Learning Mentor – Permanent, 37 hours a week, term time only.

Job Ref: SU412

Closing Date: Midday on Saturday 31 May 2025*

Interview Date: TBC

Salary: Scale 5 (Points 13 – 17) – £28,163 – £30,060 (Actual Annual Salary £25,649 – £27,377)

Starting Date: 1 September 2025

Our school is ‘Good’ (Ofsted 2023), being one of the most popular and successful 11-16 mixed comprehensive schools in the Preston Park area of Brighton, consistently over-subscribed.

Our curriculum is broad and balanced and offers many exciting opportunities for all students, both in school and out. There are tremendous extra-curricular opportunities at Dorothy Stringer through sport, performing arts, student voice, Art, the Duke of Edinburgh award, as well as a number of other trips. In short, we believe there is something for everyone at the school.

To help students overcome barriers to learning and responding to needs as they arise in lessons throughout the day in the Foster Centre (our alternative curriculum centre). To provide additional support to students and their families, to help them maintain a positive relationship with the school so they can make good progress. 

For further details, see the Person Specification and Job Description

HOW TO APPLY

Application is by application form with a supporting letter.  Your application should take account of the Person Specification. In line with our safer recruitment Policy, we cannot accept C.V.s.

See application form and associated paperwork attached.

Please return your completed application to Alex Mitchell/Katie Welsh, at recruitment@dorothy-stringer.co.uk   If you have a problem replying electronically please contact the school on 01273 852222.

Dorothy Stringer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and comply with the Department of Education Statutory Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.

Safeguarding Information –  safeguarding – Dorothy Stringer School (dorothy-stringer.co.uk)

*We reserve the right to appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date

Cover Supervisor required for Dorothy Stringer School – 30 hours per week over 5 days, 8.30am to 3.30pm, (includes 1 hour unpaid break), term time only.

Job Ref: SU413

Hours: Term Time only – 30 hours per week

Closing Date: Midday Friday 6 June 2025 *

Interview Date: TBC

Salary: Scale 5 (Points 13-17) – £28,163 – £30,060, actual pro rated salary £20,797 – £22,198

Starting Date: September 2025

Our school is ‘Good’ (Ofsted 2023) and is one of the most popular and successful 11-16 mixed comprehensive schools in the Preston Park area of Brighton.

Our curriculum is broad and balanced and offers many exciting opportunities for all students, both in school and out. There are tremendous extra-curricular opportunities at Dorothy Stringer through sport, performing arts, the Junior Leadership Team, Art, the Duke of Edinburgh award, as well as a number of other trips. In short, we believe there is something for everyone at the school.

The main purpose of the job is to supervise groups of students during the short-term absence of a teacher to ensure that pupils carry out a pre-prepared lesson, maintain good order and to keep pupils on task, responding to questions and generally assisting pupils to undertake set activities. 

The successful candidate would receive a high level of support.

For further details see the Person Specification and Job Description (attached).

HOW TO APPLY

To apply for this role please complete an application form along with a supporting letter.  Your application should take account of the Person Specification. In line with our safer recruitment Policy, we cannot accept C.V.s.

See application form and associated paperwork attached.

Please return your completed application to Katie Welsh/ Alex Mitchell at recruitment@dorothy-stringer.co.uk   If you have a problem applying electronically please contact the school on 01273 852222.

Dorothy Stringer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and comply with the Department of Education Statutory Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.

*We reserve the right to appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date.

Safeguarding Information –  safeguarding – Dorothy Stringer School (dorothy-stringer.co.uk)

We are looking for a new Lead Governor for Human Resources to join our Governing Board. Read more information about the role here, and use this pro forma if you would like to express your interest. Expressions of interest should be emailed to Teresa.dee@dorothy-stringer.co.uk.

Co-opted Governor vacancy

Expressions of interest pro forma

Teaching Assistants required for Dorothy Stringer School (30 hours a week, term-time only)

Job Ref: SU414

Closing Date: Midday on Thursday 12 June 2025*

Interview Date: Friday 20 June 2025

Salary: Scale 4a (Points 9 – 10) £26,409 – £26,835, actual pro rated salary (£19,502 – £19,816)

Starting Date: September 2025

Our school is ‘Good’ (Ofsted 2023), being one of the most popular and successful 11-16 mixed comprehensive schools in the Preston Park area of Brighton, consistently over-subscribed.

Our curriculum is broad and balanced and offers many exciting opportunities for all students, both in school and out. There are tremendous extra-curricular opportunities at Dorothy Stringer through sport, performing arts, the Junior Leadership Team, Art on-going links with our partner schools in Africa, the Duke of Edinburgh award, as well as a number of other trips. In short, we believe there is something for everyone at the school.

The main purpose of the job is to work, under the instruction of senior staff, to undertake support programmes which enable access to learning for students and to assist the teacher in the management of students and the classroom.  Work may be carried out in the classroom or outside the main teaching area. An excellent opportunity for someone with an aspiration to teach.

For further details see the Person Specification and Job Description (attached).

HOW TO APPLY

Application is by application form with a supporting letter.  Your application should take account of the Person Specification. In line with our safer recruitment Policy, we cannot accept C.V.s.

See application form and associated paperwork attached. Please return your completed application to Katie Welsh/ Alex Mitchell, at recruitment@dorothy-stringer.co.uk   If you have a problem replying electronically please contact the school on 01273 852222.

Dorothy Stringer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and comply with the Department of Education Statutory Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.

Safeguarding Information –  safeguarding – Dorothy Stringer School (dorothy-stringer.co.uk)

*We reserve the right to appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date.

Alternative Curriculum Teacher required for Dorothy Stringer School

Job Ref: DS200

Closing Date: Midday on Thursday 19 June 2025

Interview Date: Week Commencing 23 June 2025

Salary: Teachers Scale – MPS/UPS

Starting Date: 1 September 2025

Enthusiastic and well qualified teacher required to teach the Alternative Curriculum. The post would be suitable for Primary and Secondary School teachers.

The main purpose of the job is to lead on the delivery of teaching provision for the Alternative Curriculum.  This will be to small groups of students with complex, social, emotional and mental health difficulties to enable behaviour improvement and increased engagement with learning.  To promote and lead a complementary service to existing teachers and pastoral staff in school, addressing the needs of pupils who need help to overcome barriers to learning both inside and outside the school. 

Our school is ‘Good’ (Ofsted 2023), being one of the most popular and successful 11-16 mixed comprehensive schools in the Preston Park area of Brighton, consistently over-subscribed.

Our curriculum is broad and balanced and offers many exciting opportunities for all students, both in school and out. There are tremendous extra-curricular opportunities at Dorothy Stringer through sport, performing arts, the Junior Leadership Team, the Duke of Edinburgh award, as well as a number of other trips. In short, we believe there is something for everyone at the school.

For further details, see the Person Specification and Job Description

HOW TO APPLY

Application is by application form with a supporting letter.  Your application should take account of the Person Specification. In line with our safer recruitment Policy, we cannot accept C.V.s.

See application form and associated paperwork attached.

Please return your completed application to Alex Mitchell/Katie Welsh, at recruitment@dorothy-stringer.co.uk   If you have a problem replying electronically please contact the school on 01273 852222.

Dorothy Stringer is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and comply with the Department of Education Statutory Guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’.

*We reserve the right to appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date

Safeguarding Information –  safeguarding – Dorothy Stringer School (dorothy-stringer.co.uk)