Student Support Officer (Learning Mentor) at Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Job description

About this Role

Dr Challoner's Grammar School wishes to appoint a caring and diligent person to join our Student Support team as a Student Support Officer (Learning Mentor). This team has responsibility for the pastoral care of our students, to ensure they can all achieve their best academically and learn to flourish and thrive as adults. The successful candidate will be adept at supporting students to develop effective study and social skills, and have an empathy for the challenges of the early teenage years. We are keen to appoint someone who is a positive advocate for our school values of Aspiration, Kindness and Resilience, and who will foster those attributes through their work with students, individually and in groups.

We are seeking someone educated to A level or equivalent, who has experience of working with young people, with excellent communication skills and the ability to build effective working relationships with students and colleagues. Dr Challoner's is an 11-18 grammar school for boys, with a co-educational Sixth Form. We have a long history of providing superb education to our students and in 2024 Ofsted confirmed their 2019 judgement of Outstanding. All our support staff play a key role in enabling that to happen, by contributing to the forward thinking and innovative culture of the school.

To informally discuss the role further please contact George Wallington-Smith, Assistant Headteacher, on [email protected]

Benefits of working at Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Staff often remark that DCGS is a great place to work. Staff retention is high, which we believe reflects the supportive and friendly environment in which we work. Students are hard working, capable and diligent. New staff to the school often remark that they enjoy working in an environment where students want to learn. Challoner's was the third secondary school in the country to be judged Outstanding under Ofsted's new Education Inspection Framework when inspected in November 2019, with the inspectors noting that the school has a culture of teamwork, loyalty and aspiration and that staff feel exceptionally well supported. This judgement was confirmed again in 2024. In 2025 we ranked 10th in The Times' best secondary and grammar schools in the south-east.

As the Lead School in the Astra Teaching School, DCGS offers a wide and diverse range of professional development opportunities for staff. Astra's status as a School Centred Initial Teacher Training provider (SCITT) ensures Challoner's is at the cutting edge of curricular and pedagogical developments in education. The Astra SCITT trains approximately 50 - 70 new entrants per year: in this way, colleagues at Challoner's are able to contribute to, and benefit from, high quality teacher training and CPD across over 50 schools in Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and beyond.

Prospective applicants are warmly invited to apply through Mynewterm by clicking apply now.

Early applications are welcome; we reserve the right to interview suitable candidates before the published closing date.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

At Dr Challoner's Grammar School we ensure breadth of opportunities for all and actively promote open and outward facing attitudes to diversity and inclusion. As such, we encourage suitably qualified people from all backgrounds to apply for roles at our school. If there are any issues which you feel could be barriers to your application as part of this process please let us know.

Our commitment to Safeguarding

Dr Challoner's Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.

Additional information for applicants

Some additional information for applicants can be found here.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Amersham

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

13-09-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No