Reading Mentor

1 week ago

Sheffield, United Kingdom Sheffield Park Academy Full time

**Salary**

FTE £27,958 gross per annum pro rota, and actual of £24,124.53 gross per annum

**Contractual hours**

37.5

**Basis**

Full Time

**Region**

Sheffield

**Job category/type**

Support Staff

**Date posted**

19/06/2025

**Job reference**

REQ003593

**Job title**: Reading Mentor

**Location**: Sheffield Park Academy, Beaumont Road North, Sheffield, S2 1SN

**Salary**: FTE £27,958 gross per annum pro rota, and actual of £24,124.53 gross per annum

**Contract**: Permanent, Full-Time 37.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year.

**Start date**: September 2025

‘Leaders are ambitious for all pupils to achieve highly’

‘This is a school where staff care for students and are determined that they succeed’

**OFSTED report, December 2022**

Sheffield Park Academy are looking to appoint 2 full-time posts of Reading Mentors, this is a new role at the academy starting September 2025, we are seeking to appoint a flexible, dynamic and hardworking individuals.

This is an excellent opportunity to join an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ academy. The academy is part of United Learning, a national group of schools and academies. Sheffield Park Academy is an 11-18 school. As part of United Learning our aim is to bring out ‘the Best in Everyone’ and we continuously strive to ensure that students and staff have every opportunity to succeed, with their potential developed to the utmost. Our school has motivated, ambitious students with a high percentage of our students going on to attend Russell group universities.

The academy has over 1,200 pupils and is situated in purpose-built £30million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities. We are part of the United Learning Trust, the largest and one of the most successful academy trusts in the country who offer unrivalled CPD and opportunities for nationwide networking and development opportunities.

The successful post-holder's main duties will include, taking telephone messages regarding student attendance, follow up on suspected truancy and inform parents, Support implementation, monitoring and review of Academy attendance policy, to build positive relationships with both students and parents to boost attendance and to make home visits where necessary to address below standard student attendance.

**We are looking for someone who is**:

- Someone who is a team player with strong communication skills
- Someone who is caring and who takes pride in their work.
- Someone who has previous experience in a similar role would be advantageous.

**What we can offer you**:

- Highly competitive pay above national average.
- Excellent facilities and resources.
- Access to an outstanding professional development programme.
- A respectful working environment.
- Supportive, friendly colleagues who are committed to each other’s professional development.
- A chance to become part of United Learning, one of the largest groups of academies in the country.
- Opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in each academy, across the Cluster and United Learning.
- Excellent employee benefits which include a highly sought-after pension scheme with high employer contributions.
- Access to training through the Apprenticeship Levy.
- Free on-site parking.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- We encourage open and regular conversations about work-life balance

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details.

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