STUDENT LEARNING MENTOR
Ascent College
Term Time (190 days) + 7 days
5 days per week (37.5 hours)
Pro-rata salary £23,468 – £24,528 per annum including SEN
Join Our Team at Remarkable!
Are you looking to work for a charity with ambitious growth plans and an exciting journey ahead? At
Remarkable, we are seeking energetic and passionate individuals who want to make a real difference in the
lives of young people.
We at Remarkable Group pride ourselves on providing high quality services for autistic young people. Ascent College (ages 16 – 25) operate a specialist college with an excellent reputation for delivering outstanding education and care.
Our mission is to create a world where autistic people can live happy and fulfilling lives. We support and
educate autistic individuals throughout their lives, redefining possibilities through innovative and
transformative services. With an ambitious five-year plan ahead, we are looking for values-driven individuals to help us achieve our goals.
As a student learning mentor, you will be a key role within classroom team working under the guidance of the class teacher and alongside other student learning mentors. You will help to support and develop our students on their educational and life journeys.
We are committed to:
✔ Providing a clear career path for all staff.
✔ Investing in training, mentoring, and professional development.
✔ Promoting internally to help you grow in your career.
If you share our values, have the skills and passion to make a difference, and want to be part of our journey,
we would love to hear from you!
What we offer
We offer our staff autism specific training to support continuous professional development. Our benefits
include an attractive pension scheme, Employee Assistance Programme, free lunch, long service awards, enhanced sick pay and enhanced maternity & paternity pay and a Golden Hello welcome bonus of up to £250.
To apply
You can apply by simply visiting our career page.
We are passionate about creating a diverse workforce and positively encourage applications from underrepresented communities. We particularly encourage applications from people from diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive and accessible recruitment process and participate in the Disability
Confident scheme, ensuring all candidates are considered fairly and supported where needed. For more
information on this scheme, please visit our careers page here: https://careers.remarkable-autism.org/
Our aim is to recruit quality staff for both academic and support roles in a fair, structured and supportive
manner, underpinned by our Recruitment and Selection Policy and KSCIE.
In accordance with recent updates to KCSIE 2025 (Keeping Children Safe in Education) guidance, we will be performing online searches and requesting references for all shortlisted candidates.
Please note: We will require proof of right to work in the UK and qualifications at
interview stage. If this is not provided you may not be interviewed.
Closing Date: 17th March 2026
Interviews: WC 23rd March 2026
Applicants who have applied within the previous six months and were unsuccessful may have their
application withdrawn at our discretion.
Remarkable is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Remarkable operates a safe recruitment process and appointment to the post will be subject to suitable references, online searches, self-declaration, satisfactory pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, and where applicable, a prohibition check and section 128 direction check.
Newton Le Willows
WA12 0JQ