Assistant Learning Manager - Student Support

Outwood Grange Academy

Assistant Learning Manager (temporary until 31 August 2027).

Salary (Actual Salary): £24,161.38 to £24,949.22.

Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week During Term Time Plus 5 Days.

Are you a highly skilled and adaptable professional ready to take on a complex role supporting student achievement across all learning platforms? Join us as an Assistant Learning Manager, where you will play a crucial role in supporting student learning, behaviour, and pastoral well-being to maximise overall attainment. 

Working alongside Learning Managers and the Senior Leadership Team, you will deliver targeted interventions, monitor academic and behavioural progress through internal tracking systems, and act as a key contact for parents and safeguarding matters. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced, adaptable individual to support diverse student needs, drive attendance initiatives, and foster a positive learning environment across the academy. 

Welcome from the Principal:

Thank you for your interest in Outwood Grange Academy.

I am so pleased you are looking at this fantastic opportunity to work at Outwood Grange Academy. Our larger-than-average 11-19 academy is in the heart of Outwood, Wakefield, with easy access to major towns and cities via the motorway network.

As the Founding Academy of the Outwood Grange Academies Trust, we embody the organisation's core ethos: making students our fundamental priority, raising standards, and transforming life chances.

I am truly proud of the work we do to ensure all aspects of education are of the highest possible quality. This is driven by our staff's unwavering dedication, their commitment to enabling every student to achieve their potential.  We are passionate about the importance of CPD for our teachers as they are our greatest resource and are best placed to inspire students.

If this is a vision that resonates with you, I look forward to meeting you to discuss what you have to offer.

• To view the Support Staff recruitment booklet, Click here 

If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Jessica Power (Lead Learning Manager) at [email protected].

You will monitor assigned students academically, behaviourally, and pastorally using internal systems and data, delivering and tracking targeted interventions to support student attainment. A key aspect of the role involves serving as a main point of contact for behaviour management, responding to radio call-outs, managing detentions and support rooms, and liaising with Learning Managers and the Senior Leadership Team. Additionally, you will drive attendance and welfare initiatives through parent contact, truancy sweeps, and student collection, whilst recording safeguarding incidents, supervising key times of the school day, and assisting with out-of-academy events, trips, and parents' evenings.

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You must hold a Level 2 qualification in English and Maths (or equivalent) alongside prior experience of working in a school environment and a strong understanding of issues affecting young people. You will possess excellent verbal and written communication skills across diverse audiences, strong ICT proficiency, and the ability to work under pressure whilst maintaining strict confidentiality and following child safeguarding procedures. A sympathetic approach to supporting students, a willingness to undertake further professional development, and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check are essential.

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