust whose aim is to challenge and support a small group of schools to provide an excellent education for the young people of West Norfolk

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The Trust works in a supportive partnership with Primary and Secondary schools with each school maintaining their unique identity and ethos.



The schools work together to ensure maximum benefit for all students through economies of scale and shared resources.

Headteacher

Andy Johnson

Values and Ethos

At Springwood High School they strongly believe in developing the whole child and are committed to ensuring that every child can fulfil their potential and make the most of their talents.



It is because of this belief and this commitment that they encourage all of their students to take AMBITIOUS STEPS!



At Springwood they want everyone - students and staff - to be

AMBITIOUS

ARTICULATE - Able to communicate confidently with peers and adults alike in a range of settings



MOTIVATED - Determined and enthusiastic to achieve



BRAVE - Unafraid to challenge themselves



INDEPENDENT - Responsible for their own success



THOUGHTFUL - Kind, considerate and respectful to others



INQUISITIVE - Curios to learn



ORGANISED - Good managers of their own time



UNSTOPPABLE - Resilient to the challenges they encounter



SERIOUS - About fulfilling their potential

Ofsted

"The drive, passion and determination of the headteacher and his team have made a visible impact on all aspects of the school's work. Dedicated teachers work extremely hard to ensure that students make good progress, behave well in lessons, and have excellent opportunities to develop their spiritual, moral, social and cultural understanding. Teaching is largely good with some that is outstanding. The sixth form is good. Results are improving sharply. Leaders are showing more ambition and therefore more students are achieving the highest grades."



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