Learning Mentor

St Paul’s Girls' School; London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job description

Part time (25 Hours per week)

Term time plus one week (total 37 weeks)

Required from September 2025

We are looking for a Learning Mentor to join St Paul’s Girls’ School – one of the country’s leading independent schools for girls aged 11-18, with approximately 800 students. You will be working with a Year 8 student with a visual impairment, supporting her emotional and educational needs.

About the school

St Paul’s Girls’ School is an extraordinary school, offering a classical yet forward-thinking education, rooted in a love of academic discovery and enriched by a broad co-curricular programme, nurturing wellbeing provision and a strong commitment to partnerships and community initiatives. Aspirations and achievements go well beyond what one would normally expect from a school, making St Paul’s Girls’ School an exciting, lively, and stimulating place in which to work.

Candidate profile

You will be open-minded and empathetic, with the skills to support the student with her emotional and educational needs, and to advocate on her behalf with teaching staff and external professionals.

You will play a valued role in working with the school’s Learning Support and Inclusion departments in the continued development of creating an accessible school environment.

A background in psychology, support work or education is desirable for this role. Recent experience of academic study might also be of benefit.

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Please submit your applications before the closing date. Applications will not be considered without a completed application form. We recommend that candidates apply as soon as possible since applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews arranged on a rolling basis.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and overseas police checks

St Paul’s Girls’ School is a “registered body” under the Police Act 1997 because employment here involves access to children under the age of 18. This post will require an enhanced DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau) before we can confirm an offer of employment.

Safeguarding guidelines

St Paul’s Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We expect all staff to share this commitment.

St Paul’s Girls’ School welcomes applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our pupil intake.