Academic Coach

Solihull Sixth Form College, Solihull, West Midlands, B91 3WR

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  24 August 2026

• Closing date

  4 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £32,199.00 - £35,395.00 Annually (FTE) £19,410 - £21,337 actual salary

Academic Coach job summary

Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement

Success through Endeavour

Ambition through Challenge

Strength through Diversity

Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust.

We seek an Academic Coach to join our team to cover a colleagues maternity leave for up to 1 year. The role is part time ideally working 3 days per week on a Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

Our academic coaching team provides our Level 3 16-19-year-old cohort with individualised support and challenge which stretches their potential to the full. You will be required to manage a caseload of learners delivering weekly group tutorial sessions and individual 1:1s, agreeing motivational targets, monitoring performance, and encouraging learners’ preparation for employment or further/higher education. You will be responsible for the completion and submission of UCAS applications where applicable and providing references for both higher education and employment.

You will have previous experience of working with young people in a school or college and delivering sessions to large groups; be able to motivate, stretch and challenge young people; understand level 3 qualifications and progression routes; be a good team player and have good organisational and communication skills.

We are happy to explore flexible working, subject to the operational requirements of the role.

Why work for us?

We offer a range of wellbeing and work-life balance benefits to recognise and reward the essential contributions our colleagues make to our success and growth. These include access to:

Employee assistance programme

High quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression.

Wellbeing Advocates

Lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme.

Health Protection Scheme alongside Flu Jab and Eyecare Vouchers

Generous employer pension schemes

We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity, or race.

We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, including a Children’s barred list check. Online searches of shortlisted candidates will also be conducted.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Solihull Sixth Form College

• School type: Academies, ages 16 to 19
• Education phase: Sixth form or college
• School size: 0 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 16 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Solihull Sixth Form College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/solihull-sixth-form-college-solihull

Join our friendly, thriving and supportive staff here at Solihull Sixth Form college. We aspire to be outstanding professionally and personally, taking time to invest in everything we do, to develop transformative life chances for all of our students and to stretch their potential to the full.

Solihull Sixth Form College is a large, culturally diverse specialist in A Levels and Level 3 BTEC qualifications, and part of the Summit Learning Trust

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