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Academic Mentor - Great Academy Ashton

Great Academy Ashton is part of Great Academies Education Trust

To Teach Age Range: 11-16

Contract Type:
Fixed Term ending May 2027, Term Time Only, + 2 Days (36 hours per week across 5 days over the 7 day week)

Salary:
Band 6, SCP 15-19 – Actual Salary £25,428.84 - £27,154.08

Great Academy Ashton, part of Great Academies Education Trust, is seeking an inspirational and motivating individual to join our team. At GAA, our mission is to improve the life chances of our young people by ensuring they achieve the best outcomes and are fully supported to realise their potential. We are committed to providing rich, high-quality experiences that enable all students to participate meaningfully in the life of the academy and contribute positively to the wider community.

Appointing to the position of Academic Mentor (focused on supporting small groups of students with their engagement studies) is pivotal in delivering this aim.

We are looking for a committed individual who shares our values of Genuine, Respect, Excellence, Achievement, and Togetherness (GREAT) and who can help us deliver on our mission. At GAA, we value our staff and are committed to providing a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Specifically, you will support small groups of students with their engagement studies.

• Extensive leadership and subject based CPD, including paid memberships of such professional bodies as The Chartered College of Teaching, The Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors membership and Subject Association memberships.
• Free health protection: we understand the importance of health and wellbeing, which is why we offer free health protection to all staff, including free NHS health checks and yearly flu vaccinations.
• Cycle to work scheme:
  We encourage sustainable transportation options by offering a cycle to work scheme.
• Wider personal benefits such as discounted eye tests, well-being clinics, dentistry, financial and legal advice.
• Paid bonuses for those staff who are markers for examination bodies.
• Committed to supporting the well-being of our workforce, we are part of the DfE Workforce Wellbeing Charter, GAET have expanded this creating our own Wellbeing Charter. We have an Assistant Principal with a strategic lead for staff well-being. We have implemented several initiatives to reduce workload, including assessing the workload of new initiatives, reduced unnecessary communication through email protocols, have a staff well-being working group and we conduct regular well-being questionnaires to guide further improvements.

Great Academy Ashton would consider flexible working arrangements for the fulfilment of this post. Great Academies Education Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and the successful candidate will be required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

To make an application please visit

Closing date for applications:
Friday 5th December, 12 Noon

Start Date:
To be discussed with candidate