8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    31 October 2025 at 11am

  • Date listed

    9 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Pastoral, health and welfare

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,583.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 5 - Actual salary: £19,290. to £19,909, 39 weeks TTO (incl INSET)

Intervention Tutor job summary

We believe that our students can and should achieve well academically and we work hard to ensure that happens.

Our Intervention Tutors work in a dynamic, enthusiastic team who are driven by the belief that every child, irrespective of background or learning need, can succeed. You will be someone who has high expectations of themselves and others, and someone thoroughly committed to making a difference to students’ lives.

As an Intervention Tutor you would run intervention sessions for SEND students either individually or in small groups, and prepare student activities through joint planning with the SENCO, Lead Intervention Tutor and other Intervention Tutors, as well as organising the provision of support for identified SEND students.

You would be responsible for supporting identified students to develop their academic and social skills.

For full details of the role, please refer to the job description and person specification. For further information about The Oxford Academy please visit the school's website.

Recruitment for this position is on going and successful candidates might be invited to interview as applications are received.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

Do you want to work in a school that:

  • Is friendly and community centred, where staff genuinely feel part of a team. 'The school is mindful of staff workload and well-being. It provides high-quality training and support. Staff recognise this and they feel valued and respected' (Ofsted 2023).

  • Places staff well-being at the heart of everything we do.

  • Has a full time Instructional Coach who works with staff to develop their practice through selecting specific teaching goals that maximise student learning.

  • Has an ‘aspirational and appropriate curriculum for all’ (Ofsted 2023).

  • Has students who behave well in lessons (Ofsted 2023) so teachers can teach and students can learn.

  • Prioritises high quality bespoke CPLD as well as opportunities for collaboration and support across a successful and highly respected multi academy trust.

At The Oxford Academy, we offer pride, aspiration and opportunity to every member of our community, and significantly improved learning outcomes. We are committed to ensuring that our students and staff are highly successful, through positive and sustainable improvements in our school.

The Oxford Academy is seeking to appoint an excellent and energetic intervention tutor who can inspire students and instil a love of learning. As an intervention tutor at The Oxford Academy you would be contributing to the wider school community.

You will be someone who has high expectations of themselves and others, and someone thoroughly committed to making a difference to students’ lives.

We have a wide range of benefits for employees which include:

Health & Wellbeing

  • Free annual Flu Vaccines

  • Discounted Gym Memberships (onsite gym)

  • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme

  • 24-hour access to free counselling helpline for family, debt advice

  • Flexible working solutions

  • Reduced teaching time

Financial

  • Eligible for a Blue Light Card - Hundreds of offers/discounts on local and national stores

  • Excellent Pension Schemes

  • Cycle to Work Scheme

Career Progression

  • Instructional Coaching for Teachers

  • Developmental performance management conversations

  • Apprenticeship opportunities for ‘on the job training’

  • Investment in your career, internal and external talent solutions

We encourage interested candidates to visit the school before application. To arrange a visit please contact Reception (enquires@theoxfordacademy.org)

For more information about The Oxford Academy please visit the school's website.

The school has a strong track record of offering great care to the families and students we serve. This is a unique opportunity to work as part of a team with a passion for supporting our hardest to reach students. The ability to develop excellent relationships with the students is vital.

This is a very exciting time to join our school. We are looking for an enthusiastic professional with the expertise and dedication to live out our values of ‘commitment to others, commitment to learning’. These commitments are central to our school, demonstrated by the strong, warm relationships, and a strong culture of learning for both students and staff.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and The Oxford Academy are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The River Learning Trust are required to conduct online searches about you as part of their shortlisting process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By applying for this role, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the shortlisting process. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (one from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools’ community. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. You should contact the school if you are unsure if this role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. For further guidance for applicants click on the this link List of offences that are not filtered

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

The Oxford Academy may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and this job may be withdrawn at any point without notice. With this in mind, you are encouraged to apply as early as possible.

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.

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About The Oxford Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1113 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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The Oxford Academy is a warm, friendly and vibrant school that is built on an ethos of high expectations for all and a belief that every child will be successful - academically, personally and as a lifelong contributor to the wider world.

Our inclusive Christian values underpin all that we do. Staff at our school have a firm belief in the power of education to shape children’s lives for the better. The Oxford Academy is centred on a culture of excellence where we respect each other, are self-motivated, determined, responsible, have a thirst for learning, and a strong sense of pride in belonging to the Academy.

We are committed to providing educational opportunities of the highest quality for all our students and we believe in educating the whole child. We aim to deliver a broad education that is ambitious, varied and stimulating in a caring environment that creates well-rounded individuals who excel and benefit from our approaches to teaching and learning. At the Oxford Academy, we are inclusive and a school for all in our community. We work to meet the needs of our students - whatever it takes.

The Oxford Academy is driven by raising aspirations, expectations and achievements for all. We are very much outward facing and seek to engage with local, national and international partners, in order to build an ambitious network of support for the children in our care. Our fundamental aim is to create vibrant and dynamic learning experiences, so every child has the opportunity to become an ambitious, confident learner.

Our website will enable you to discover more about the Academy; I hope that you will quickly gain a sense of the rich potential of our students and staff, their achievements and the wider life of our school.

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