Raising Achievement Mentor (Intervention and EAL)

Do you believe every student deserves the chance to thrive? Are you passionate about unlocking potential through targeted support? Could you be the mentor who helps pupils bounce back into lessons with confidence and clarity? If so, Caister Academy’s Intervention Team wants to hear from you.
Job Title: Raising Achievement Mentor (Intervention and EAL)
Location: Caister Academy, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
Salary: Scale D, sp 5-6 £25, - £25, (actual £20, - £20,)
Start Date: ASAP
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: 34.5 hours, 39 weeks
Application Closing Date: 25th November
Interview Date: w/c 1st December
About You:
Caister Academy is seeking a passionate and proactive individual with a strong foundation in supporting literacy development. You will have experience delivering reading interventions - both one-to-one and in small groups - tailored to meet the needs of learners at various stages. Your understanding of strategies to boost reading fluency, comprehension, and confidence will be central to your role in raising achievement. Experience with numeracy support is also valuable, and familiarity with platforms such as Bedrock is desirable, though not essential. Above all, you are committed to helping students thrive, including those with English as an Additional Language, and bring warmth, adaptability, and a drive to make a meaningful impact.
Our Ideal candidate will have:
GCSE English and Maths, Grade 3 or equivalent
Proven experience of working in an educational setting
Ability to use initiative and apply sound decision-making
Strong interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
About the Intervention Team:
Our Intervention Team is a dynamic and supportive network committed to helping pupils re-engage with learning and thrive in the classroom. Led by our Director of Intervention, the team includes our Librarian who also serves as the EAL Lead, and our dedicated Literacy Coordinator. Together, they deliver targeted, positive interventions designed to boost confidence, close learning gaps, and prepare students to return to lessons with renewed momentum. Pupils benefit from a joined-up approach, receiving continued support from the Literacy Coordinator within their regular classes, ensuring consistency and progress beyond the intervention space.
About Caister Academy:
Caister Academy is a vibrant, community-rooted school where high expectations and strong values shape every student’s journey. We believe that by removing barriers to learning, we empower young people to achieve excellent outcomes and lead fulfilling, successful lives.
Caister Academy was founded in to serve the local area and has grown to welcome students from surrounding villages and Great Yarmouth. Since joining the Creative Education Trust in , we have flourished as an 11–16 co-educational school, with a specialism in literature and the performing arts.
We are proud of our past, passionate about our present, and ambitious for our future. We invite you to join our community and be part of a school that celebrates heritage, values character, and champions success. To find out more please visit our website.
About Creative Education Trust:
Creative Education Trust is a growing network of 17 schools, educating over 13, children and young people across England. Since , we’ve worked in partnership with communities to deliver an education that inspires ambition, promotes equity, and unlocks opportunity for every learner.
We believe every child has talent, every community has strength, and every school can be a place where excellence thrives. Our curriculum is rich, broad, and inclusive - designed to build knowledge, nurture creativity, and prepare students for the future.
We are united by a shared purpose: to transform lives through education. Our schools are places where students feel safe, supported, and empowered to lead their own lives with confidence. Through collaboration, high expectations, and purposeful leadership, we ensure that success is both expected and achieved - together.
Visit our Trust website to explore how we support our staff and discover more about our mission, values, and opportunities.
Ready to Join Us?
Submit your application directly through our website. We warmly welcome visits to our school, and if you'd like to arrange a visit or confidential conversation with the Line Manager, our friendly HR/Recruitment team is here to help. Reach out to us at , and we'll be delighted to assist you.
Essential Information:
Creative Education Trust (CET) is committed to Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people by keeping them safe, we expect all our colleagues to share in this responsibility.
All shortlisted candidates are subject to online checks prior to interview.
The CET Recruitment Policy follows the guidance set out by Keeping Children Safe in Education, where all offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS Check, separate Barred List Check, References and where appropriate a Prohibition from teaching search.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) .
CET is committed to developing, maintaining, and supporting an inclusive culture and environment for the benefit of its employees and the communities it serves.