Return to Learning Mentor School

Return to Learning Mentor - The Buckingham School

Location:

Buckingham

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 4 (£31,424- £33,735 FTE) 37 hrs per week, Monday – Friday (39 weeks per year, including Inset) Actual Salary £26,647 - £28,607

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full-time

Interviews to be held: Monday 12th October 2026

The Buckingham School is a caring and supportive school with excellent student ambassadors who represent The Buckingham School very well, displaying good behaviour and a positive attitude to work. Our school motto is 'Success for All' and we aim to give all students life changing opportunities through educational achievement. We will continue to drive school improvement in order to achieve the very best for every student.

The Buckingham School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Return to Learning Mentor. The successful candidate will be working closely with our Inclusion Team, including the Heads of Year, encouraging students to reach their full potential and supporting them to reflect on their attitude to learning.

The Return to Learning Mentor is a key role within the core of the school, integral to upholding and ensuring students acquire these and develop as global citizens and well-rounded individuals. The role exists to support students at a variety of levels including behaviour, welfare and student wellbeing.

You will be based in the Head of Year Office, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team is essential.

Academic achievement lies at the heart of what the school does, but we never forget the importance of fostering our Virtues in our students. Some students need the support of the Inclusion Team, before they are ready to learn. We strive for Success for All.

The Buckingham Way is that ‘Kindness to All’ this is a non-negotiable starting point in everything we do. We strive to display Respect, Responsibly and Reflection

Please see attached Job description & Person specification.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
• For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
• It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.