Reading Progress Tutor

Ark Putney Academy, London, SW15 3DG

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  19 October 2026

• Closing date

  23 September 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  9 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Ark Inner London Support Scale 5 Point 9 £32,902 prorated for term time only. Actual salary £28,301
• Additional allowances:
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  • Tailored professional development based on the needs of the teacher and department to ensure everyone achieves their full potential.
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  • We take the wellbeing of our staff seriously. Therefore, staff receive regular rewards and recognition for effort.
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  • Generous pension scheme.
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  • Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
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  • Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
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  • Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
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  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
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  ; Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at https://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.

Reading Progress Tutor job summary

Ark Putney Academy is recruiting an ambitious and committed Reading Progress Tutor to join our team from October 2026. They will support students who have been identified as needing help with their reading and assist in the delivery of our reading interventions. They will also assist with assessing English proficiency of students with English as an additional language.

The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent, possess excellent literacy skills in spoken and written English, be proficient in at least one modern foreign language and have experience of working with children of relevant age in a learning environment.  

If you would like to discuss this opportunity or for any queries, please contact Julie Rickard by email at j.rickard@arkputneyacademy.org or by phone 020 8161 4974.

Interviews will be held on a rolling basis so early application is advised.  The academy reserves the right to close the advert early should we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.

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

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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 Ark Putney Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 746 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Putney Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-putney-academy

Ark Putney Academy opened in September 2012 as part of the Ark network in the London Borough of Wandsworth. We’re a mixed school with 950 students, ranging from year 7 through to sixth form. Our student body is diverse and we celebrate all backgrounds and cultures. We have a strong ethos, results are excellent and every year we send large numbers of students to some of the best universites, including Oxbridge.

We adopt a holistic view to educating young people. Through our commitment to inclusion, equality and attainment, we prepare every student to be a pillar of any community.

In our 2022 OFSTED inspection we were rated ‘Good’ in every category.

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