Academic Tutor: Literacy Specialism

Harris Academy Orpington, Kent, BR5 4LG

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  31 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  15 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Subject: English
• Working pattern: Full time: Term time + one week, 08:00-16:00 (Monday-Friday); actual salary £24,604-£24,956
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,521-£28,929
• Pay scale: Grade 3 (Outer London)
• Additional allowances:

  Performance and Loyalty Bonus + Pension Scheme (LGPS) + Harris Wellbeing Cash Plan + Additional Harris Benefits

What skills and experience we're looking for

Are you Ambitious, Tenacious, Enterprising?

We are looking for an Academic Tutor specialising in Literacy to support individuals and groups of students to enable access to learning, progress within the subject and achieve academic success. The role includes supporting teachers in whole class lessons when not administering their own 1:1 or group sessions, with some before and after school sessions.

Our new colleague will be kind and caring! Here, at Harris Academy Orpington, we have worked hard to create an environment where we look after and care for each other. Whilst being incredibly rewarding, working in schools can sometimes be hard. Colleagues at Harris Academy Orpington know that we work together as a team and we look out for each other; the environment here is one of care, nurture and support along with a bit of challenge!

This role is suitable for graduates with a degree in the subject area, looking to work in a school in preparation for starting teacher training.

Hours are 8:00am to 4:00pm. You will also be asked to provide some sessions within the school holiday period, up to 5 days, for reception support, interventions and summer school work.

We would like to hear from you if you have:

• Relevant qualifications at A Level or undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in English, Maths or Science.
• Excellent numeracy/literacy skills.
• Some knowledge of strategies in working with young people with challenging behaviours
• Knowledge of some of the social issues facing students from disadvantaged backgrounds
• Understanding of principles of child development and learning processes and, in particular, barriers to learning
• Ability to plan effective actions for students at risk of underachieving
• Understanding of a range of support services/providers
• Experience of working directly with young people in an education or training environment, supporting the learning of students

For a full job description and person specification, please download the Job Pack.

What the school offers its staff

Harris Academy Orpington opened in September 2016, joining the highly successful Federation of Harris academies in London. We are on our journey to outstanding and are ambitious and looking forward to an exciting future as we highlight our work as aHealth Science Specialistschool, with students being given access to recognised professional qualifications and careers.

At HarrisAcademy Orpington, we have the most incredible facilities, staff and students and we are very proud of the work that our students do here. We have developed a curriculum that is ambitious and broad. We believe people need to nurture an appreciation of human creativity and achievement and have designed a curriculum that does just that.

We aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve his/her personal best and learning comes first. Our motto is “Together We Can” and if you are interested in joining us, we would be very pleased to meet you.

Benefits

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes our Harris Allowance (usually £2,000 for Inner London and £1,500 for Outer London), a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Teachers Pension Scheme, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.

Flexible working opportunities

We are committed to fostering a positive and supportive working environment for our staff, recognising that achieving a balance between professional and personal responsibilities is essential. We understand that each individual's circumstances are unique, which is why we offer flexible working options that can be adapted to meet the needs of both the academy and our employees.

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.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Delivering programmes of study to small groups of students (usually between one and three)
• Ensuring all students identified for intervention are given every opportunity to meet their targets
• Liaising with parents regarding the attendance, progress and attitude of designated students
• Maintaining records of students' progress
• Completing relevant marking and feedback
• Using behaviour management strategies to contribute to creating a purposeful learning environment
• Supporting identified students in tutor group time
• Highlighting individual students' learning needs to teachers and agreeing how they will be supported in each lesson
• Assisting in evaluating students' progress
• Supporting identified students to engage with learning objectives in lessons

Commitment to safeguarding

The Harris Federation and all our academies are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, references, an online search, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed.

Applying for the job

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About Harris Academy Orpington

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 501 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Harris Academy Orpington website
• Email address: info@harrisorpington.org.uk
• Phone number: 01689 819219
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harris-academy-orpington

Harris Academy Orpington opened in September 2016, joining the highly successful Federation of Harris academies in London. We are on our journey to outstanding, we are ambitious and looking forward to an exciting future. We believe that every student can and should achieve their full potential and our commitment is one of ensuring our students develop a love of learning, a passion for enquiry and a dedication to being the best that they can be.We aim to ensure that every student is inspired and supported to achieve his/her personal best and learning comes first. Our motto is “Together We Can” and if you are interested in joining us, we would be very pleased to meet you.

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