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Safer Recruitment
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.
Professional Mentor for ITT and ECT
Salary Scale: MPS/UPS plus TLR 1a (£9,878)
Required: September 2025
This is a rare opportunity to become a school’s Professional Mentor, leading training programmes for trainee teachers (ITTs), early careers teachers (ECTs) and, from September 2026, new staff induction. This involves working in partnership with external providers to plan and deliver high quality professional development to trainees and ECTs. The successful candidate will co-ordinate training across different curriculum subjects, leading the subject-specific mentors. They will be able to combine this whole school responsibility with a reduced teaching commitment in a subject area where we currently have a teaching vacancy: Art, Maths or Science. If you are interested in leading either the ITT or the ECT part of this role (rather than leading both) then please do still apply. There is a possibility for this role to be split into two positions for suitable candidates.
The successful candidate will be passionate about teaching and learning, as well as CPD; able to lead by example in their own classroom; they will have strong inter-personal skills, able to motivate and inspire new teachers at the formative stage of their careers. They will also have strong organisational skills and be able to meet deadlines and support others to do so too.
Wyvern College is a popular and happy school, where staff and students feel valued and appreciated. Students are polite, hard-working and well behaved. They are keen to learn and they achieve well above national expectations. Staff morale is high and there is a strong sense of team work and community. Staff are proud of their college and genuinely excited about the next stage of its development. Leaders and Governors are held in high esteem. We have on-site nursery and gym facilities with staff discounts. People rarely leave Wyvern and those who do, often return!
Wyvern is a 11-16 mixed comprehensive school, serving the communities of Fair Oak, Horton Heath, Bishopstoke, Durley and Upham and the surrounding area. Increasingly, families from outside the catchment area are seeking Wyvern places for their children.
Closing date for applications: Monday 17th March 2025.
Application packs available from www.wyverncollege.org.uk/recruitment
Please note: CVs will not be accepted as an alternative form of application and will not be placed into shortlisting
