Job Description
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Actual pay range: £21,886 to £23,674
Start date 23rd Februrary 2026
Learning Mentor/Inclusion Ambassador to work 32.5 hours per week, 39 working weeks per year (term time plus inset days).
Work schedule will be:
Monday to Friday
8:30 am -11:00 am
11:45 am - 4:00 pm (including an unpaid break 15 mins)
We are seeking a caring, compassionate, articulate and inspirational person to provide targeted support to children, across the school, who may have social, emotional or behavioural needs and who require additional help to access the curriculum and reach their full potential.
A high degree of organisation, communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to think outside the box will be required. Experience working with children, with the school team and external support agencies. Experience working with children with special needs or behavioural needs would be an advantage. The successful candidate will also be required to manage the Wrap Around Provision and provide support to the midday assistants at lunchtime.
Montgomerie Primary School is a one-form entry school judged as GOOD by OSTED. We are part of the ROBUS Multi Academy Trust of Schools, a Trust based in Essex currently comprising four schools. This unique partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes for children across our schools. ROBUS Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils.
As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure And Barring Service . This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).
Our successful candidate will also be health checked and references will be requested before appointment; the post is permanent and is subject to a satisfactory probation period.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
For further information about our school please visit our website https://www.montgomerieprimary.essex.sch.uk/
Closing date for applications is the 5th January 2026 and interviews are planned for the week commencing the 12th January 2026.
Visits are warmly welcomed, please email admin@mps.robusmat.co.uk to arrange a tour of the school.
Information about the School
Montgomerie Primary is a small school for pupils aged four to eleven years in the heart of South Benfleet. The school aims to provide a friendly, caring and secure environment, in which all the children are valued and achieve their full potential – a place where ‘Every Second Counts’.
Our school is at the centre of the community and places great emphasis on its relationships with pupils, parents, carers and other members of the community.
We are caring and inclusive and welcome all children to our school community - striving to find the right balance of support and challenge to help children to make good progress and be the best that they can be. We value character strengths and aim for our children to be ‘strong learners’ by embedding our school drivers - ‘Possibility, Morality, Enterprise and Community’.
Montgomerie Primary School is part of the Robus Trust. ROBUS is Latin for ‘strength in togetherness' and this underpins our philosophy. By working in partnership with each other, the schools share curriculum expertise and effective teaching practices, working together to deliver the best outcomes for pupils.