Lead Mentor (Mentored Pathways)

ROLE SUMMARY:

King’s InterHigh is a flexible and inclusive online school that empowers students to succeed both academically and personally. Combining nearly two decades of online education expertise with over 50 years of academic excellence from the King’s College schools, King’s InterHigh delivers a personalised education within a supportive and welcoming community. Students attend live, teacher-led virtual lessons each school day, where highly trained online educators create engaging and interactive learning experiences that encourage collaboration, participation and a genuine love of learning, enabling every student to reach their full potential. https://kingsinterhigh.co.uk/  

As part of our continued growth and commitment to delivering outstanding online education, King's InterHigh is expanding its innovative Mentored Pathway programme and is seeking an exceptional Lead Mentor to help shape and lead this premium provision. This is a unique hybrid role, combining responsibility for a defined student caseload with dedicated leadership and management time, enabling the postholder to balance direct mentoring with operational and strategic responsibilities. The successful candidate will maintain their own caseload of mentored students while leading a team of Mentors, ensuring consistently high-quality provision, strong outcomes, and an exceptional experience for students and families. Working closely with the Head of Student Services and wider school leadership team, the Lead Mentor will oversee the day-to-day operation of the Mentored Pathway, coordinate mentor deployment and timetabling, monitor programme performance, support quality assurance processes, and line manage Mentors to ensure the highest standards of delivery. This role is ideal for an experienced educator who combines excellent relationship-building skills with strong organisational, leadership, and data analysis capabilities and who is passionate about helping students thrive within an online learning environment. 

In addition to this position, you may also be interested in our in-person Inspired Careers Event in London on Saturday 23rd January 2027. This school and over 30 other UK and international Inspired schools will be attending to connect with teachers seeking new roles starting from August 2027. For more information and to register, please click here: https://jobs.inspirededu.com/job-invite/10814/

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Maintain a caseload of mentored students, providing high-quality academic mentoring, progress monitoring and family communication.

· Lead and line manage the Teacher Mentor team, providing regular supervision, coaching, performance management and professional development.

· Oversee the day-to-day delivery of the Mentored Pathway, ensuring a consistently high-quality experience for students and families.

· Coordinate mentor timetables, caseload allocation and capacity planning to ensure effective deployment of resources and continuity of support.

· Monitor student attendance, engagement, progress and wellbeing data, identifying trends and coordinating interventions where required.

· Quality assure mentoring provision, including mentoring plans, student records, family communications and mentoring sessions, ensuring consistently high standards across the team.

· Work collaboratively with the Head of Student Services, pastoral teams, safeguarding colleagues and academic leaders to support student success and programme development.

· Develop and implement systems, processes and best practice guidance that support the effective operation and continued growth of the Mentored Pathway.

· Produce reports and recommendations for senior leaders, using data and stakeholder feedback to drive continuous improvement and measure programme impact.

· Support the recruitment, induction and ongoing development of Teacher Mentors, helping to build a high-performing and student-centred mentoring team. 

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

· Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) or equivalent recognised teaching qualification, having taught across Secondary and above.

· Significant teaching experience with a proven track record of supporting students to achieve positive outcomes.

· Experience of line management, team leadership, mentoring, coaching or coordinating staff.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence engaging with students, families, colleagues and senior leaders.

· Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

· Experience of analysing student data and using insights to drive interventions and improve outcomes.

· Highly developed relationship-management skills and a customer-focused approach.

· A strong understanding of safeguarding, student wellbeing and inclusive educational practice.

· Experience supporting students with diverse learning profiles, including executive functioning challenges, anxiety, SEN and additional learning needs.

· Confidence using digital platforms and working effectively within a fully remote environment.

· The ability to balance strategic thinking with practical operational delivery.

· Experience in online education would be advantageous.

· Current safeguarding training and commitment to safeguarding best practice. 

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:

Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.

SCHOOL APPLICATION FORM:

Please download and complete our Inspired Application Form and submit alongside your CV.

Inspired Academic Teaching Application Form