What are learning mentors?
Learning mentors are school staff who help pupils overcome social, emotional or behavioural problems or barriers that are getting in the way of their learning. These barriers can include, amongst others: • behavioural problems • bereavement • difficulties at home • problems transferring from primary to secondary school • disaffection • poor study or organisational skills • attendance difficulties. The key focus of the work is supporting children in helping them to improve their performance and achievement. Extract from Ofsted Report: Learning mentors are making a significant effect on the attendance, behaviour, self-esteem and progress of the pupils they support In 95% of the survey schools, inspectors judged that the mentoring programme made a positive contribution to the mainstream provision of the school as a whole, and had a beneficial effect on the behaviour of individual pupils and on their ability to learn and make progress. The ways in which learning mentors work will differ fr
