Academic Mentor, English Maternity Leave cover until July 2025 Location: Castle Mead Academy Closing Date: 9th January 2025, 9.00am Interviews: January 2025 Position Start Date: to be confirmed Salary: LG Band 4 Points, Points 7 – 10 (£22,020 - £23,474 pro rata) A unique opportunity for dedicated and enthusiastic Academic Mentor, English to join the team at Castle Mead Academy, as part of The Mead Educational Trust. In August 2019, Castle Mead Academy, a non-selective secondary school, opened its doors and welcomed our first year 7 cohort. Since then, we have never looked back We are now fully-grown, with over 1200 scholars as part of our school, going about their learning each and every day. Building on the success of Rushey Mead Academy, Castle Mead is making available in the heart of Leicester a standard of education matching the very best schools in the country so that every scholar leaves us with high value academic qualifications and wider positive dispositions to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. The opportunity to work in a growing school is like no other. When you start a school from scratch like we have, it is a golden opportunity to put in place all of the amazing things you have heard and read about from the best schools in the land – but in one place, here in Leicester As we now cross into our next chapter, having recently just moved into our new state-of-the-art school building, join us and help to build a genuine legacy of your own, alongside colleagues who are aligned in their values. We are recruiting a team of like-minded experts to help realise our vision and “Grow a Community of Excellence.” This is a rare opportunity, so as we challenge convention, lead without preconception and are unapologetically ambitious on behalf of our scholars. This is an opportunity for an experienced Academic Mentor who is: passionate about English and supporting pupils to achieve their potential; believes in equality of opportunity and has high expectations of pupils; willing to learn and work as part of our team; going to contribute to the ethos of our school Flourish in our brand-new building, on the picturesque riverside Please submit your application by Thursday 9th January 2025, 9.00am. For further information, a confidential discussion, to book a visit to Castle Mead Academy or any technical queries please contact Hajrah Mustafa (details can be found in the candidate pack). We reserve the right to appoint earlier than the closing date for this post, should a suitable candidate be recruited. Castle Mead Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Safeguarding Statement: This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.